6 new Google Home features you've always wanted that are finally here

The Google Assistant--the all-knowing digital voice that reverberates throughout the house every time you ask your Google Home a question--is about to get a lot smarter. This week at Google I/O (a developer's conference), Google detailed some of the new abilities coming to its digital assistant platform, which lives inside smartphones, smart speakers, and various other connected devices. The Google Assistant is on its way to becoming more conversational and easier to use, and it's even coming to the screen later this summer. You can try some of these features right now, but not all of its new abilities are available to the public just yet. And there's one feature in particular that might leave you feeling like it's a little ahead of its time.