24 TECH ADVISOR • APRIL 2020CES 2020
a handful of high-end phones. The upcoming Kishi
controller fixes that. Similar in theory and design
to the Junglecat, the Kishi controllers “provide
clickableanaloguecontrolsandthumbstickson
bothsidesofthephone with a universal fit created
in partnership with Gamevice for compatibility with
mostsmartphones”.RatherthanBluetoothlike
theJunglecat, the Kishi uses your Android phone’s
USB-Cport,andevenincludespass-throughports
onthe controller for charging.
We’renotsurewhyanyonewouldbuythe
Junglecatnow,andwecan’twaittocheckoutthe
Kishiwhen it arrives in a couple of months.- Google Assistant
Google likes to save its biggest announcements for its
own stage, of course, but it always brings something
new to CES. This year, it was all about Google Assistant.
The biggest news is the obverse addition scheduled
actions, which lets you ask Google to turn on the coffee
pot on at 6am the following morning, but there are
numerous others, including:
Digital sticky notes for Smart Displays: If you want
to remind yourself or someone in your home to do
something, you can add a sticky note to your Google
Nest Hub display just by asking Google to leave a note.Read aloud: If you’ve ever wanted Google Assistant
to read a news article on your phone, you’ll soon be
abletoaskit todoso.What’smore,it can translate
thecontent it reads into 42 languages.