We currently have four Google Minis throughout a few rooms in our small one bedroom city apartment. From Black Fridays to Spotify giveaways, I've managed to hoard a good amount of these little devices over the past year for very low cost. We have one in the living room, the kitchen, the bedroom, and lastly in our bathroom — along with 3 unopened to spare. So if Google is indeed actively listening, they've heard it all. And that's fine by me. Moving from room to room and seamlessly interacting with Google assistant is absolutely fantastic. There are a ton of really cool features that may not be so obvious. I'll dig into a few of my favorite features below. "Ok Google, what are my favorite features?" Multi-room synchronous music and audio The ability to listen to the same song from any room is an amazing experience. No longer do you need to be tethered to your headphones to benefit from a mobile music experience. Having multiple Google Home devices a...
Ever feel the need to clear out all of your unread e-mails in Gmail? I can't be the only one. Sometimes when everything in life seems out in order, it can be rewarding to get that unread count down to zero. As simple and intuitive Gmail can be, the options to organize and clean out those piles of unwanted, unread messages is not so obvious. Clearing out all unread e-mails ONLY in your primary inbox Gmail nicely splits your inbox into 3 groups: primary, social, and promotions. Social and promotions usually get filled up quick with junk mail that may or may not be useful. Thankfully those items our out of sight. It's the primary inbox that I'm usually concerned about keeping tidy. The power is within the search box. Type in: category:primary is:unread into the search box to list out all of the unread e-mails in your primary inbox. Then from there you can delete all or mark as unread using the selector. Boom.