First look at Google Home, the Amazon Echo killer

The first thing you notice about Google's Amazon Echo killer is how small it is. The second is that it actually looks pretty good. 

In fact, Google Home, which isn't much taller than the company's larger Pixel phone, looks better than most Bluetooth speakers and far better than Amazon's Echo. It's sleek and mostly white, though it comes with swappable bases. If it weren't for the LED lights that look like patterns for Google Assistant, you could easily forget it's a Google product. 

SEE ALSO: Say hello to the Pixel and Pixel XL, the first of a new breed of Google phone

There is only one button on Google Home, a mute button on the back that stops its always-on listening. Everything else, however, is controlled via the touchpad on top of the speaker or through voice commands, which you initiate by saying "OK Google." Read more...

More about Smart Home, Amazon Echo, Google, Google Assistant, and Google Home

from Tech http://ift.tt/2dHUPA6
via IFTTT

Posted in: Tech