Google finally revealed more details around their Google Home assistant product on Oct 4th 2016. They also allow now pre-orders to be placed for their official release date of Nov 4th 2016.
Google is now entering the Voice control market, after they announced earlier this year working on an “Alexa like product but much better”. At the Oct 4th 2016 Google event, where Google announced a variety of new products and product refreshes, they provided a detailed insight into the new Google Home product line.
Let’s go over their major features and functions announced for Google Home. The appearance is the first item Google addressed by offering a variety of textures and colors to chose from. Amazon Echo is also available in white now and so will be the Echo Dots, when they are released October/E 2016.
A very important part of any voice assistant product line is their interoperability with “smart devices”. Alexa from Amazon has a huge head start, but Google is now starting and investing heavily in this area as well. Here is a comparison chart between Google Home and Amazon Alexa.
Google Home
- Always listening
- Command acknowledgement
- Shopping List
- Music Streaming
- Smart Home integration friendly
- Direct Music stream via App
- Direct Music stream via Voice
- Group Music stream
- Attach external Bluetooth speakers
- Attach external cable speakers
- Connect mobile phone via Bluetooth
- Conversational commands: Yes
- Spatial Perception
Amazon Alexa/Echo
- Always listening
- Command acknowledgement
- Shopping List
- Music Streaming
- Smart Home integrations
- Direct Music stream via App
- Direct Music stream via Voice
- Group Music stream
- Attach external Bluetooth speakers
- Attach external speakers via cable
- Connect mobile phone via Bluetooth
- Conversational commands
- Spatial Perception
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