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January 2017
(78%)
272 Reviews
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Users
(88%)
776 Reviews
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The editors liked
Excellent voice recognition
Reasonable price
Easy to setup
Six-month free trial of YouTube Red / Google Play Music
With Google Assistant built in
The Google Home integrates with Google Calendar
Maps and Chromecast
So it gives you personalized answers. Say the word
And the Home can also control your smart home gadgets or send music and video to your TV and speakers
Customizable base
Massive song library
Expanding hardware ecosystem
Sixmonth YouTube Red trial
Nice simple and minimalistic design
It's a great start for smart homes
Is always listening
And does a pretty good job with your commands
Can control lights and other smart home devices
Expandable
You get the feeling this is the first of many Google
Quality Google Assistant speakers from Googles
Easy to set up
Affordable
Decent audio quality
Amazing source of information
Gets better the more you use it
The editors didn't like
Average audio quality
Limited integration with third party services
Wonderful when it works
Frustrating when it doesn't
Works best with other smart home devices
The Home's integrations with other Google services still don't allow a lot of give and take -- you can't create reminders or make a to-do list
Missing Google's own services
Phrasing needs to be precise
No Bluetooth
Speaker isn't fantastic
Interpretation isn't always good
Google doesn't talk to enough around the home (yet)
If you haven't already splashed out on an Echo, Google Home is an essential purchase. Aside from a handful of teething problems it's a remarkable little home helper, and one I can't recommend highly enough. Amazon's Echo just isn't as all-encompassing as...
Cheaper and arguably more attractive than Echo, Better at answering questions than Echo, Built in voice control of Netflix and Chromecast
Less good as a music speaker than Echo, Does less overall than Echo
Google Home is a small miracle of modern technology that, at the moment, is not as useful as its main rival, Amazon Echo. In a year, that may no longer be the case...
The base of the speaker is interchangeable and can be swapped for different colours and finishes to suit your home decor bases cost £18 for fabric or £36 for metal, Google Assistant can answer questions, give navigation or translations and even set timers
There's no way of playing music from a device that doesn't have WiFi, You can't change the wake phrase (it has to be 'Okay, Google' or 'Hey, Google'), To play music via Spotify or Google Play you need to pay for the Premium versions of those services, whi
Simple to set up, Google Home aims to make your life easier. Need to set a timer when you're cooking but have greasy hands? Just ask Google Home rather than worrying about washing your hands and setting the timer manually. In our tests, the dual microphon...
Good-looking design will integrate anywhere around the home, touchpanel controls, future potential is great, in-depth conversational and search-based results, supports up to six users
Less third-party app support than Amazon Echo, Assistant doesn't sound as good as Amazon Alexa, microphone pick-up limited when music is playing
Does two decades of search experience give Home the upper hand over Amazon Echo? In terms of search results, yes. But is it the better product? Not always. Home might be better looking, but it's not as well rounded. yet.That's largely because Home is in...
Great design, Decent sound, Reasonable price point, Conversational assistant, Easy setup
Limited smart home compatibility, Speaker isn't very loud, Needs to be plugged in at all times
The Amazon Echo and Alexa maintain their crown for now, but the cheaper Google Home and the powerful Assistant have the potential to be better over time...
Abstract: The sci-fi vision of a connected home is quickly becoming a reality: both Amazon and Google have launched smart assistants, with an Apple offering based on the company's HomeKit system is rumoured to be on the way. These products are designed to act as s...
It can be personalized to you, giving you info on your commute, weather, and calendar, Works with Chromecast, Answers questions and follow-ups fairly well, Lots of choices for music
Can only link to one Google account for now, Limited smart home control
Yes. If you have a Chromecast, the Google Home is the clear choice over an Alexa device, but if you're looking for a voice-controlled speaker with a smart assistant, they're both pretty good options, and it comes down to personal preference. At the moment...
Actions make it better, Chromecast casting, Contextual conversations,
Assistant hampered by wake-up words, App navigation sometimes unintuitive, No Bluetooth for music
Just like Amazon Echo's initial release, Google Home shows a lot of promise and will need more time to deliver. For a Google product, you'd think there would be more integration with its own ecosystem, but so far it's been limited. That said, we're confid...
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Published: 2016-11-20, Author: Nick , review by: techradar.com
Customizable base, Massive song library, Expanding hardware ecosystem, Six, month YouTube Red trial
Missing Google's own services, Phrasing needs to be precise, No Bluetooth
Both wildly intelligent and supremely versatile in the ways in which it can be used, Google Home is farther along in its first week than Amazon Echo was in its first six months. It still has a ways to go to catch up – starting, perhaps, with better integr...
With Google Assistant built in, the Google Home integrates with Google Calendar, Maps and Chromecast, so it gives you personalized answers. Say the word, and the Home can also control your smart home gadgets or send music and video to your TV and speakers
The Home's integrations with other Google services still don't allow a lot of give and take -- you can't create reminders or make a to-do list
While the Google Home shows a ton of potential, it's currently not as versatile or useful as Amazon's Echo -- though we expect it to improve in the days and months ahead...
