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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)
Published: 2016-12-14, Author: Keith , review by: networkworld.com
If you have a bunch of Google-related device in your house (Google Wifi, some of the smart home control devices, and Chromecast), then Google Home becomes very useful as a “home hub”. If you don't, it's a nice device to have as an Internet-connected que...
Tasteful design, Access to Google's massive knowledge graph, Google Assistant is conversational and context aware, Chromecast integration has the potential to be a killer feature
Speaker quality is only so-so for music, Limited third-party app support compared to Amazon, A handful of expected features aren't available at launch
Google Home is a great way to show off just how smart Google is, but it doesn't feel like an essential experience yet. That's mainly because it lags behind the Echo in terms of support for third-party services. That makes Echo a smarter buy if you wan...
So, would I recommend Google Home? This isn't like a normal phone review where you already know you're going to buy a phone and what you're getting with it. Like any relatively new category or product, you have to decide for yourself if it's possible to d...
Should you get a Google Home? If you're a Google user and your account's not tied to a school, work or personal domain account, then it's a good option. It's already excellent early on and will likely grow more useful as new features get added.If you use...
Abstract: Google is moving into new product categories that push the boundaries of what search will mean to us in the future. Once a simple white box with colorful letters above, Google search has become a very real part of our every day lives, and as such is playi...
Excellent audio quality, Amazing far field microphones, Google Assistant, Hands free casting to all Google Cast devices, Phenomenal customizable design, Great integration with Google Services, Multi-room audio playback, Great tie-ins with Google account a
Not portable/has to be plugged in at all times, Only a few supported non-Google services like Spotify or Pandora at launch, Only a few supported smart home devices at launch
Do you need Google Home in your home? If you're looking for the easiest way to cast music there could possibly be, a hands-free way to interact with all your favorite things on the web, or just to have an easy way to set timers and find measurements wh...
Abstract: Google has been on a mission to make its way into the living room for years. The Nexus Q , Google's futuristic digital media player from 2012, was perhaps the company's first big push into the connected home space, though the device never actually made it...
Abstract: Google is going head-to-head with Amazon. The new Google Home device is pretty much a copy of the Amazon Echo that we reviewed last year. This makes for an interesting battle as these two major companies duke it out in the artificial intelligence home pla...
Abstract: Google just fired its first shot in the smart speaker battle: Called Google Home ($129, store.google.com ), the new device acts a lot like its key competitor, the Amazon Echo ($180, amazon.com ). Our engineers in the Consumer Electronics and Engineering L...
