Google Home Analysis
An attractive speaker that promises powerful voice assistance, Google Home is poised to challenge the Amazon Echo for the throne. It has a long way to go before it gets there, though.
Its potential is clearly there, sure. When it comes to controlling smart home devices, though, Google Home noticeably lags behind Echo. Understandably, the device is still in its first-generation iteration.
Even with that handicap, Home is still a viable smart speaker for any die-hard Googler. Let’s get to know more about Google’s compact assistant.
First Impression
One area where the Home does absolutely better than the Echo is the visual appeal. Unlike the utilitarian design of the latter, Google Home has an attractive gourd shape with a removable woven …show more content…
It can fit into your living space as any other home decor, too—thanks largely to its changeable base shell.
Setup Process
Setting up the Home is a painless process and mostly accomplished in the Google Home app for Android and iOS. It begins with the app detecting your new Home device and then connecting it to your Wi-Fi network. From there, it will ask you to sign in using your Google ID. Afterward, you can start asking the Google Assistant anything you’d typically ask on Google. You have to say either “Hey Google” or “OK Google” before you can blabber away, though.
Overall Performance
The logical next question you’d have in mind after setting up Google Home would probably be “what can it do?”. Well, it can answer any question you have at the moment. And frankly, what you can ask the Assistant is limited to your imagination. Ask it about the day’s weather, the week’s forecast, the latest news, and practically any question you ask on Google. You can even ask the device something like “When was Robin Williams born?” and follow it up with “When did he die?” and still get the correct …show more content…
Ask it to play specific songs, albums, podcasts, or playlists and you’re set! You can even have it play playlists off your own Google Play Music and Spotify libraries. When you’re up for some variety, tell Home to play some new hits and it’ll play suitable tracks!
From there, you can ask the device for more info about a song and it’ll oblige. It’s too bad that you can’t give songs a thumbs-up or have them added to a playlist on Google Home. You’ll also be disappointed that the device only works with YouTube Music, Spotify, Google Play Music, and Pandora (for now). Of course, the number of options will expectedly increase over time.
As for the speaker’s sound quality, it definitely fares better than the Echo. Although it’s sufficiently loud enough to fill the living room, it isn’t that powerful to bring the house down. But don’t get your hopes too high. The Home doesn’t have stereo speakers and its bass lacks punch, honestly. You’re probably better off picking one among the best wireless headphones when looking for a wireless audio experience. It makes up for it, though, by having the ability to connect to any good pair of speakers. Simply add the Chromecast Audio and tell the Home to play music through that than its own built-in speaker as a
Its potential is clearly there, sure. When it comes to controlling smart home devices, though, Google Home noticeably lags behind Echo. Understandably, the device is still in its first-generation iteration.
Even with that handicap, Home is still a viable smart speaker for any die-hard Googler. Let’s get to know more about Google’s compact assistant.
First Impression
One area where the Home does absolutely better than the Echo is the visual appeal. Unlike the utilitarian design of the latter, Google Home has an attractive gourd shape with a removable woven …show more content…
It can fit into your living space as any other home decor, too—thanks largely to its changeable base shell.
Setup Process
Setting up the Home is a painless process and mostly accomplished in the Google Home app for Android and iOS. It begins with the app detecting your new Home device and then connecting it to your Wi-Fi network. From there, it will ask you to sign in using your Google ID. Afterward, you can start asking the Google Assistant anything you’d typically ask on Google. You have to say either “Hey Google” or “OK Google” before you can blabber away, though.
Overall Performance
The logical next question you’d have in mind after setting up Google Home would probably be “what can it do?”. Well, it can answer any question you have at the moment. And frankly, what you can ask the Assistant is limited to your imagination. Ask it about the day’s weather, the week’s forecast, the latest news, and practically any question you ask on Google. You can even ask the device something like “When was Robin Williams born?” and follow it up with “When did he die?” and still get the correct …show more content…
Ask it to play specific songs, albums, podcasts, or playlists and you’re set! You can even have it play playlists off your own Google Play Music and Spotify libraries. When you’re up for some variety, tell Home to play some new hits and it’ll play suitable tracks!
From there, you can ask the device for more info about a song and it’ll oblige. It’s too bad that you can’t give songs a thumbs-up or have them added to a playlist on Google Home. You’ll also be disappointed that the device only works with YouTube Music, Spotify, Google Play Music, and Pandora (for now). Of course, the number of options will expectedly increase over time.
As for the speaker’s sound quality, it definitely fares better than the Echo. Although it’s sufficiently loud enough to fill the living room, it isn’t that powerful to bring the house down. But don’t get your hopes too high. The Home doesn’t have stereo speakers and its bass lacks punch, honestly. You’re probably better off picking one among the best wireless headphones when looking for a wireless audio experience. It makes up for it, though, by having the ability to connect to any good pair of speakers. Simply add the Chromecast Audio and tell the Home to play music through that than its own built-in speaker as a