Google Home: The New “Always-Listening Virtual Assistant”

The Unveiling

Mario Queiroz, Google vice president of product management, today announced the launch of its latest gadget from Google, the principal. This was done during the conference I / O annual Google in San Francisco, which was launched by CEO, Sundar Pichai. Pichai talked about Google assistant, who is now an update existing Google. According to him, the virtual assistant would be able to respond to questions by voice with a more natural voice interaction. He gave an example of a scenario in which the user can ask the director of the film "The Revenant" and follow up on issues like asking him to show that there are other movies (the director). The assistant Google will be the basis on which Google built home.

Home Google, as described on their website is "is a product of the original voice that allows you and your family to get answers from Google, play music, and manage daily tasks." With somewhat similar to that of a drop of water, the device comes with a white body (customizable upon request) with no visible button. Wi-Fi and has a built-in speaker. One of the impressive features is its ability to connect to Chromecast. By doing this, the user would be able to request a choice of music or even view the search results on a connected TV graphics.

Google home vs Amazon Eco
Home Google shares similar characteristics with  Amazon eco. Features such as streaming music, the integration of IO and response to questions already exist in the Amazon Echo. Google's entry in the home technology market would end the monopoly currently enjoyed Amazon Eco. However, Google Home would have to put up a good fight in this "battle of the virtual assistant always listening" because Amazon Eco has been the demand from 2014 and performs its function satisfactorily. By constantly updating and adding to its characteristics, the amount of things that can be done through the echo is growing. For example, the order for a pizza, contacting a taxi Uber for collection and games are just some of the many tasks that can be performed with this device.

Benefits Google Home Amazon Eco
Google, knowing the issues in question has not come to be the second best in this rivalry. Strengthening the beginning of Google with features such as the integration of existing Google Assistant to give a feeling of natural conversation is an attribute that exceeds the echo. Another impressive feature of the main Google is the ability to synchronize with other home appliances Google to create a stereo in the user's home, an action that is not possible with the echo of the Amazon. This feature will allow the user to play the same song in the house on all devices, play songs on each device separately or even create a band, which allows the user to easily set the music for an impressive celebration.

Home Google also has a unique ability to answer follow-up questions, as demonstrated during the developer conference I / S, where a child home asked these questions, in this order;


"How many stars are there in the galaxy?"


"What's closer?"


"Show me how it looks on TV."


The device was able to answer all questions, and even release a picture of the closest star system to the TV via Chromecast streamer. This presentation showed that Google start using the wizard Google is greater flexibility and responsiveness compared Alexa Amazon Eco, eco Amazon integrated PDA devices.

The challenges faced by Google Home

Despite very impressive features that overshadows the Amazon Echo, becoming the top dog in the "virtual assistant always-listening" will not be an easy task. The fact that Amazon Eco was a standalone device for about two years gave the building means that much-needed confidence and trust to offer its users. Over the years, it has acquired many associations Echo smart home, like a nest, ECOBEE, SmartThings, and more. Google home the other hand, currently has a home intelligent control; Nest, the mother company now owns Google alphabet. However, promises were made to the Google home would be capable of intelligent lighting, thermostats and switches.


The winner?
Actually we can not say which of these devices would spearhead for the always-listening virtual assistant market, only time will tell and consumers.



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