Google Home is a smart speaker developed by Google that uses Google Assistant to respond to voice commands. It allows users to control smart home devices like lights, thermostats, and more through voice. Google collects user data from Google Home to personalize ads. While it faces competition from Amazon Echo, Google Home has advantages like integration with more smart home devices and Google's search capabilities. It is expected to succeed due to improvements like multi-user support.
4. Command Examples
Daily briefing: "OK Google, good
morning." (includes personalized
greeting, info on weather, traffic,
and curated news stories)
Traffic: "OK Google, what's the
traffic like on the way to work?"
Restaurants: "OK Google, what are
the nearest restaurants to me?"
5. Action Examples
Best Dad Jokes: "OK
Google, talk to Best Dad
Jokes."
Domino's: "OK Google, talk
to Domino's and get my
Easy Order."
Todoist: "OK Google, tell
me what my next task is
with Todoist."
10. Brief History
December 8, 2016November 4, 2016May 18, 2016
Released in USA Open to Developers Released in UK
~June, 2017
Announced
~March, 2017
Fake News
13. Competition
Price $180 $130
Applications 7,000+ Skills Few Hundred Actions
Smart Home
Connections
Nest, Ecobee, Honeywell,
SmartThings, Wink, Philips Hue,
IFTTT, Lifx, WeMo, etc.
Nest, Honeywell, Philips Hue,
SmartThings, IFTTT, WeMo
Multiple Users Yes, Manual Switching No (Soon?)
14. Competition
Always Listening Yes Yes
Music Streaming
Prime Music, Spotify, Pandora,
TuneIn, iHeartRadio, etc.
Google Play Music, Spotify, Pandora,
TuneIn, Youtube Music
Customizable
Design
No Yes
Notable Features Can order products Multi-Room audio, conversational
19. Command Examples
Control Nest thermostat: "OK
Google, turn the temperature
to [temp]."
Turn Philips Hue lights on/off:
"OK Google, turn on/off my
lights."
Play a movie or TV show on
Netflix using Chromecast: "OK
Google, play [show or movie
title] on the [TV name]."