You’ve probably seen the ad. It features people coming home, greeting one another and using the Google Home to turn on the lights or music. Google ran the ad last night during the Super Bowl and according to Twitter, it set off many users Google Home devices.
Google Assistant launched another ten actions yesterday.
If 2016 represented a breakthrough for the voice-first industry, then 2017 will represent growth.
CNET – Yesterday, Google launched its support of Honeywell thermostats and Belkin WeMo smart plugs for Google Home.
If you can’t beat them, join them. That appears to be Sonos’ new philosophy when it comes to competing against Amazon Alexa and Google Home.
CNET – Google Home users can now control any Vizio SmartCast device with voice commands.
Tech Times – A code in the Google App beta version 6.11.13 found by XDA Developers hints that soon users will be able to make payments by voice commands.
Last minute shoppers will not be able to put a new Amazon Echo or Dot under the tree this year if they waited until this week.
Today the Huffington Post reposted an answer to a question that appeared on Quora asking, “How can Amazon Echo win over Google in the long run given Google’s AI superiority?”
