Morning everybody! Please don't hate me ;) I LOVE my google home speakers, I just think they're falling too far behind. Don't forget you can win your Ultimate Tech Bundle by entering Fasthosts’ Techie Test here: www.fasthosts.co.uk/paulhibbert 😁
@noize1495
4 жыл бұрын
To clean the toilett you need Alexa Flush. I've allready bought one for about 25 Euro. www.ebay.de/itm/143207808028
@elfic
4 жыл бұрын
@@PAL.Studios the lack of communication and complete disconnect with the users is a very Google thing. It's not only the Nest, it's in many of their products... That is infuriating indeed, because they have the capacity to take it all. They are omnipresent, have smart engineers, and have the best AI bar none. The only piece that prevents Amazon from closing the deal for good was only briefly addressed by @Paul Hibbert: the lack of international service. If you are not in one of the few countries that have a complete integration with Amazon retail sales, you get nothing (and that's not just "we innovate in the US first then extend"...). I don't need to be able to order "Alexa, order some more milk" to automate my lights and A/C, do I?
@VijayKiran
4 жыл бұрын
Point 2 : duo does it for us.. As restrictive as iOS is on mobile os ..as is Google in smart assistant...I don't know what is siri and Cortana though..
@4daluvofnikki
4 жыл бұрын
Oh well scratch off IFTTT integration off the list. LOL Sorry that isn’t funny.
@niklasjalden9429
4 жыл бұрын
I agree with you on most points. For example, how can google still not support live voice calling between speakers, why so slow and unflexible in routines, etc. But, the reason for why google lives and will survive, is in line with what you describe: You dont want to speak for all the things you'd like to get done, but for the things you want to use your voice, it would be nice if the speaker at least made an effort to understand what is the most likely thing that you might have said. "Alexa, when does the nearest resturant open, " ... "the near-ass resturant in somewhere USA opens..." How can Amazon with the longest run on the smart-home-speaker market still not understand shit, and still believe that all the worlds population are only interested in whats going on in the US. I doubled, Alexa and google for quite a while but sold my Alexas as they cant do shit for you if you live in sweden
@jeroendewildt8193
4 жыл бұрын
I don't disagree, but if you're in a non English speaking country like me, Amazon just sucks.
@cretadeus
4 жыл бұрын
I don't think it's the country. I think it's your accent. Try using a Bronx or Southern accent.
@Tommyownzz
4 жыл бұрын
why?
@cretadeus
4 жыл бұрын
@@Tommyownzz It's a joke Tommy!. Kinda. I'm from a different country also but only fluent in English. I don't have any problems with voice recognition. Therefore...no accent. People here complain about Echo and Google because it doesn't recognize them with their accent. I'm kidding around when I said to use a Southern or Bronx accent because it's heavy but still recognizable by Echo and Google.
@LostOnTheLine
4 жыл бұрын
Google is much better at understanding voices. As I just said in my comment my 3 year old niece can talk to Google no problem, it works with more variety of voices, accents, & phrasing
@ravitejaknts
4 жыл бұрын
@@cretadeus bing sucks outside english speaking countries. Same with alexa. its not about voice recognition, its about alround experience
@TenshiR
4 жыл бұрын
I had a few scares. We use the Echo so often my son's first word was almost "Alexa".😓
@jimmylugo2682
4 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂
@christopherf7423
4 жыл бұрын
Have another baby, and name her Alexa.
@SmartHomeSolver
4 жыл бұрын
Great video Paul! I agree with everything you said. Especially the naming of the Google Nest Hub. They really did overly complicate things that didn't need to be. Also when, or if, Google updates their routines to be triggered by other devices it may not ever be as good as Amazon's.
@paulhibbert
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks dude. Now just gotta get you turned around on Philips Hue 😜 ❤️
@monas.6839
4 жыл бұрын
How cool is this?! My two favorite smart home channels together! Time for a colab! 💜😀
@paulhibbert
4 жыл бұрын
kzitem.info/news/bejne/qp-Km2l9npdoo5w 😉
@mortenleinan
4 жыл бұрын
How about that you 2 big youtubers try to get the info to google? you have alot of good input to give them. We all want the best tech we can get, dont care how we get it. Thanks both for great content :)
@philliphugh3347
4 жыл бұрын
@@paulhibbert That man's 'Not for turning!'
@TheHookUp
4 жыл бұрын
You are so damn entertaining. One thing I'd add after being burned WAY too many times by Google: Google has a history of just kind of giving up on things and scrapping projects, Amazon will drag it out to the bitter end before scrapping a project (they even tried to make a stupid camera that judges your fashion work for over 2 years). I still have two "Google TVs" that were supposed to revolutionize what a smartTV was, then google was like "No, we want to make this thing called AndroidTV, it's different than what you have. No, you can't have updates. By the way, nothing on your TV will work anymore"
@paulhibbert
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks dude 😊👍 wise words too. I think there's a website dedicated to all googled abandoned project somewhere too! 😅
@Stone815
4 жыл бұрын
Do you even know what you're talking about? Name one Google service that lasted less than two years.
@TheHookUp
4 жыл бұрын
@@Stone815 Here you go bro: killedbygoogle.com/ I won't be angry if you delete your idiotic comment.
@acts9531
4 жыл бұрын
Amazon abandons things too. I bought an Amazon phone a few years back and now it's a remote control with no SIMM because Amazon stopped supporting it or updating it years ago. I can't even load the Alexa app on it. Imagine an Amazon phone that you can't put the Alexa app on ... Yeah, I call that abandoned.
@paulhibbert
4 жыл бұрын
Sorry Michael, this is a bit embarrassing for you 😂 killedbygoogle.com
@PhillipHilton
4 жыл бұрын
So in short "Alexa is ahead at the moment and Google is lagging" Let's come back in 18 months time when Google have gotten their act together, fired the wallies holding up development and thrown everything at it to catch Amazon. This brings up an issue I have with ALL of the smart speakers produced by both Google and Amazon. Simply put its this: 'Being as the whole voice assistant domain is moving so rapidly why on earth would you make any form of significant hardware purchase which locks you into only a single vendor's voice assistant and its associated ecosystem?' This is fundamentally why when I started down the whole home automation route three years ago I went with Sonos which supports both Alexa and Google assistant. Over the course of the last three years I've had Alexa as my VA, swapped to Google and now I'm back using Alexa again. All throughout the last three years my hardware has remained the same and I'm beholden to neither side. Additionally, the audio quality is just better in a smart speaker that's a speaker first and voice assistant second. Bose have taken the same approach and support both also. Its a mystery to me why either company - Amazon or Google - is even still bothering to make their own hardware. Why not just license your voice assistants using a common minimum supported architecture with a broad three to five year shared roadmap? Sign up Dali, JBL, Sony, Bose, Sonos, Adam, Klipsch, Tannoy, et al. and let the market choose. Its utterly bananas not to do so.
@courtenayblair2279
4 жыл бұрын
its been about 5 years...why wait another 18 months
@jasonoliver3548
4 жыл бұрын
the point is that they can make them super cheap so everyone will have them in their homes. people that expect them to sound really good too is so confusing. But a good speaker if you want it to sound good....like one of the ones that they've licenced pout to.
@michaelm.3641
3 жыл бұрын
@Oracladeus I mean this is a bit different as the Google Assistant which powers Google Home products is ingrained into their phone products. They might abandon their independent home speakers but the assistant behind them will undoubtedly continue to be improved upon.
@benfulford3943
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks, this is the best comment I have seen on this. I was just looking at the sonos yesterday. I think I'll go for that when I move into my new place. I've been leaning more towards going down the Google route mainly cos alexa really annoys me when I've been around friends houses that have her, whereas Google seems slightly less annoying. But probably best not to commit to either company and just be agnostic.
@arunvijayind
3 жыл бұрын
All I want to change the"Hey Google" & "Ok Google". It sucks over time.
@somerandomperson9846
3 жыл бұрын
You can change it from the app
@daviddemaree2988
3 жыл бұрын
@@somerandomperson9846 I don't believe you, I demand that you tell me how to do this ...
@somerandomperson9846
3 жыл бұрын
@@daviddemaree2988 ok noodle works you don’t need to change anything from the app any thing that sounds similar to ok google should work
@androidmorgan11
3 жыл бұрын
You can actually say "hey boo boo" or "ok boo boo" to wake a google product. Not much better I know haha
@tsunamitube3351
3 жыл бұрын
@@androidmorgan11 i use " cocaine poodle"
@ayporos
4 жыл бұрын
I own a Google Home, Google Home Mini, Nest thermostat and 5 Google Nest Mini speakers. I completely agree with Paul on most parts, especially the shafting of Nest. I really regret buying that Nest thermostat and not just buying a more basic Z-wave thermostat that I can just control from my Hubitat (and from Google via a Hubitat trigger/switch). As far as automation goes, I let my hubitat handle all of that so I really only need the Google to activate a hubitat routine, however I COMPLETELY agree with the custom wake command. I REALLY REALLY REALLY hate having to say "hey Google" and not being able to customize that.
@francistaylor1822
3 жыл бұрын
I think you are right there, but the really really annoying thing for me is the wake name. It was almost a dealbreaker, but at the time I bought, google had a hard mic switch and amazon didnt.
@richardlyd7450
3 жыл бұрын
A big plus for me is Amazon echo is great for Dev's coding...but Google got to fill your phone with apps
@GustavoScarpellini
3 жыл бұрын
dev's coding ? how?
@richardlyd7450
3 жыл бұрын
@@GustavoScarpellini using things like..Fauxmoesp..etc...using the esp8266 or esp32..
@GustavoScarpellini
3 жыл бұрын
@@richardlyd7450 gonna have a look into that. Thanks man
@vulpix0r
4 жыл бұрын
It's just a shame that Alexa has difficulty understanding English in other regions while there are no issues with Google. 😢 Tried so many times and Alexa gets my commands wrong constantly.
@FairGround7Delorean
4 жыл бұрын
Yea it's not a fan of the Scottish accent so much so that a sitcom made a skit about exactly that haha
@pawjeppesen-ifttttricks605
4 жыл бұрын
Not to mention all of us, who doesn't speak English as our native language...
@adriantcg3676
4 жыл бұрын
i dont have issues and my native is far from english... i can see why scottish accent is difficult to alexa, when i was in Edinburgh i barely understood anything 🤣
@JavierNoval
4 жыл бұрын
You forgot the most important thing: "She who must not be named" is already able to imitate Darth Vader 😂
@insatiablehunger2138
3 жыл бұрын
Enough already you won bro u already earned my like 😂😂😂 Got me laughing 🤣 especially those clean edits
@stepheng8779
4 жыл бұрын
The street value of citalopram has soared this year. Originally thought to be the effects of lockdown, it's actually due to people shouting 'ok computer' at their fart boxes and getting bloody Radiohead whining at them.
@chrishoggett1375
4 жыл бұрын
Again, in Belgium Google is winning because Amazon kinda forgot we exist. I use Alexa, you wouldn’t believe how many people ask me, what’s Alexa? Looking puzzled that amazon make smarthome stuff. And people with lots of many just install the Niko Home Controle (I think that works with both Google and Alexa, but probably not Siri, not sure) Anyway, can somebody tell Amazon that Belgium is a country and yes, we do have money to buy stuff. Making us an annex of Amazon Germany and Amazon France is useless. Tried buying an echo dot clock for Belgium, got directed to Amazon Germany to then be told they don’t ship to Belgium... same story with France....
@catiaVanPT
3 жыл бұрын
Oh my lord the exact same thing just happened to me. I'm from Portugal, they've made us an annex of Amazon Spain and is useless. I was trying to buy the echo dot and was also directed to Amazon Germany and still no delivery here. It's ridiculous, I get it, it's a small country but everybody uses Amazon so it's about time they change some stuff. Right now I'm leaning towards Google home just because of that hassle.
@pythonantole9892
4 жыл бұрын
I own the Google nest speakers and have been using them for almost a year, then one day i visit a friend who is on the Alexa ecosystem and while sitting on the couch i hear the Echo say "Sunset will be in 10 minutes, i'm now turning on the lights and closing the front door." Wow! I ask what's going on and he says its a routine. I think "well not a big deal, google home has routines as well, i'll set it up when i get home". I get home and it turns out that i can't do the same with Google home. Alexa routines are miles ahead of what Google offers, the level of automation you can achieve with Alexa is simply incomparable with Google's. I sold the dumb speakers on ebay for pennies and got myself 3 echos and the echo flex. If you want to know how may Yens make 1 USD and check the weather then go with Google home but if you want real smart home capabilities and/or automation Alexa is the way to go.
@paulhibbert
4 жыл бұрын
A classic case there dude. Google really ought to see this, as I think you are a prime example of what is happening in the market place.
@nucks4cup75
4 жыл бұрын
You can do timed routines with Google too. It's the only other trigger they have that's not voice.
@pythonantole9892
4 жыл бұрын
@@nucks4cup75 In my example, you'd have to know when Sunset will be, with Alexa you don't have to, it queries when Sunset will be on its own.
@nucks4cup75
4 жыл бұрын
@@pythonantole9892 ah yes your correct here
@jmr
4 жыл бұрын
@@paulhibbert An Amazon "prime example"?
@chrisnielson2212
4 жыл бұрын
I think you pretty much nailed it. I started my smart home with the Google Mini’s and quickly became frustrated with the lack of capability as compared to a friend who used the Amazon Alexas. After a while I migrated to Alexa while keeping the minis, because let’s face it, they excel at answering questions. What I really like about the Alexa system is how often new features and capabilities are added, the routines and just the overall interactions with the system. Plus being able to use the wake word “Computer” is a nice bonus.
@gtubbs6974
4 жыл бұрын
It just follows the whole "Google doesn't care about hardware" argument. They seem to say "ooh, this is shiny lets do/have that" - later - "bored now, Whats next? - Ooh shiny"
@cosmotk
3 жыл бұрын
LMAO 6:24 .."Come back here and flush me, you disgusting animal" 😅😅
@jerabekj
3 жыл бұрын
Great video as usually, thanks. I am, for some time now, trying to decide my route in smart home and voice assistant - Google or Amazon. I never heard myself Gmini nor Echo dot, but some friends having GMini told me, that it sounds decent. Honestly, I tend to Alexa more and more as I continue with my research, but just want to be sure before I lock myself to one or other solution. But regarding to audio conectivity of GMini - I see 2 options how to set this up, both without cables. 1) BT dongle connected to my Yamaha receiver via analog connection 2) is imho better - connecting a Chromecast into HDMI of my Yamaha and streaming music this way. The downside is that this way it cant be used for all the sound from GMini, just for streaming.
@k6173
2 жыл бұрын
But in some countries of the world, the only option is google, so whether you like it or not, you are stuck with google.
@jasonoliver3548
4 жыл бұрын
not sure that it's "over" but I agree with everything you said about them losing. the crazy part is that they could fix it tomorrow if they actually got their shit together and did it. I think you're right that they didn't have a plan and it got fragmented and now they're a bit lost in the woods.
@102179mark
4 жыл бұрын
FYI, Google Home speakers can listen for glass breaking as well. I agree with you on a couple points there. I can't stand the routines on Google, although I haven't found a system I do care for automations on either. The Google Nest fiasco is atrocious why they rebranded at all makes no sense to me either. Taking away the third party support for the thermostats pissed me off more than anything. I had just figured out how to integrate them into Smartthings, then they pulled it.
@cretadeus
4 жыл бұрын
Google Home detecting an intruder: WARNING! I CAN DETECT GLASS BREAKAGE. USE A HAMMER DRILL ON THE DOOR LOCKS INSTEAD!
@amritpalsd1994
3 жыл бұрын
One thing I like about google is android auto and being able to google assistant to broadcast and trigger routine from the car
@jarekkorytkowski6402
4 жыл бұрын
You MUST review the Google Nest Hub and a video of how to makee Google and Alexa work together, we your google users fans need itt lad!
@stevecalise9299
4 жыл бұрын
I think the Alexa app is a lot easier to navigate than the gogle home app as well. Google home app seems like everything you need is buried behind other things.
@TheGrony
3 жыл бұрын
Exactly... Even after 2 weeks still confused from Google Home app on iOS while Alexa works perfect and is much easier to navigate and understand... Living in country where Google has much better integration (Amazon is not operating here at all - Czechia EU) but killing it with app and overall possibilities for Google Home...
@Everbrooks
4 жыл бұрын
I actually changed to Alexa because I became so annoyed about saying “Hey Google” or “Ok Google” the whole time. Saying “Alexa” is so more fluent and intuitive to use.
@Xalies
2 жыл бұрын
IMO opinion Google lost it because it failed to humanize their assistants wake word ... Asking Alexa or Siri to turn on lights etc... just is natural to use a name like that "Hey Google" was just so "weird" and speaking as someone with a speech impediment it got progressively harder for it to recognize it. I don't know if its still like it but it was always really annoying how Google home would respond... "Hey Google, turn on the living room light" ... OK, turning on the living room light"
@zmoclov21
3 жыл бұрын
I am a Google smart products owner and I was going to start by saying "I hate to say it, but.." but I don't even hate to say it, it actually is easy to say at this point... It's easy to say, you're right about all of this. I am so frustrated with the flip floppy tenancies of google and all their smart protects. And the worst part is, I have $100s of dollars spent on their products so it's so hard to justify switching to Amazon products at this point, but I get closer and closer every day! I'm sick of all this. I don't get why they keep flipping. It's very easy to look at any past failed smart product. They always fail the moment the "smart" thing that they are trying to automate/make easier for the user actually becomes harder. Well, most of the time this automating time becomes harder the moment they start picking and choosing which companies/other products their product is compatible with. Google said they were cutting off compatibility with other brands because they couldn't guarantee security that way. I sounds good and all, but really I feel like that's just a scapegoat in order to make the user buy all their products. Look at IFTTT, they used to have SO much support. Then they dropped a few big companies and apps and their usability went way down breaking many of their users' automation. It want so far down that they had to mini-rebrand and now call it IFTTT Pro, i.e. they just weren't making as much money as they were and had to stat charging-that's really all the PRO is... Long story short, and I don't get how these companies don't see this: If you make something smart/easier you can't make it harder for the user and expect to make more money from your change. It should only get easier. So if your product starts out being compatible with others, you can't then down the road change that (especially if your competitors continue to be compatible with others!).
@GoG6138
3 жыл бұрын
I own 4 Google Home products and one Amazon, and I agree. Google has done NOTHING to improve over the past 2-3 years. They should be pushing out updates monthly and making these devices smarter and smarter and smarter - but as a company they are just too stupid, fat and bloated to innovate. There have been virtually no improvements to my Google devices while Amazon keeps innovating. I really regret that I have 4 Google devices - it's a brain dead company with really bad customer service.
@karthik1sky
4 жыл бұрын
I thought we would be getting ifttt "pro" video this week
@mrdando
4 жыл бұрын
karthik shetty think it will be next week as this news only came out mid week
@mkjustuk
4 жыл бұрын
Haha me too, corporate greed! corporate greed!
@paulhibbert
4 жыл бұрын
Oh it will be coming, don't you worry! 🤣 I have a really hectic schedule at the minute though so it might be later than I want.
@beastobadness
4 жыл бұрын
When I first seen the announcement on Reddit I literally sat there and grinded my teeth, my wife actually asked me if I was alright and the first thing I said to her was "Paul Hibbert is gonna love this"😂
@fortherecord1569
4 жыл бұрын
Ah come on. THREE free applets isn't enough for you? Hahaha!!!
@campmanny1
4 жыл бұрын
I ask Alexa if my bedroom lights (Hue) are on. Alexa: "bedroom lights don't support that". I ask google, I get an actual answer. Alexa can't compare to google. I have both and will probably be getting rid of Alexa.
@WCG72
4 жыл бұрын
Having the ability to have Google turn everything off in my living room including the TV when I say "turn off living room" and turn on everything in my master bedroom including the tv when I say "turn on the bedroom". I have every room set up to do the same. Plus Amazon has way too many security issues for my comfort.
@Betoballestas
4 жыл бұрын
Agree 100%, just the fact to say "ok google" to trigger the assistant is ridiculous, they should give us more options, I mean... When you say "Alexa" it's way more comfortable and easier for kids, My 4 years old baby girl always have a hard time with the google assistant trigger
@edcameron
3 жыл бұрын
A feature i loved on my google home was the ability to make calls and the sharing of contacts with my phone. I was used to saying "Hey google where's my phone?" when i had an android phone. I switched to iphone and said "Hey google wheres my phone?" and imidetly after saying it i thought "Oh, that wont work anymore because i dont have an android phone anymore" but it did work! The google home actually called my mobile!. Once i realised it could make phone calls, I would frequently use it. HOWEVER. Google removed this feature in the UK! arghhh this is so annoying. I am considering switching to Alexa just because of this!
@javenhax
4 жыл бұрын
Uh.... As an exclusive GH household, it really pains me to say you're right Paul. I *wish* I could trigger routines through IFTTT. 🤦🏼♂️
@paulhibbert
4 жыл бұрын
I hadn't realised that wasn't a possibility. 🤦♂️
@Jimmy_Jones
4 жыл бұрын
Ouch
@Pzykotik
4 жыл бұрын
This. If they allowed IFTTT it would make the setup be actually useful.
@mkjustuk
4 жыл бұрын
I agree with most of this. One thing I would say, is to me as a Brit living in Europe is that Amazon (Alexa) has nothing like the foothold Google has outside of the UK and US
@paulhibbert
4 жыл бұрын
Really?? I had no idea! I just assumed they were massive all over the world. I wonder why not. 🤔
@CameoDan1
4 жыл бұрын
Its true, if Amazon doesn’t support the language, they ban the sale of their products in those countries, for instance I can’t by an echo in the Netherlands. When ordering from Amazon.co.uk or .de it states delivery is not possible to the Netherlands. And Not even sold on Amazon.nl.
@mkjustuk
4 жыл бұрын
@@paulhibbert Amazon (shopping) hasn't been as big a thing for as long in other parts of Europe (still isn't) so Echo saturation hasn't been as easy and Google is everywhere (physical shops, mobile service provider giveaways and of course Spotify).
@TortoiseT
4 жыл бұрын
@@paulhibbert Belgium chiming in. You can't even buy most Echo stuff here yet... The echo dot 3 still hasn't come out. Echo flexes are nowhere in sight. For everything Amazon you have to buy old/outdated international versions and have to jump through silly hoops to make them work properly. It's the same for the entire Benelux market and I'm assuming other places in Europe as well. I would have loved to buy echo stuff, I didn't because Amazon is just not bringing most of their stuff to our markets.
@cxar71
4 жыл бұрын
Well, I guess it depends on where in EU you look. Here in Italy, well, Amazon basically runs the country. 😜
@SmartHomeHASHTAGS
4 жыл бұрын
I was a Google only user, but now I love Alexa much more than Google. I can use WiFi sensors to trigger Alexa routines. Google cannot, in Australia at least. But I really want the Echo Flex to be released in Australia.
@mrpmj00
3 жыл бұрын
Amazon Alexa is the best for home automation, it has the most skills. Echo dot 4th generation has zigbee builtin (to control my blinds, doorlock, etc.). Also, Google can't add a device to more than 1 room or group; example: kitchen and family room are adjacent to each other and I want the lights in both room to turn off if I say all, as well as independently turning off either room. Alexa is inexpensive so I bought 8 to equip every room with Amazon Alexa for voice control so that I can just ask 'turn off the lights' and the echo in that room knows to turn off those lights and not other lights in the house. Google app's fonts are really really really tiny for my old eyes. All 8 of my Amazon Echo devices have a clock... very convenient to tell the time or see a timer's countdown. or better sound, I have a few of my Amazon Echo dot 3 with clock output the sound via its 3.5mm headphone jack to my Denon HEOS speakers. New home automation users who want zigbee to communicate with blinds, door locks, lightbuilbs, etc. can just buy the Amazon Echo 4th generation with builtin zigbee.
@mizunopearl
3 жыл бұрын
What I find frustrating about Amazon is that even if they release the device to Canada they still hold back many of the features. Household profiles don't exist for Amazon devices in Canada and that's huge for a multi user home. I can only hope that Amazon begins to roll out this feature to us, It is cheaper to outfit my home with Amazon devices (thanks in part to their sales) then it is with google. I also don't like the direction google is going.
@kozel0147
3 жыл бұрын
There's one thing you "forgot". If you don't have an accent common in the US or in the UK, Alexa just won't understand you. And that's not just my experience. Google Home, on the other hand, would understand a giraffe.
@smitmiras
4 жыл бұрын
Great to see subs numbers go up Paul, 100 K baby here we come! Oh and Im a Philips hue + google home owner, basically being bashed every time I see your vids, ever since the beginning 🤣
@paulhibbert
4 жыл бұрын
Haha, sorry man! 😂 Thanks for sticking around, and thanks for the kind words. Not long now!
@GForce2010
4 жыл бұрын
I started out with Google Home, I think I was a few months in when I got an Echo Dot. I have a slight speech impediment and fine saying Alexa soo much easier than saying OK Google.
@whoanelly-
4 жыл бұрын
Your case aside, (I have never considered speech impediment) but in general tho, I never understood the general argument about one is "easier" to say. First you can say "Hey Google" insead of "ok google" Then when you compare to Alexa, it comes down to 3 sylables. So I dont see how its easier to Say "Alexa" vs "Hey Google" when its the same amount of sylables. I will gripe that why hasnt google enabled the ability to change the wake phrase yet.
@legitgibbo3225
4 жыл бұрын
They didn't cut off Amazon on the thermostat because they know Amazon would just make there own version that is 3rd party friendly and take them on in that product
@sunilchandran4u
4 жыл бұрын
Google not listening to customers. Customers like me asking Google to add a delay option in routines. Alexa already has it. Some times there are requirements to keep some delay between actions in a routine. When I asked this to support, they started asking me counter questions like why I need to do that!! I do have old IR remote based appliances and I made it kind of smart by purchasing a universal IR wifi remote. Most of the times I need proper sequencing of actions within a routine and some sort of delays in seconds and minutes. Google not understanding this at all. We have been asking this since 2018. This is not rocket science for them. You are absolutely right.
@DesignitBuilditRepairit
3 жыл бұрын
I don't know about the walkie-talkie thing but you can use Google Duo to call home from a smartphone and I have a conversation
@rsndetre1
4 жыл бұрын
I just bought a Google Nest Hub and I'm very happy with it. I had an RM Pro that I could not integrate with Alexa on my phone (tried some time ago) and with Google it just works. Alexa app was trowing all sorts of errors when trying to import the skill and I gave up. I know for other people works and probably is updated now. Even more, from what I know, if you have a Dot you still require a third device to interface with RM pro. Not the case with Google Nest Hub. Second, I don't know about Alexa, but Google made huge steps in understanding your particular pronunciation of english. I'm honestly surprised. My spoken english is quite bad and it never fails to understand me. Third. What ever commands I'm giving, it gets what I mean. Even for routines, if I forget to speak the exact phrase I defined it understands. Honestly, this is AI stuff at work here and it works brilliantly. Lastly, I don't have things that require automation in my home. I just use it to turn on/off stuff and to display photos. For that Google is fine. What seems interesting, is the possibility to change the keyword with Alexa. Saying always "OK Google" sucks big time. In the end, I really don't care who wins. I just care which one is easier to work with and speak to. As of now, there isn't really a home automation market. I'm not gonna put a smart lock on my door and certainly I'm not gonna trust an app with data on cloud to open or close it. Also, I don't need the lights on at a certain time. Automation will be when we will have truly useful devices that can save us some free time. A cleaning robot that is smarter then stumbling from corner to corner. Smart pet feeding devices and toys. Robots that can clean around the house. Turning stuff on/off at certain times ... just meh. Edit: btw, I have bluetooth speakers but no interest in connecting the Google Nest to it. I'm not listening to music loud in the house as I will disturb the other members of the family. So lack of a jack ... not really caring either.
@andrewbreton7062
4 жыл бұрын
I'm ready to chuck my nine google voice devices, out the window. Google needs to update this glitch that always says there's a problem, when I say the wake word. If the zigbee lights I ordered, work with my hub, I will going with buttons for everything, and selling off all my speakers.
@etliverpool
4 жыл бұрын
Google's marketing / branding / naming strategy has always failed them. Back in 2004 they launched Gmail, everyone knew it was from Google and it had a short, snappy name. It became hugely popular and still is. They should have continued with the G prefix for all their products.... Gmusic, Gmovies, Gbooks, etc. But no, they used names like Google Play Music, and the premium version was actually called Google Play Music All Access... FIVE words! wtf? Amazon uses their home page to push their Alexa products. Every time people shop on Amazon the first thing they see is an ad for their smart speakers. Google has this obsession with preserving their clean, white home page. Small, discreet adverts for their products whenever someone did a search would have raised public awareness.
@martynadams754
4 жыл бұрын
Started with Echos, but I decided to go all-in with Google for three reasons - KZitem, Android phone integration and being able to use it in the car mainly for voice controlling navigation. However, I still have an Echo Dot in the living room, and out of all the speakers in the house it probably gets the most use simply because "Alexa" rolls off the tongue better than "OK, Google" does!
@virgil3241
3 жыл бұрын
I have an Ecobee switch, which has Alexa. Its basically a wall switch that has a built in speaker. Its awesome, and yes, its not super loud music, but for a kitchen, its great. And it takes up no room since its in the wall
@reinaldots
4 жыл бұрын
Here in Brazil we are practically abandoned by Google, we only have the Google Nest Mini without news since it was launched here and the Nest Hub does not work in Portuguese. Already on Amazon almost every month there are news for the Echo line, the support is excellent, the routines help a lot and there are many skills in Portuguese.
@terkfranks1538
4 жыл бұрын
I like the shared photo album across Google Home Hubs for family members across the country/world... you can have pictures just show up from aunts and uncles you normally only see now and then at family reunions... 👍
@z0phi3l
3 жыл бұрын
Funny thing is I've been switching to Google services because my Kasa smart devices work better with Assistant, for whatever reason Alexa doesn't want to work with them even tho the listing says they are compatible, plus the new Google speakers look to be a great deal
@thehumanehuman9456
3 жыл бұрын
The naming is a massive problem. Initially I bought an echo dot and google mini, saying ‘ok google’ is annoying , crap and doesn’t flow off the tongue, whereas amazon give you 4 options: Alexa/computer/echo or Amazon! Much easier and sounds more natural. I personally want the ability to completely personalise the activation word to anything I want.
@SmartHomePoint
4 жыл бұрын
I agree entirely, and have covered the confusing naming/branding and also the frustrating dropping of Play Music recently. Whilst I do like my Nest Mini, I can't help but feel that the Google Home/Nest ecosystem will continue to fall behind bit by bit.
@Alessandro---
4 жыл бұрын
The only advantage of Google is that Amazon only works with Spotify Premium while Google streams my Spotify free ... sometimes... until there’s an ad ... and Spotify fails to recover.
@BradClarke
4 жыл бұрын
I sold my soul to Google years ago, but Amazon got my smart speaker money for one simple reason; they had a skill that allowed me to connect my echo & dots to my SiriusXM account and stream the audio. It took Google almost two years to catch up. My car now has an Amazon Alexa applet in the infotainment system!
@frofa2954
4 жыл бұрын
Paul, I totally agree with your conclusion, but let's not forget that Amazon Alexa also really sucks on a daily basis when used for home automation. Sure, it's much more versatile than anything Google offers right now, but it still is super basic. It often does not understand the name of devices (as you showed in your video), and routines can have only one trigger - plus, even very basic triggers do not exist. Like, "when a timer goes off", or "when a reminder comes up". Also routines, once they're running, cannot be stopped. WAY to go for Amazon, too!
@peterlc8166
4 жыл бұрын
I notice IFTTT has made changes to its service. They now have a paid version that must sign up to if you want more than 3 functional recipes.
@ToddKing
4 жыл бұрын
Linden Tibbets, the big cheese at IFTTT is asking for feedback on his twitter account. I went and and told him that it was BS that I bought devices that said works with IFTTT but now won't unless I pay $120. You should complain too. Even if it doesn't affect you right now. Everyone should. twitter.com/ltibbets
@Opperbeun
4 жыл бұрын
For a non English native speaker, google is way ahead of Amazon. I want to curse in my native language to my smart speaker.
@speedracer9132
3 жыл бұрын
I came here because I'm trying to find out what google can do that amazon cannot... I am at the point where I've been thinking everything you said in this video about google being way behind in this arena. If I can confirm that there is no loss of features by switching to echo and using android phone, that will be the final nail in the coffin.
@linedwell
4 жыл бұрын
I don't think I'd ever even try Google home tbh. The little Dot I have just works, nothing complicated or awkward, it just works. So I've no reason to bin it off.
@Turbs
4 жыл бұрын
As a Google Home user, I'm inclined to agree with you. I have Nest Thermostats and Nest Protects and I can't access their sensors to trigger anything!!! It drives me up the f**king wall!!! On top of that, I am a paid G-Suite user (so I can use my own domain name on my Google account) and they completely block us from accessing any of the great stuff available to free Gmail users. I simply don't understand how it's taking so long to open up Goole Home functionality to paying users. One final thing (and I do love my Google products) it pisses me off that Google replies to every command (e.g. "Sure, turning 3 lights on") instead of just saying "OK!" like Alexa. I feel like I may have gone down the wrong route but, like most loyal Google users, I guess I'll just have to wait another 5 years for them to pull their fingers out of their asses.
@samson9428
3 жыл бұрын
As one whose smart home is google powered, I almost completely agree with every reason mentioned here. I get around having to voice control a lot of my routines by using a different app to trigger a routine when a condition of my choosing is satisfied, but on the whole, I think alexa is a better smart speaker, and a better controller for a smart home. Only reason I use google is because I find it easier to avoid accidentally waking the speaker up, and I was already using the Google home app for the chromecast I use to stream Disney to an older tv for my kids lol
@WakkaOwnages
4 жыл бұрын
The biggest problem for Alexa is the languages it recognizes. It might work good in the US and UK but for foreign languages it just doesn't support it or it sucks. Google is miles ahead in that department and will win the battle worldwide if it keeps getting better language support.
@ThorASic
4 жыл бұрын
I also think Amazon has also done a better job with aesthetics. Back in the day, my wife bought me my first echo as a gift (I honestly knew nothing about smart speakers). She based her decision on appearance. She thought the Google Home looked like an air-freshener. Then I discovered the home automation thing and developed the obsessive compulsive home-automation illness. Now, everything is controlled with Alexa including the garage doors and garbage disposal. That said, I would hate to see what Amazon would do without competition. So GO Google GO Google!
@clavacats2991
3 жыл бұрын
very usefull..you can tell you're not just sponsored advertising...you're my favorite reviewer 'I've come across so far...keep up the good work...hi from New Jersey US
@joesmarthome5946
4 жыл бұрын
Although I agree with most of what you said, both Google Home and Alexa suffer from one main problem... they require internet access. With that alone, I would never use either Google Home or Alexa as the main "hub" for my smart home setup. I used Smartthings for a bit, drove me crazy When it comes to smart home the main thing I care about is reliability. To get reliability at this time, I think the only way to do it is with a local hub that does not "require" internet access (HomeAssistant, HomeSeer, OpenHab, Hubitat etc) With a local hub being the main brain of my smart home, I don't want Alexa or Google home to be another brain. So personally, I do not have any use for the extras that alexa skills/routines provides over google home. I want smart speaker routines to only activate when I say something. If I want a routine to activate based on a non-voice trigger, my smart hub will take care of that, and important routines will still run without internet access. The problem with a local hub is that the companies or communities running them do not have the same resources as google or amazon, so the features take more time to integrate and may not be easy enough to setup for your average smart home joe. Personally before I buy any smart device I ensure it can work with my hub in some way, this can stop me from using some of the cheaper wifi devices though... but rarely I am still going to stick with google home for a couple reasons … 1) alexa skills/routines, no benefit to me yet over google routines 2) Asking questions to google is WAY better than alexa. I am still impressed that google can answer some of the stupid questions I have with horrible sentence structure 3) Fire Tv does have a remote, but Google Sabrina (new chromecast) is coming out soon with a remote 4) Netflix, Disney+, KZitem, UPNP streaming all work natively on Google (Nest) hub screens 5) Google interpreter: translates real-time. Not used often, but holy crap is it convenient. 6) find my phone. Turns volume to max. I use this ALL the time 7) With Google doorbell, it automatically shows on Google hubs when someone rings the bell. I think alexa you have to ask 8) multiple different phrases for the same routine. "Turn off all the lights", "please turn off all lights", "yo man, turn off dem lights" Features google should work on implementing ... 1) drop in (like alexa does), but have an option to have the other speaker require confirmation before drop in. Something like "Kitchen speaker wants to chat. Enable conversation mode?" I don't think alexa does this (I could be wrong) but this is why I don't want drop-in the way alexa has done it 2) Alexa app has geofencing, Google home does not, only home/away with nest. (There are other ways to do it though) I can see the appeal of Alexa over Google home though and since the consumer market is more of "your average joes", alexa provides more capabilities to them with less tinkering Note: I got lucky with my thermostat, I went ecobee instead of nest. It was my first smarthome device. Now knowing, I would have gone Zwave or something local
@raahulpooran
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah both are very good but I'll stick to google
@mazirius11
3 жыл бұрын
What do you mean "they don't work offline"? Amazon echo plus has the capability of controlling devices while your local network lost internet access
@joesmarthome5946
3 жыл бұрын
@@mazirius11 only for devices hooked up directly to echos. So things like Zwave, not possible without something like node-red running on a separate server (smarthub). Also I dont think routines is local control, could be wrong. Then whats the point
@mazirius11
3 жыл бұрын
@@joesmarthome5946 local routines are working on Echo plus to some extent for sure - of course you need the action to be doable offline. As for local control of smart home devices i know for sure that zigbee and wifi devices connected to the echo device are controllable locally. If you rely on some online skill between Alexa and your zwave hub then it's not really an problem of the Echo.
@joesmarthome5946
3 жыл бұрын
@@mazirius11 yes many things can be controlled locally with alexa, but anything that isnt in the list requires a smarthub or RPi running alongside anyways. Again, so what the point, why not run it all off the pi. Google has native local support on the way, but it can also already be setup locally if you are tech savy enough. I dont want all my devices to be seen by the echos or google homes, by making them the smarthub there is literally no way to stop that. So even when full local control is supported (for any kind of device which will never happen), I am still going to use a smarthub over a voice assistant device
@siafulinux
3 жыл бұрын
You know, I wanted to go with Google thanks to KZitemrs who suck (or were paid, hmmm?) but ended up with "she who should not be named" instead only because of a deal Amazon was running and I think I got the thing for $20 or less(?); honestly I don't remember the price but it was cheap. I am so very happy that I did! Btw, your channel is the funniest, most truthfully informative on the subject. Thank you for all your hard work.
@jmr
4 жыл бұрын
I hate that your pretty much correct because Google assistant is better(IMHO). That ring made by Amazon is just a single earbud with a button in a ring form factor which works with Alexa, Google, and Siri.
@lelandclayton5462
4 жыл бұрын
Back when the Smart Speakers came out I thought "Yep, Google will win". Seen them in many Homes and back when I was designing a Magic Mirror product I wanted to put Google Home in it, their API was free but you could only use 200 commands a month or pay out the ass for a license. Amazon on the other hand doesn't and it's cheaper hardware. In my honest opinion Amazon has a better Smart Speaker. Except the Glass Break sensor feature, doesn't work a damn.
@slipknottin
4 жыл бұрын
Maybe it’s just me, but I’m still waiting for some company to bring voice recognition devices like Alexa to market that are run locally. Similar to Mixtile, but not with a built in hub, just a front end device that I can tie into my hubitat system. 99% of the time I talk to Alexa it’s just to turn lights on or off. Don’t need much processing power to do that
@jmr
4 жыл бұрын
I 100% agree! I think we might have to build our own though. I've been thinking I could do that with a Raspberry PI or another SBC.
@BobbyB3rd
4 жыл бұрын
Damn it Paul.. I thought I had my first Step in starting home automation all figured out.. now you're making me rethink again 😑😞🤪
@realjax
4 жыл бұрын
The problem with amazon is their inability to adapt properly to anything different from the american lifestyle.
@DJAndroidGEEK
3 жыл бұрын
Agree...so frustrating as a Google Only fam, do not want to switch to Amazon products but might have to.
@kpslick
4 жыл бұрын
The whole way Google has approached the smart home situation is an utter joke.
@footynutguy
4 жыл бұрын
And there is the title of your April fools day video. 'How the Apple HomePod won the smart home war'
@jonathanherston4245
4 жыл бұрын
Google lost the battle with our home by not allowing manual setting of the time zone. We live on Eastern time, but google thinks we live on Central. I’ve spent hours trying to change it and on the phone with support with no solution. Amazon allows you to easily set the time zone manually.
@danidast
3 жыл бұрын
I'm a google home owner and I totally agree with you. And what about reminders? No notification (except on the phone). Alexa scream your reminder at the specific time. I would like to choose if let google remind me, or just .... "a white point on it" -.- privacy pfff (sorry for my bad english 🤣)
@brysonlandry2486
3 жыл бұрын
Anyone remember the Nest Secure Alarm system that Google scrapped? Google Assistant is no longer supported locally on the device anymore. I agree with all of your points about Google falling behind.
@drjohnt4197
4 жыл бұрын
Great video. Shame Google marketing are not listening. Fortunately I have Home Assistant so I can configure Google to do anything like set scenes, run automations etc.
@LostOnTheLine
4 жыл бұрын
A few points solidly in Google's favor * Google Home Minis are cheap, you can buy 1 for $10 or get them for free from Google. You can easily find new, unopened ones on eBay or Offer Up for $10 or pay $15 to get one with little effort. Alexa's equivalent, the Echo dot, are $20 each if you catch a Prime Day special. Plus they keep making new "editions" with a very real planned obsolescence. * As much as Alexa has more games & stuff to pay for that interest kids, it's much harder for a kid to talk to it. Google home can understand something said in different ways MUCH better than Alexa can. My 3 year old niece can tell google to put on KZitem videos pretty successfully, with only minor issues like taking to long the say "the 1st one" or trying to point & say "that one", even when humans have a hard time understanding what she's saying sometimes. She can send a message to her dad's phone, mostly to say unimportant things because she can, but if she ever NEEDS to she can. Alexa, in contrast, makes adults repeat themselves if they don't use the right syntax. I know a number of people who have switched from Alexa to Google because their kids can't use it. Some of those like you who chose Alexa so they could say "Hello Computer". But ease of use is a huge thing for the future of home automation.
@neklamp2431
4 жыл бұрын
I'm a google home mini speaker user, I love it, but you are RIGHT in everything you said!
@leighemmerson
4 жыл бұрын
One BIG, BIG BIG, drawback for Alexa over Google for me is - right now you cannot set Alexa to wake you up to a BBC radio station but Google Assistant will do it just fine!
@paulhibbert
4 жыл бұрын
Good point man! You can choose tune in radio, but I can see how to choose a specific station
@leighemmerson
4 жыл бұрын
@@paulhibbert I believe the BBC fell out with Tunein because they wouldn't release listening stats so the Beeb created their own skill. It works fine if you want to listen to a BBC radio station right now but you cannot set one to an alarm.
@Jamiered18
4 жыл бұрын
I have both. And the Google Home is just an inferior device. It can't hear me over loud noises, yet it activates randomly. That is the biggest problem. It's speakers are not as good. It's Bluetooth disconnects randomly. It's feature set is way behind, in terms of routines, skills and supported devices. And I've had more errors and issues with it. It does have a one up on clean UI design, how conversational it is and its understanding, being able to use other music apps fully, running actual commands as routine steps, and it's ability to interact with my Chromecast (of course). EDIT: And it seems you agree in the video.
@joesmarthome5946
4 жыл бұрын
You can change the sensitivity of each google home device. If you are in a room that is usually loud turn up the sensitivity. I literally never have issues with google hearing me. My buddy who has alexa complains about his ALL the time
@Jamiered18
4 жыл бұрын
@@joesmarthome5946 I turn it up and it randomly activates. I turn it down and it can't hear me. Either way it has trouble hearing me anyway. Alexa can hear me over loud music, without shouting. Google cannot. Perhaps it is my Scottish accent, but Alexa gets it.
@joesmarthome5946
4 жыл бұрын
@@Jamiered18 oh. Could be that. It gets my Canadian "eh". jk I've only had my google home go off when the TV says something like "hey you". So ya their wake word sux ..but when I heard alexa had a glitch once and would randomly start laughing in a creepy way I was like NOPE (I have one alexa tho as a gift)
@jervin2
4 жыл бұрын
Vendors tend to leap over each other. One will be in the lead and then it's competitor leaps over with some sort of feature advance.
@justjake8095
3 жыл бұрын
I remember last Christmas my fiancé gave a Echo Dot as one of my Christmas presents because I said how I kinda always one but could never justify buying one and just like Paul says, after while you end up shouting at it 😂 but I still enjoy using it for timers, alarms, playing spotify and random stuff especially since I wanna convert my home into a "smart" home. Around the same time Google were doing this weird deal where you could get a free Google Home device if you had a KZitem Premium account and it sounded awesome and plus I had my fiancé youtube account connected to mine under the family plan so I was able to order two. I received mine first and I remember thinking this might replace my Echo dot but something felt off, I remember feel limited by it, I felt all I could do was play music, look up stuff, I didn't like the Wake up word or didn't like the voice but I remember seeing that with amazon devices you could add skills and do voiceless routines and connect it to my Speakers via 3.5mm jack and if I was bored, I could ask Alexa to play some music through my decent pc speakers instead of it's speaker. I remember ended up selling the both Google devices for around €40 just after Xmas and I didn't care that I didn't make much on them but I was just happy that I didn't have them sitting in the corner being useless. Imo Amazon wins the Smart Home race and it would take a miracle for Google to even catch up yet alone beat them
@Kaecyus
3 жыл бұрын
The fact that I have to install an Android emulator like Nox or Bluestacks, then install the Google Home app on top of that, and THEN create a shortcut on my PC desktop, THEN drag that to the taskbar to pin it, just so I can bring up the Google Home interface on my PC is a joke. I want to turn my light on because it's dark, not commit the great Great Escape!
@TenshiR
4 жыл бұрын
Doesn't Kohler have an Alexa connected toilet already?
@MekaniQ
4 жыл бұрын
The Numi 2.0 lol
@himan7991
4 жыл бұрын
What I can't wrap my head around is how a multibillion-dollar company like Google can't handle a command like "play x song from y artist". When I say this to Alexa, she plays song x by artist y and that's it. When I tell Google the same thing, it finds the song, starts a radio AND THEN PLAYS THE NEXT SONG ON THE RADIO instead of the one I asked for. Like WHAT?! This also happens with the Assistant on my phone. Anyone else have that or is it just my Google Assistant that is drunk 24/7? Also, the 3rd gen speakers on the Echo Dot are phenomenal for a device so small, especially compared to the Google Home Mini.
@clavacats2991
3 жыл бұрын
The yelling at the alexa /google had me lmao....that's what I been doing - exactly like that ... I thought it was just me
@DisembodiedScreams
4 жыл бұрын
All valid points but I lean more towards Google because of one thing - my kids. I can’t tell you how many times Amazon failed me when my kids needed an answer to something. So frustrating. I agree Google is lacking in some areas but I do feel they are still growing. Just keep a few Echoes around and you can have the best of both worlds.
@jasondunn4123
4 жыл бұрын
Your point about not being able to connect a Google speaker to a better sound system can be done! 🤓. The only downside is Google no longer make the Google audio dongle that allows you to do it, unless you get one off ebay. I've done it and works perfectly. So the google speaker will still talk to me using its own speaker and answer questions etc but I've set it to use the Google audio (connected to a 5.1 surround system) when I want it to play music, Also handy as the speaker is on one side of the room and surround is on the other and no cables or lag on the sound.
@LightsandFansGuy1999
3 жыл бұрын
I do use Google for controlling my smart home among other things, I don't listen to music too often on my google speakers but when i do, they sound fine to me. Also i don't really use routines, so that isn't huge drawback for me. I own two Google Home Minis, a Google Home, and a Google Nest Hub.
@duncanx99
4 жыл бұрын
If you think it's frustrating to be in the UK and not have some of the US options for Alexa, you should try being in Spain - it's just ridiculous what isn't available here...
@zmoclov21
3 жыл бұрын
I believe one other thing Google products are better at is casting. The casting functionality is super easy on the Google Home app and with the smart assistant products.
@philipphilip9744
4 жыл бұрын
Echo are winning the war partly because of their marketing. Echo is so easy to order, they are forever flogging them at reduced rates on the shopping channels. Once you are on an Echo you need an Amazon account which ties you into shopping emails which are always tempting... Amazon music, Amazon prime etc... Amazon tie you into their products in a more subtle way then Apple.
@themunchkinbear
4 жыл бұрын
The thing I dislike about Google Home is that devices are in “rooms” rather than groups and so far I’ve not found any way to have a device in multiple places. For instance, on Alexa I have extra groups like upstairs, downstairs and outside for turning off groups of lights in one go. Alexa is my go-to voice assistant and is integrated into my home assistant so she can even turn on/off devices that I’ve designed and built from scratch.
@danbrowne7796
4 жыл бұрын
Well you can use routines to turn off downstairs on Google assistant it's no Biggie.
@themunchkinbear
4 жыл бұрын
Dan Browne you can, however selecting a group in Alexa app will show me the status of every device in that group. Alexa just lends itself better to presenting and using data how I want.
@steffensegoviahelbo5065
4 жыл бұрын
I have one argument for why Google is winning in my country. because Amazon doesn't understand my native language. Personally no problem but the majority here won't choose a product that cannot be used in our native language.
@Ukcavhead1
4 жыл бұрын
Fully prepared to accept I am google biased but I'm not sure many arguments were that compelling, except for the routines. Non voice triggers are desperately overdue - they promised but haven't delivered. And I just find it syncs in with the phone assistant much better than Amazon - when I tried to use Alexa on my phone I found it pretty sub-standard. I am pretty happy with Google but having said all that you are a smart man and I may just get a dot to see if it adds to the set up (so you've just cost me more money!)
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