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Google Home hands on - the future of the home?

2016-10-05
given complete and total control of your home to a stranger as a prospect that some people wouldn't be too keen about but when that strangers an AI powered speaker of sorts we suppose most people won't be as reluctant at Google's press conference in San Francisco the company introduced its AI driven Google home one of the first things to drop at us about the Google home is its overall size it has an inviting tone to it especially when the basis can be swapped for different colors however it's them unit of sizes especially noteworthy because pictures and renders a bit don't do justice and justifying its size it's so small compact enough that you can even rest it in the palm of your hand you also have the touch sensitive control panel on top of the unit which have embedded LEDs that glow would you glide your finger to adjust the volume or when you initiate a voice action speaking of voice actions this is the core function of Google home from playing the song finding out the weather for tomorrow and even adjusting the lighting of a room Google home manages to perfectly recognize voice actions with its dual far-field microphones of course you initiate by saying ok Google and it does well in noisy conditions too I can see ok Google this plane this is titanium originally performed by David Guetta and SIA karaoke version by titanium I am titanium the other integral part about Google home is the integrated hi-fi excursion speaker system we're yet again impressed by its power to clarity not only does it remain crystal clear and rich with bass buts / potencies never compromised in the noisy conditions we were demoing it in and when you have multiple Google home units connected they play music in synchronization they're able to do that because their network connected so there's no bluetooth connection here whatsoever okay Google Play sync by Ed Sheeran today when we envision the world of tomorrow we sometimes have this imagination of an artificial intelligence source at the home monitoring everything Google home is one step towards that direction not only for its ability to intelligently provide answers to questions and tasks but also for its ability to control the home as well right now it supports things like the Google chromecast nest built you and much more and even though it's still a limited selection we imagine that the collection will grow as time goes along pre-order support are available right now so forking over $129 will land you one it will be available in-store starting on November 6 and will come with a free six month trial to YouTube bread so that's a quick look at the new Google home so if you guys want to learn more about it you could check out our website Android authority calm this is John V signing off
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