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Google Home is catching up to the Amazon Echo (CNET News)

2017-03-28
Google home is finally starting to reach its potential in a smart home that's after a dozen new companies announced integrations with the smart home platform including logitech harmony known for their universal remotes lifx for their colorful smart bulbs that don't require a hub or August the first smart lock to work with Google home plus many others now it's the first major update for the home since its launch in November when it only supported nest Phillips you smart things and if you know what that was pretty skinny back then but belkin wemo and honeywell jumped on board in january and this is the type of support we've been waiting to see for the home now the Amazon echo still has more than 10,000 skills that are really third party apps for voice control can do everything from calling an uber to ordering a pizza Hawaiian please with extra pineapples and I know how much that bug some of you who believe pizza should not have fruit on it yeah Google home doesn't have anything on the level of Amazon skills yet but with these new partnerships they've taken away a big chunk of Amazon's to your lead in the space with more to come all right for more stories like this check out cnet com
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