Google Home takes on Amazon's Alexa with souped-up software AI (CNET News)
Google Home takes on Amazon's Alexa with souped-up software AI (CNET News)
2016-10-04
gooble home lets you enjoy music get
answers from google manage everyday
tasks and control devices around your
home we went with a white top and a
clean diagonal face for a neutral look
that blends in in those rare moments
when voice won't do the top surface is
also capacitive touch panel you can
simply use your finger to pause the
music adjust the volume or trigger the
Google assistant Google home was
designed with a microphone system for
accurate far-field voice recognition
we've simulated hundreds of thousands of
noisy environments and applied machine
learning to recognize patterns that
allow us to filter and separate speech
from noise this enables us to deliver
best-in-class voice recognition and
minimize error rates the speaker in
Google home sets the standard for audio
quality in this new category it contains
a forward-facing high excursion draw
active driver with dual side facing
passive radiators ok Google Play don't
let me down by the chainsmokers don't
let me down by the chainsmokers sure
playing on YouTube
okay google turn it down and the great
thing is I never had to pull out a phone
or deal with the clunky remote control
but Google home supports many top music
services including google play music
Spotify Pandora tune in and soon I Heart
Radio and now with Google home we give
you an easy way to access the knowledge
of Google in a hands-free way for
example let's stay with the music theme
for a second okay Google what is Adele's
real name
Adele's full name is Adele Laurie blue
Adkins okay Google what are some nearby
camping stores I found a few places
within 8.6 miles the first one is the
North Face on post Street in San
Francisco the second one is Marmot on
post Street in San Francisco the third
one is REI on Brannan Street in San
Francisco okay let's say I'm gonna go
check out REI okay Google how's the
traffic looking to REI on your way to
REI there's the usual traffic you might
want to take the route via tenth Street
since it's slightly faster so for those
of smart-home devices we've partnered
with nest smart things Phillips you an
IFFT to voice enable your lights
switches and thermostats ok Google Play
Katy Perry's latest music video on my TV
alright rise from YouTube playing on
chromecast ok Google watch videos of
John Oliver on my TV sure playing John
Oliver from YouTube on chromecast
it's early days and we're gonna continue
to improve it over time as we add more
partners to support voice casting in
fact we're excited to announce that
Netflix will soon support voice casting
via Google home so you'll soon be able
to say ok Google watch stranger things
on my TV ok stranger things play from
Netflix on chromecast hands-free voice
control combined with Google photos
awesome image search capabilities means
you can literally throw any photo on the
TV in a really easy way so if you
already have a high end audio system
just plug in a $35 chromecast Audio and
Google home will be able to voice
control your speaker system without any
wires or cables and all these features
will also work with any Google cast
enabled TV like Android TVs or Google
cast enables speakers from our OEM
partners
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