Amazon Echo v Google Home - Which smart speaker should you buy?
Summary
Amazon Echo is no longer unique... it has got some serious competition from Google with the release of 'Google Home' in the UK. Amazon's Echo device was a surprise hit of 2016 and Amazon won awards for the device. But who's got the better device now... Amazon Echo or Google Home? The article rates both as winners in respective categories when they tested them out. For example, on content Google Home has been pinned as the winner whereas on sound quality the Echo device appears to come out on top.
Key Statistics
- Amazon's Echo features a 2.5-inch woofer and 2.0-inch tweeter
- While the Google Home device features a high excursion speaker with 2-inch driver and dual 2-inch passive radiators.
- Amazon Echo retails at = £149
- Google Home retails at = £129
My Opinion
It doesn't surprise me that Google has launched something so similar to Amazon's hit Echo device. As I have said in a prior blog post "companies seem to either copy each other or do things that are very similar to one another making the market therefore very competitive and hard to keep your business name at the top of the environment." My current opinion of such devices stands as Amazon Echo and Google Home seem like devices that in actual fact don't offer you something that unique that you can't do just as quickly but as seperate tasks.
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