Google built a great smart speaker, but Gemini isn’t ready for it

The Google Home Speaker is Google’s archetypal astute talker successful years. And it’s pretty! | Photo: Jennifer Patison Tuohy / The Verge

Smart speakers person spent the past fewer years searching for a compelling 2nd act. Beyond music, timers, and controlling your lights, they've struggled to warrant taking up abstraction connected the room counter. AI promised to alteration that.

Amazon debuted its caller hardware powered by a revamped Alexa past fall, and present it's yet Google's turn. The Google Home Speaker is the company's archetypal caller astute talker successful six years and its archetypal "built for Gemini." After years of neglect, Google appears to beryllium yet getting superior astir the astute location - again. The caller talker is the clearest motion yet. Gemini for Home, however, inactive feels unfinished.

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