The Google Home Speaker sounds good and looks great — but it’s finicky

The Speaker comes successful 4 colors… but reddish is the way. | Photo: David Pierce / The Verge

Right retired of the box, the new Google Home Speaker passed a mates of important tests. Even with the measurement astatine 100 percent and euphony blaring retired of the speaker, it rapidly ducked the audio and listened each clip I said "Hey, Google." In fact, successful 2 days of testing, the speaker's 3 microphones haven't missed a azygous aftermath connection - but for the clip I stage-whispered to it from the different country portion trying to debar waking up the baby, but I'm not definite that's a just test. I acceptable up the talker successful the bath and chatted with it from the shower; Siri hardly ever hears maine implicit the moving water, but Google did beauteous well.

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