The way we live our lives in the 21st century has changed a lot since the Internet became a part of it. As a utility, it has changed the way we communicate and feel through the world we live in.
In a spur of the technological movement, the wo big companies create the promise of a future-ready home, with integrations to current smartphone and wireless technologies at the forefront of providing added value to the Internet of Things revolution.
Designed to learn and accumulate information over time, products like Google Home and Amazon Echo have caught consumer interest with their main selling point: a voice-activated and voice-controlled everything. Play music, turn the lights off, lower the temperature, get an Uber ride, know if it's about to rain, and so much more. A lot of applications haven't been programmed into these two devices yet, but their current offerings show a robust way for makers and creatives to integrate already-existing products and services with its features.
The main difference between Google Home and Amazon Echo is that the former can tap into the huge database that its parent company offers. Powered with real-time results from what is currently the world's most powerful search engine, Google Home is set to learn more and more things in the future.
Amazon Echo's current superiority, however, is due in large part to the fact that third-party companies have signed with Amazon to integrate their services as built-in capabilities to the device, as reported by Reviewed.com. This doesn't mean, though, that Google won't be able to do the same in the coming years. Amazon Echo now has two other cheaper variants that have special functions: the Amazon Echo Tap and the Amazon Echo Dot. The Echo Tap was designed as a portable version of the original, while the Echo Dot is designed as an extension of either two. All three devices share the same Alexa virtual assistant and work over a Wi-Fi connection, giving users the freedom to move around and play with its smart assistive technology.
A review from the New York Times suggests that Google's Home has better audio dynamics than the Echo family. Amazon products' main leverage over Google's product is its currently broader range of smart home capabilities, with major companies that provide heat and lighting products already signed with Amazon, as CNET reports. Current prices pitch the Home at $130, while Amazon's Echo starts at $180 and goes down to $49.99 for the new generation of Echo Dot.
With the performance of basic tasks and media consumption, both devices seem ready for the future. It may take a while for Google's Home to catch up to the more established Amazon Echo, and by then, it may already have improved its current features. It remains to be seen what these devices will learn from each other and from its future users. Watch this video by The Verge to know more:
