Google’s first smart speaker in six years arrives next week
Google’s first new smart speaker in six years starts shipping on June 29th, narrowly missing its promised spring launch window. Preorders for the Google Home Speaker open today, June 17th.
Nothing has changed hardware-wise in the nine months since the $99 speaker was announced. It has the same slightly squished round design, with touch-capacitive buttons on top and a light ring at the bottom to indicate status. And it still comes in four colors: porcelain (white), hazel (black), jade (green), and berry (red). The last two are US-only.
Google’s first smart home speaker in six years, built for Gemini for Home. It has 360-degree sound; two can be paired for stereo, or used with a Google TV Streamer for spatial surround sound. It’s also a Matter controller and Thread Border Router. It requires a Google Home Premium subscription for some features.
The Home Speaker is Google’s first audio...
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