The Google Home Speaker sounds good and looks great — but it’s finicky
Right out of the box, the new Google Home Speaker passed a couple of important tests. Even with the volume at 100 percent and music blaring out of the speaker, it quickly ducked the audio and listened every time I said “Hey, Google.” In fact, in two days of testing, the speaker’s three microphones haven’t missed a single wake word — except for the time I stage-whispered to it from the other room while trying to avoid waking up the baby, but I’m not sure that’s a fair test. I set up the speaker in the bathroom and chatted with it from the shower; Siri hardly ever hears me over the running water, but Google did pretty well.
These are the sorts of things any smart speaker should do well, but the basic interactions aren’t always a given. They’re incredibly important for the Home Speaker, which Google designed not just...
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