Google Home is a worthy rival to Amazon Echo that plays nice with Google software and hardware, but it lacks some key features of its competitors.

Integrates with your Google tools; Controls Google Cast-enabled devices; Booming bass

Limited add-ons at this point; Lacks balanced sound; especially on vocals

I gave the Google Home as a gift...what a mistake, not once has this thing worked as advertised and the "Fixes" provided by Google didn't help at all. The unit now sits on the closet shelf since it won't respond to verbal commands and frequently will begin talking all by itself..

Google has arrived late to the voice-controlled assistant party, and has some catching up to do You probably shouldn't buy Google Home as your primary music system, but fortunately there's much more to it than that.

Simple to use; Unobtrusive design; Works with Chromecast; Multi-room capability; Stereo pairing

Few apps; Average sound; Limited smart home capability; No Bluetooth (but it's coming

The speaker might be small – it's a shade over 14cm tall – but it can be a big help every day. Think of it like a friend that knows everything that's constantly on call. You can ask questions, get it do things, play your music, keep you up-to-date and get you ready for your day.

Easy to set up; affordable; decent audio quality; amazing source of information; gets better the more you use it

Took a while to link smart devices

Between the Google Home and Amazon Echo, the race to get a smart assistant into your home is blazing hot. Across different form factors and price points, the idea is to get you onboard the Alexa or Google Assistant ecosystem.

The future is coming, and fast. There was a time when we would imagine having a robot or an assistant that would do what we ask them to. These were things that existed only in sci-fi movies. But present technology has brought JARVIS from Iron Man to life… Well, almost.

Great sound, clear and can get really loud with the same sound quality. Since the purchase of the speaker, it has updated several times to improve performance. The assistent can understand almost everything, although being the product that it is, I'd expect a little more commands but it will get...

I absolutely LOVE Google Home. We are going to purchase the larger one and more of the smaller one for gifts

At first I was regretting it (not knowing what it could really do) but with time I got to learn all the features it has and now I use it multiple times per day. Really good for its price although not all features are available in NZ yet, Change the region to English US if you want all the latest...

Buying this product I knew you had a power cable that needed to be connected however I didn't know that you needed to connect it to your network via Ethernet cable. If you are purchasing this as you can not grab a connection in one part of your house then you need to buy at least 2 pods (3 if you...