Both wildly intelligent and supremely versatile in the ways in which it can be used, Google Home is evolving quickly compared to the Amazon Echo but it still has to make a few changes to catch up – starting, perhaps, with better integration with Google's own services.

Customizable base; Massive song library; Expanding hardware ecosystem; Six-month YouTube Red trial in US

Missing Google's own services; Phrasing needs to be precise; Google Cast support needs work

Google Home is fighting hard for a place in your home, but what does Google's butler do better than Amazon's Echo

Cheaper than Echo; Wide IoT support; Easy to use

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Google Home is an excellent entry into the burgeoning smart speaker race that's revving up between the big US technology companies. Amazon's Echo and Alexa have a head start, but Google's Assistant is highly capable in many ways, but strangely half-baked in others.

great understanding; can answer lots and lots of questions; good sound; small

variable volume makes control difficult; can't always hear you; not much good for a non-Google user; privacy concerns

Is Google Home worth buying Yes… so long as you're not expecting it to change your world

Great Design; Excellent Voice Recognition; Constantly Evolving Skill Set; Connects With LOADS of Third-Party Devices; Easy To Use; Great Price

Sound Isn't Great; No Call Functionality In UK Just Yet

Great device. Not much more to say. Synced with my other Google devices so I can play the same music in every room, commands are easy etc. Only thing that's difficult is getting the thing to do pop quiz with rock questions - no matter how I say rock, the thing just does not register it.

Purchased to provide cover over my whole house to around 20-22 devices. TV's, games consoles etc. Setup was as simple as it states in the instructions. Around 10-15minutes and was then a case of adding all the various devices and setting names.

Google home is a great product and good for all ages! Great search engine and amazing speaker quality. Would definitely recommend and can guarantee you will love it. So many other products which can be used with google home.

There's little question that some sort of voice response device that controls a home tech ecosystem is inevitable. Google Home is the best of them today: The best physical design, the best database behind it, the most "natural" because it can retain the context of the last couple of exchanges.

The Google Home was a joy to have some hands-on time with, however brief it may have been. The problem Google has on its hands with the device is choosing to focus heavily on its built-in AI, or more on supporting additional apps and smart hardware to make it more useful.

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..