After being launched in the 2016 in the United States, Google Home has finally arrived in our country as well. The line of Speaker Smart made by the American giant, it does not just reproduce multimedia content, it goes far beyond that.
Sold in two models, Google Home e Google Home Mini they represent a cutting-edge solution even for those who want to use them inside the home Google Assistant, without having to take your smartphone out of your pockets.
Today we will go and see together what are the characteristics, the price and the potential of these two products to also understand how they will behave with the lenglish ingua. If you are curious to find out, all you have to do is spend a few minutes in our company and read this article in one breath.
What is Google Home
Google Home, to reduce it all to easily understandable terms, is one wireless speaker which can be used both as a control center for the home automation That like personal assistant. You can make the most of it for play multimedia content, program intelligent functions and ask Google for information you are unaware of.
Declined in two different models, which are called Google Home and Google Home mini, it hides a speaker under the plastic body, which you will need for all the activities we have listed a little while ago. The larger model includes a touch display capacitive with 4 LEDs.
The smaller model, on the other hand, in addition to being cheaper, greatly reduces the size of its older brother. It is however a product of quality which, thanks to its particularly affordable price, we are sure it will be purchased by many users. It is, compared to some Smart Speakers such as those of Sonos, of functional and decidedly less expensive models, which do not however leave aside the audio quality.
If you want to know the technical characteristics of Google Home and Google Home Mini, we refer you to the dedicated pages on the official website.
GOOGLE HOME DATA SHEET
GOOGLE HOME MINI DATASHEET
How Google Home works
Audio and video playback
Since Google Home is essentially a wireless speaker, the first feature you are sure to use is it music streaming, which in this case takes place directly via the cloud. This way you will have the ability to play albums, playlists and individual songs from your favorite music services using your voice. They are currently supported Spotify and Google Play Music, but we are sure that in the near future the number of proposals will increase considerably.
Thanks to its technical characteristics then, Google Home will allow you to control other multimedia speakers connected to the wireless network in your home environment. It will be so easy to be able to play different songs in different environments.
In addition to the musical part, Google Home also lends itself perfectly to manage video playback. To do this, however, both the Smart TV that the voice assistant must be present in the application Google Home, which you can download for Android and for iOS. From here on out, your voice will suffice for play your favorite series on Netflix, or perform many other actions.
Manage the smart home
Even if our country is more behind than others in the use of the technology that moves the Smart Home, Google Home allows you to take advantage of this solution to the fullest and use it through voice commands. This way, if you have connected devices, you can set alarms, organize shopping lists or update your virtual agenda.
Once again, all these operations go through the dedicated application to which you will have to connect all your smart appliances. Once synchronized, you will be able to control even Smart lamps, sensors for doors and windows or smart thermostats, such as those of Nest. Google's plans also include working closely with developers, for increase the number of compatible products.
Google voice search
After arriving in the city of Google Assitant, it was clear from the start that its potential was much higher than the good old Google Now. Now, using your voice, you will be able to access lots of features which will allow you to take advantage of the immense database of information that Google has created in these 17 years in business. The questions you can ask are really numerous and can range from the most general to the most specific.
Thanks to Google Home, you can access these functions without even using your smartphone. Just ask your question near the wireless speaker to immediately receive an answer. The only thing to do is that english is still a bit immature in terms of integration, but there is no need to worry. The development team is working hard to increase the features supported by our language. We also remind you that Google Assistant is able to learn, this means that over time it will improve its ability to understand what you ask of it. If you want to learn more about the functions offered by Google Assistant, we recommend reading the following article.
How much does it cost and where to buy Google Home
As we have already announced, Google Home and especially Google Home Mini, have gods lower prices than the competition direct. This means that you can easily buy them without spending an exaggeration and we assure you that you will be more than satisfied with their operation. At the moment, however, Big G has decided to sell these two products only through the official channel. This means nothing Amazon, at least for the moment. If you want to be among the first to take them home, we immediately leave you the link to the purchase page on the official website of Google city.
BUY GOOGLE HOME
BUY GOOGLE HOME MINI
For now, the official channel is also the most convenient to buy these two products, given that the few retailers who have listed them all practice higher prices. Those that you can find on the links we left you are instead 59€ per Google Home Mini and 149€ per Google Home, the older brother. In case of changes we will not hesitate to update you and propose the various offers available.
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Conclusions
For now, our exploratory journey to discover Google Home e Google Home Mini. We are sure that, if you are passionate about technology, you will hardly miss these two products. Especially the smallest, thanks to the particularly aggressive price, represents aopportunity not to be missed. If there is any news on the matter then, we will not fail to communicate it to you. In the meantime, to stay up to date, we advise you to follow us on ours Facebook page.
