OK GOOGLE, WHAT CAN THE NEXT GOOGLE HOME DO?

Smart language assistants have made it out of cell phones and into the living room where they entertain with music and timely inform ation. Google's solution is Google Home. What it can do and where does it come up short? Here is our summary.A speaker that responds to questions, plays music and can control the lighting. This is the simplest way to describe the new language assistants like Google Home and Amazon Echo. But there is a lot more than meets the eye.

ACTIVATION

The Internet is essential. For best use of Google Home a wired network is required. Without the Internet, it's just a loudspeaker without a source of music.Google Home is activated by the familiar "Okay, Google" or "Hey Google". Currently, these activation words cannot be changed. Currently, only the internal device name can be changed. Amazon Echo offers more options to address your language assistant.

THE MUSIC

For many Google Home owners or prospects, the ability to play music on demand is very tempting. However, if you do not just want to listen to Internet radio but want to tell Google Home, "Okay Google, play Shape of You by Ed Sheeran" you will need a subscription to Spotify, Deezer, or Google Play Music. Other providers are not supported. The performance of the speakers is limited. Casual music fans will appreciate the built-in mono speakers. For others, it is not enough, as the quality, especially at higher volumes, quickly reaches its limits.

THE INFORMATION FROM GOOGLE FOR GOOGLE

In addition to music playback, answering questions is a very popular feature of Google Home. Here you get answers to questions such as: "How high is Mount Everest", "Who is Michael Jackson?", "How is the weather in Munich?" or math tasks such as: "What is 10% of 120?". Foir this, Google Home uses the information that can be found on the Internet. Since Google Home is a Google user, the information usually comes relatively fast and is almost always error-free.

CONTROL SMART HOME

The third most important feature is the control of smart appliances in the home. Here, you can control lamps, sockets or heating controllers that are in the same home network, once they are connected to Google Home.