Google Home

Get a helping hand with Google’s smart assistant

- Kunal Gangar

Virtual assistants have been part of our smartphones for a few years now but it was late last year when we saw them taking over our home when Amazon introduced its Echo range of devices with Alexa. Now Google India has jumped into the fray with its Google Home devices that brings the Google Assistant into your home. But is it smarter than Alexa? We find out.

Google Home has a very simple and a minimalistic design, allowing the device to fit in any decor. The upper half is clad in white with touch controls on the top whereas the lower half features an interchangeable fabric base and a physical button at the back to activate/deactivate the voice input. However, at this point, Google is not selling these bases in different colour options in India.