Google Home

Voice-activated assistant

Google Home is a line of smart speakers and displays made by Google, featuring a voice-controlled assistant that responds to "Hey Google" or "OK Google." Users ask it questions, play music, control smart home devices, or set timers: I told Google Home to turn off the lights.

The name also refers to the companion app that manages these devices.

Related

kitchen · music · timer · weather · news briefing · hands-free · hands-free calling · microphone · streaming · automation · living room · assistant · Chromecast · podcast · white noise · routine · IoT · countertop

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Opposites
smart speaker ecosystem

Google HomeAmazon Echo

Voice-controlled smart speaker

Siri · Alexa · Cortana · Sonos

technology interaction paradigm

Google Homesmartphone

Handheld connected computer

tablet · mobile phone · portable device · handheld device · laptop

domestic technology philosophy

Google Homeoff-grid living

Self-reliant existence without utilities

analog radio · Faraday cage · pen and paper · mechanical timer · rotary phone

Family

google, googled, googling, googles, home, homes, homed, homing, homely

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G