[Electronics-Talk] Google Home is the personal assistant

[Arlene]

Brad, this is interesting hearing about both home assistants, and what they 
both do best. I think it may have been last year, if anyone is interested in 
hearing both, there was a demonstration of both on one of the main menue 
shows, if you want to get an idea. There's probably other podcasts done on 
both as well, while I only know about this one show which would give anyone 
an idea of these machines. Thanks again, Brad, for telling about them.

Arlene
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brad Hodges via Electronics-Talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
To: "Elizabeth Campbell via Electronics-Talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
Cc: "Brad Hodges" <Brad.hodges at outlook.com>
Sent: Friday, December 29, 2017 7:18 AM
Subject: [Electronics-Talk] Google Home is the personal assistant


> Greetings:
>
>
> I think that people may have misunderstood a reference to the Google
> Home personal assistant along the way. It performs some of the same
> functions as the
> Amazon Echo, aka Alexa. I have both devices and find that they differ in
> both their strengths and weaknesses. A small version of each appears to
> be commonly available for $29.99.
>
>
> My quick thought is that if you're technically adventuresome and have a
> few extra dollars installing and comparing one of each will prove to be
> an interesting exersize. If you can only choose 1, I think I would give
> the nod to Echo. There are many more Echo users so your chances of
> getting help is better than from the far fewer Google Home users you
> might know.
>
>
> Note, for Google Home, you want to install both the Google Home and
> Google Assistant apps on your iPhone. Also note, Google Home provides
> surprisingly good toll free technical support.
>
>
> Each device offers a variety of "apps" which provide specific functions,
> calling a Lyft ride or playing Jeopardy for example. On Echo these are
> called Skills while on Google Home they are referred to as Services.
> Note, if you really appreciate a comprehensive, perhaps exhaustive
> weather forecast, the Weather Sky Skill for Echo, from Dark Sky is truly
> amazing.
>
>
> Brad Hodges
>
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