I've got them sitting next to each other and MrsGubbies verdict is that Google sounds like a Cheap Robot
*shrugs*
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I love my Google Home setup, I have 5 of them now, plus a chromecast audio and 3 TVs each with a ChromeCast. Add in YouTube Red, Nest cameras and a Roomba and it is a pretty awesome eco system.
Adding the chromecast audio to the home group added higher quality sound for such a cheap price. The bathroom minis are amazingly useful, playing/changing tracks while showering as well as keep track of time before work in the morning.
The new chained commands for "Hey Google, good night!" are pretty awesome. Youtube Red works so well as part of the eco system for both playing music and shoving up YouTube videos on any given TV.
Yesterday I had a sofa cleaner guy come in, so I sat in the study and said "Hey google, show me living room camera on study TV". And I could get on with work while making sure he wasn't stealing everything.
Adding the chromecast audio to the home group added higher quality sound for such a cheap price. The bathroom minis are amazingly useful, playing/changing tracks while showering as well as keep track of time before work in the morning.
The new chained commands for "Hey Google, good night!" are pretty awesome. Youtube Red works so well as part of the eco system for both playing music and shoving up YouTube videos on any given TV.
Yesterday I had a sofa cleaner guy come in, so I sat in the study and said "Hey google, show me living room camera on study TV". And I could get on with work while making sure he wasn't stealing everything.
This works, at least it does for me in the US. Also you can tell it to "turn off in 2 hours" when playing music or doing white noise. Which I particularly like at bed time so that only the first couple of hours have the sound of waves or thunder etc...
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Is there any widgit for Android that can control the volume of something playing on Chromecast that has been started by Google Home. Currently I have to go through too many clicks!
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would be interested in this too. such a shame the controls you automatically get are just pause, next, stop and mute. volume control by say holding the mute button and sliding would be perfect
Yeah the other way round would be nice too. It's sometimes a ballache to ask Home to play a particular playlist or it's best to go through and find some of the radio stations yourself. But once it's playing and typically my girlfriend doesn't like a song she wants to be able to ask Home to skip and cant 
There is a report out this week from Stategy Analytics detailing the Global smart speaker market by vendor through Q1 2018 compared to a year ago. I found it interesting to see which vendors were doing best.
As many know, Amazon Alexa introduced their first device two years before Google entered this market and last year Q1 2017, Amazon held an 82% global market share (with 2 million units shipped) and Google Home held a market share of 12% with 0.3 million units shipped.
One year later, Amazon market share dropped to 44% (4 million units shipped in Q1 2018) and Google Home claimed 27% global market share (2.4 million units shipped), a growth rate for Google Home of 709%. Globally, 9.2 million smart home speakers were shipped.
At the end of Q1 2018, Alibaba was third with 700,000 units shipped (8% market share) and Apple, with its Home Pod, claimed fourth with 600,000 units shipped (6% market share). There are other laggards and I was surprised to learn there are 20 vendors globally currently selling smart speakers.
https://www.businesswire.com/news/h...nalytics-Amazon's-Global-Smart-Speaker-Share/
As many know, Amazon Alexa introduced their first device two years before Google entered this market and last year Q1 2017, Amazon held an 82% global market share (with 2 million units shipped) and Google Home held a market share of 12% with 0.3 million units shipped.
One year later, Amazon market share dropped to 44% (4 million units shipped in Q1 2018) and Google Home claimed 27% global market share (2.4 million units shipped), a growth rate for Google Home of 709%. Globally, 9.2 million smart home speakers were shipped.
At the end of Q1 2018, Alibaba was third with 700,000 units shipped (8% market share) and Apple, with its Home Pod, claimed fourth with 600,000 units shipped (6% market share). There are other laggards and I was surprised to learn there are 20 vendors globally currently selling smart speakers.
https://www.businesswire.com/news/h...nalytics-Amazon's-Global-Smart-Speaker-Share/
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What's with Googles poor handling of the Max?
I'm ready to buy one in the UK, but it's not yet available
I'm ready to buy one in the UK, but it's not yet available
What's with Googles poor handling of the Max?
I'm ready to buy one in the UK, but it's not yet available
I bought a JBL link 20. Probably not as good sound as the max but portable, waterproof and a shed load cheaper
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I'm not too fussed on saving money, I like how the Max looks etc.
I know where I want it and how it'll fit in with the rest of my stuff really.
Just wish it was available.
It's Google. For an advertising/marketing company they are absolutely rubbish at doing it. Remember Google Lens?What's with Googles poor handling of the Max?
I'm ready to buy one in the UK, but it's not yet available
Not surprised one bit.
It was only just introduced in Canada, the first non-US availability, so I assume the UK introduction should be soon.
Canalys: In the US market, Google Home passes Amazon Echo in Q1 2018 sales for the first time. Google Home 3.2 million, Amazon Echo 2.5 million. Recall that Amazon launched the Echo approximately two years before the first Google Home shipped.
https://www.canalys.com/newsroom/go...smart-speaker-market?campaignname=googlechirp
https://www.canalys.com/newsroom/go...smart-speaker-market?campaignname=googlechirp
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It's getting boring that each time this thread has been quiet a while and it's now back on my new post list, I can predict it will be sesevans with news about how great Google home is.
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"Hey Google, does the URL in post 615 really have a campaignname referral flag at the end, and what does that flag mean? And yes Google, we know 'chirp' was the codename for Home."
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Been using my GHM as an alarm for a good few months but this morning it didn't go off. Asked it when my next alarm was and said there was no alarms set
Have not had that problem with GH.
The Nest Hello, the smart doorbell that was launched in the UK yesterday, will sync with my Google Home.
With facial recognition software, it will be able to identify familiar faces at the door and announce who is there via Google Home.
https://news.sky.com/story/google-owned-nest-launches-video-recognition-doorbell-in-uk-11391583
https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/6417885/google-nest-hello-facial-recognition-doorbell-uk/
With facial recognition software, it will be able to identify familiar faces at the door and announce who is there via Google Home.
https://news.sky.com/story/google-owned-nest-launches-video-recognition-doorbell-in-uk-11391583
https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/6417885/google-nest-hello-facial-recognition-doorbell-uk/
The subscription for a nest camera is a big rip off. And the software is not open source, which is a deal breaker.