During yesterday’s event showed #Google not just their new smart phones, Pixel and Pixel XL and its VR solution Daydream. Sökjätten also showed up several products targeted towards the home. Already during the conference I/O unveiled the product Google Home, and now revealed more details about the small voice-activated device. But Google also launched a new base station which will provide better connectivity at home, a new version of the media player, Chromecast and a new open platform for the smart home.
Google Home
This smart assistant for your home to be able to do everything from play music and search on the net to download the next tv episodes on Netflix. The device is based entirely on the voice guidance, Google Assistant, and according to Google to understand natural language to some extent. It can also recognize different voices, thanks to a set of microphones and algorithms that separates voice from background noise.
Google Home has been designed to fit in the home, and the lower half can be obtained in the fabric and the metal material in different colors.
Google Home provides visual feedback thanks to the LED lights on the top of the device. Google would like to see a home have multiple Google Home devices deployed in the different rooms, but they synchronize with each other so that only the device closest to the responds to a command. Google Home also has built-in speakers, and bass goes to replace to get several color variations.
If you do not want your device to listen to you constantly, you can disable interception via a button.
Google Home should also learn its user’s habits, and can, for example, keep track of if the owner prefers Spotify as a music service instead of Google Play. Consequently, it is not necessary to say that the music is played from Spotify each time, but it is understood. Furthermore, Google has Home support for a large number of services such as Youtube, Netflix, Pandora and more. It can also communicate with smart home gadgets like the Nest, Samsung, Smartthings, and others.
Google has a couple of major suppliers of smart home gadgets on the train.
of Course, the unit has also support for Google’s own services, like Google Photo, calendar, and other. With a purchase also includes six months of membership in and Youtube Red. Google Home launched in the US november 4th, and will cost 129 dollars each, roughly the equivalent of 1 100 sek. Any information about the launch in other markets, it was announced.
Actions on Google
Google also announced a framework called Actions on Google to let other companies build in support for the features that the Google Home and Google Assistant offers. It means that Google Assistant could be used to create playlists in Spotify, book a taxi through Uber, and much more. Google will also release a developer package which will allow other companies to integrate Google Assistant into their own products. Google promised more information about the Actions on Google in december.
Google Wifi
Next gadget from Google is a wireless base station, which in short is called Google Wifi. This new router should according to Google solve the problem of poor coverage in the home, and multiple devices can be placed in the home and communicate with each other. The user should not have to think about configuration, but the system more or less automatically ensure a constant speed over all the rooms.
Like Home is Google wi-fi designed to blend into the home, and communicate so clearly smoothly with both Pixel-phones and Chromecast Ultra.
With the help of an accompanying app, you can check the network, and a feature that probably can cause some social friction in the home is the ability to temporarily pause the internet connection of your children.
Google wi-fi units to be linked together easily and should not require any complicated configuration as that of traditional routers often.
Even a single unit shall, according to Google have better range than the corresponding base stations in the same price range, but for larger homes learn several devices may be needed. Google wi-fi costs 129 dollars a piece (equivalent to around sek 1 100 sek) but it is also possible to buy a package of three for 299 u.s. dollars (about 2 500 sek). Google Wifi goes to pre-order in the U.S. in november, but there is currently no information about the Swedish launch.
Chromecast Ultra
As expected, Google unveiled a updated version of the small media device Chromecast. The new device, called Chromecast Ultra, and among the new features is above all noticeable support for the content in the resolution 4K as well as support for HDR-quality image and Dolby Vision.
to accomplish this, Chromecast Ultra also has a better processor than its predecessor, and support for the connection of the Ethernet cable. Performance according to Google become 1.8 times faster. However, the price has gone up a bit compared with the previous Chromecast model, which will also be maintained. Chromecast Ultra costs 69 dollars, in Sweden sek 780. The device will come in november in the united states, but as usual, there are as yet no details as to the Swedish launch.
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