Google Home was announced at I / O and since that event we have known little about the specs and functions of this device. At the Google event a few hours ago, Google has published all details, including the price, launch day and part of its functionalities.
This device that comes to invade your living room, works with Google Assistant, seen in the new Allo messaging app and that has become the central axis for Android; also integrated in the Google Pixel launched yesterday. A device with some very particular functions.
With Google Home you can manage Chromecast, ask questions, play music, send messages to contacts or create calendar events among many other actions. It also has support for SmartThings, Nest IFTTT, and multi-device control.
At the top of Home are the LEDs to light to display Assistant's own colors. It also has a touch control to change the volume, music or activate voice recognition. It has an option for customization in the base so that we can include it in the living room.
For what is music, Spotify, Pandora, TuneIn, Google Play Music and YouTube Music are present, with the option of Chromecast Audio and multi-room support. The most basic options of Google Search are arranged for the user, like reading news or podcasts.
Google Home can be reserved from $ 129 in the United States store and will arrive on November 4 in physical stores in that country. For the rest, we will have to wait for it to be launched as has happened with other products.
A device that focuses on the Internet of Things and that will allow you to control the lights remotely, temperature and security, apart from all those options for entertainment and productivity, carried all through natural conversations with Google Assistant.