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Just interesting to note that the form factor is quite similar to Amazon Echo (slim cylindrical tube), although the function is completely different (router vs
by sixdimensional 11y ago
Just interesting to note that the form factor is quite similar to Amazon Echo (slim cylindrical tube), although the function is completely different (router vs "personal assistant device").
- anujdeshpande 11y agoIt has a speaker built in. So they'll have that with Google Cast Audio, Google Now, etc. I am pretty sure they have a taken a leaf or two out of Amazons book.
- sixdimensional 11y agoTrue, although the audio engineering on the Echo appears to have been quite purposeful. Not sure what kind of performance they'll get out of the speaker on this Google device. But the functionality may well be there, I agree.
- Navarr 11y ago3W so.. probably not
- dragonwriter 11y agoThe speaker is to talk to your phone, not to you. (Its a low-powered speaker that's used to communicate to a mobile device for configuration.)
- neumino 11y agoA slim cylindrical tube is also a box for a whisky bottle. It's just a cylindrical tube...
- prawn 11y agoI presume they're designing something to sit visibly on a shelf, but I quite like having things in a more stackable form factor. e.g., an external 3.5" on top of a Mac Mini sitting on top of a four-bay NAS, etc. I guess that creates issues with interference with the antenna functioning though?