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Sure, Google offers a better technical solution. But do they have enough incentives ? A good business model to be willing to offer it for almost free for peopl
by petra 10y ago
Sure, Google offers a better technical solution.
But do they have enough incentives ? A good business model to be willing to offer it for almost free for people ? The will to push it as hard as Amazon does ? It doesn't seem so.
- ehsankia 10y agoMaybe not as heavily as Amazon (literally adding items to your Amazon cart for items you need), but indirectly, they do. Since Google Home is integrated with all Google products (calendar, keep, maps, Youtube, chromecast, Android and more to come), this keeps the user in the Google eco-system.
- wstrange 10y agoRight. And it is a gateway to future Google services. Car hailing, flight booking, etc.
- msabalau 10y agoYeah, Google is only selling Google Home for $50 less than the Amazon Echo, and only have 87% smartphone market share for Android where Google Now can be installed, and only over a billion people using the Google Play marketplace. They have no hope of competing with Amazon in this space.
- wstrange 10y agoGoogle has huge incentives to get this into everyone's home.