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Google is like store-brand Apple. But their home devices are so much better (but still somehow not ‘good’) that more people have coverage with them rather than

Google is like store-brand Apple. But their home devices are so much better (but still somehow not ‘good’) that more people have coverage with them rather than HomePod so they’ll get the search assist from there. I’m surprised they can only do proximity, though. AirTags do direction quite well and can sometimes even tell altitude difference.

jsheard 3y ago
Direction requires UWB, which is unfortunately still scarcely supported by Android devices. I believe the only ones which have it are the Pixel Pro models (but not the base Pixels or A-series) and Samsungs S+/SU/Z models (but not the base S models or anything lower end) while the entire iPhone stack has had it since the iPhone 11.
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FredPret 3y ago
Curious to know about the home devices. I'd never allow any google hardware a permanent place in my home even if it's amazing, but it's hard to see another major tech co coming up with something better than Apple TV. The Homepod is amazing too. It's stuck with Siri (is this what you mean?) but has fantastic sound that integrates with the TV for movies and Mac when playing music.
- kelnos 3y ago
  > I'd never allow any google hardware a permanent place in my home The irrational part of me agrees with you, but I already have an Android phone, so the Google Home doesn't really give Google any extra insight into my private life that they don't already have. This is why I don't get it when people are weirded out by a stationary always-on microphone in their homes, when they carry around a mobile, always-on microphone (and tracking device!) in their pockets. (If you also refuse to have an Android phone on these same grounds, then your position seems pretty reasonable, of course.)
  - FredPret 3y ago
    I’m all-Apple, but I think my next always-in-my-pocket phone will be a flip phone just for the peace of mind of not having an internet-powered distraction machine on my person
- Grazester 3y ago
  Nvidia Shield is bloody great... though not Google still Android.

jsheard 3y ago

Direction requires UWB, which is unfortunately still scarcely supported by Android devices. I believe the only ones which have it are the Pixel Pro models (but not the base Pixels or A-series) and Samsungs S+/SU/Z models (but not the base S models or anything lower end) while the entire iPhone stack has had it since the iPhone 11.

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FredPret 3y ago

Curious to know about the home devices. I'd never allow any google hardware a permanent place in my home even if it's amazing, but it's hard to see another major tech co coming up with something better than Apple TV. The Homepod is amazing too. It's stuck with Siri (is this what you mean?) but has fantastic sound that integrates with the TV for movies and Mac when playing music.

kelnos 3y ago
> I'd never allow any google hardware a permanent place in my home The irrational part of me agrees with you, but I already have an Android phone, so the Google Home doesn't really give Google any extra insight into my private life that they don't already have. This is why I don't get it when people are weirded out by a stationary always-on microphone in their homes, when they carry around a mobile, always-on microphone (and tracking device!) in their pockets. (If you also refuse to have an Android phone on these same grounds, then your position seems pretty reasonable, of course.)
- FredPret 3y ago
  I’m all-Apple, but I think my next always-in-my-pocket phone will be a flip phone just for the peace of mind of not having an internet-powered distraction machine on my person
Grazester 3y ago
Nvidia Shield is bloody great... though not Google still Android.