I can't help but wonder why Google didn't ship this thing with Google Now. A cool looking sci-fi sphere that hooks up to my TV and lets me and my Android-enabl

I can't help but wonder why Google didn't ship this thing with Google Now. A cool looking sci-fi sphere that hooks up to my TV and lets me and my Android-enabled guests stream stuff from Google's cloud? I have almost no need for this. A few cool looking sci-fi spheres around my home that wirelessly link all my speakers to the same content from Google's cloud? Eh. Interesting, but not worth $300. A cool looking sci-fi sphere in my bedroom that knows I usually go to work around 9am and can wake me up and give me spoken alerts that traffic is rough and I should leave at 8:15am, and is still a hackable Android device? Take my money, take it all.