Google Home Assistant: Complete Specs, Price And Release Date; Will Alexa Survive?

Google has been trying to create a virtual assistant capable of talking and also help you in your work. However, as their main focus was on building the assistant into smart-phones, Amazon took the opportunity beforehand and introduced its Echo device in 2014. This year finally, Google unveiled its own competitor to Amazon's Echo, the 'Google Home'.

Google Home, similar to Echo Device, is a tiny speaker that has Google Assistant as its AI/voice assistant. Amazon is, however, much ahead of Google in the race to build the perfect A.I. Alexa, Echo's A.I. can play music, dim lights and even hail a ride. With the launch of Google Home, the Search Engine Giant may well give a hard competition to Amazon's Echo.

Google is expected to unveil its answer to Amazon’s Echo. The Google Home device looks a bit like an air freshener. https://t.co/bf6FC8I6rE

— NYT Business (@nytimesbusiness) October 2, 2016

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Google and its mother company Alphabet have been investing heavily in solving technological problems, but it's been noticed that it often uses its rival's advancements and turns them into products.

The Google Home device looks like an air freshener and is powered by Google's Assistant. The device is expected to use its artificial intelligence to respond to the user with the best answers. Google also introduced its messaging app last month that incorporates the Assistant. You can know more about the app here.

The whole technology industry has gone head-scratching about how Google was outrun by Amazon and not Apple's Siri. Amazon has even taken a huge leap in developing modern tech hardware, including the Kindle e-reader, and the Fire Phone.

Why didn't Google create an A.I. device before?

According to four current and former employees, Google was slowed down by a balkanized architecture that kept different tech groups of the company from working together. Google's team had been working on voice search but the main focus was on developing an app for smart-phones, states NYTimes.

Well, this is not the first time Amazon is ahead of Google. Amazon Web Services is about to generate $10 billion in revenue this year, whereas Google is just trying to catch up to it. Amazon has also offered the $2.5m Alexa Prize, inviting developers to help turn Alexa into a conversational A.I.

Release date and price

Google seems to be doing negotiations with other electronics manufacturers to load Google Assistant on their devices. The Company has been reported of trying to impose its will by stating a condition that the manufacturers make Google Assistant exclusive to their hardware. Well, if the report is true then Google certainly is not following the footsteps of Amazon who has opened up its Alexa platform to other companies as well.

Apple has also been rumored to launch a similar device with Siri. It'll definitely be an interesting race to watch between the three Tech Giants. Google Home's price and availability are expected to be unveiled tomorrow, so keep coming back to know the details.