Amazon and Google make it remarkably easy to use both Home and Alexa. Whether you’re using the accompanying smartphone app or voice commands, you can quickly dish out instructions or set ...

Setting Up Alexa vs Google Home. Setting up both Alexa and Google Assistant is straightforward. For Alexa, you start by downloading the Alexa app on your smartphone or tablet.

Alexa vs. Google Home: Features. On the surface, Alexa and Google Home have a lot of similar features: The hubs can play audio, respond to commands, and control your smart home devices.

Alexa Plus knows more, can do more, and is easier to interact with because it understands more. I can ramble, pause, sigh, ...

In the smart home world, and digital assistants in general, there are only two major platforms if you’re not using Apple devices: Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant (which links with Google Home ...

Alexa vs Google Assistant: Smart home devices. For the number of the best smart home devices supported, Alexa trumps Google Assistant here. From LIFX, Philips Hue, ...

Google, Amazon, and Meta are offering smart displays for video calls, smart home management, watching shows, and more. See which ones are the best.

Alexa now speaks English, German, Japanese and, as of last month, French; Google’s Assistant speaks all those plus Italian and is on track to speak more than 30 languages by the end of the year.

From the home tab’s favorites to the list of devices, the new Alexa app bears a striking resemblance to the new Google Home app. Google launched its major redesign in late 2022 before widely ...

That said, Google Home can still make advanced routines. Plus it's not as obnoxious with recommendations or attempting to upsell you on a service like Alexa does. Google knows things. Alexa does them.