why does a smart speaker need to be announced 6 months before release?
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Google Announces $100 Home Speaker With HomePod Mini-Like Design and Gemini AI
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Exactly what I was about to post.. why announce just a small already done by everyone else smart speaker 6 months in advance?
Google has a business built up around gathering information and extracting value from it a variety of ways. I'd prefer to be telling my secrets to Apple. Actually, I'd prefer to be telling my secrets to an entirely local/private AI-enabled voice device but alas, that is not something that is available right now and it'll be a some time before it is.
They copy Apple. Original HomePod (1st generation): Announced June 5, 2017, and released on February 9, 2018.
Most of what you see online is fake. Mostly ads disguised as articles. All tech "influencers" are paid advertisers pretending to review a product. For companies is much better because it's easier for metrics and cheaper. Before you had to pay a fortune to put an ad on TV. Now you pay around $3k for an "influencer" to "review" your product.
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Yeah you’re speaking to real ppl alright…Google employees, third party companies etc etc etc. smh
I’d take a million arrows to the head and one apple HomePod with a partially working speaker and NO Siri (never mind her recently and slowly improving self…) over purchasing just one of whatever it is Google is pilfering and peddling SMH
I like the design. I’d consider it if I went back to Android.
And after you catch the bat, you come see me in the Emergency Department for your rabies vaccine and immunoglobulin.
Do not do what Google Gemini tells you to do in this instance.
Do not do what Google Gemini tells you to do in this instance.
My original HomePods from 2018 are still receiving software updates, the support from Apple is incredible. I don’t think Google will do the same.
Investors see this as a the huge info-harvester that it is, and that juices their future valuation.
Oh, sorry. Was that a rhetorical question?
I mean Gemini is certainly better than Siri but it’s by no means “insane” or even good.
Heck yeah! Just this week I was wondering when they’d integrate Gemini into their speakers. It’s a no-brainer to integrate the two together.
It is, yes. Google trains their AI with user chats. I opened the blog to see if it mentioned an option to disable this with Gemini for Home but haven’t found anything yet.
What is with this obsession about copying?
Tech companies are all copying each other, relentlessly.
Who cares?
Tech companies are all copying each other, relentlessly.
Who cares?
I'm going to stick with Alexa. So far my experience has been Amazon's speakers last the longest. Had a Google Home [air fresher] and it stopped working after a year. Luckily I was able to get my money back b/c of the credit card I used. Bought Google minis and they stopped working. Bought three HomePod minis and two died. One would make a gargling sound. The Amazon speaks have all lasted and the only reason I don't have the originals is because I upgraded. Got two Echo Spot Clocks and still have the Echo Plus 2nd Gen that was released in 2018. I was thinking I might replace that with an Echo Dot Max.
I mean, if you want to talk to a hallucination machine that feeds you inaccurate information, be my guest. I’ll stick with my basic Siri commands and won’t need to worry about what’s being done with my data.
I'm surprised they aren't giving them away, considering how they make their money.
Well, at least these work. HomePods have got to be the dumbest "smart" products on the market. You can't even ask Siri some basic music commands without hangups or it just straight up telling you it "can't do that." 😂
That Gemini voice sounds like a thug that’s high AF. I prefer my AI to sound reasonably intelligent.
I have no issues talking to my HomePods. Sure as heck to not want an advertising company with an internet connected speaker in my house.