Episode 162 - All Things Google

-Google Home Hub https://store.google.com/us/product/google_nest_hub?hl=en-US -Nest Hub Max https://store.google.com/us/product/google_nest_hub_max?hl=en-US -New Branding Google Nest -New Device Google Nest Hub Max -Added Built in Nest Cam -Gesture Recognition -Bigger display -Person recognition -Better Speakers - Sub built in -$229 -State of where things are at with Google Assistant in the Smart Home Space today -Playing catchup to Amazon but investing heavily and moving fast -Heavy investment in CES -More integrations with more vendors -How many devices in Adam's home are integrated -What's missing? -No ring - feels glaring https://www.techhive.com/article/3332143/rings-founder-says-hes-open-to-working-with-google-assistant.html -No Moen (Announced) / No Delta Faucet support, either -No TiVo -No Rachio -Schlage - has integration but can't run simultaneously with HomeKit -Very quick response time -Voice understanding is good -Wake word -Robotic John Legend -State reporting requirement -Feels like moving towards something bigger -Model for creating new types of devices -Have worked with all 3 major ecosystems now in adding new device types -Apple has device types they need to create and release -Amazon has new model for this called Alexa Primitives https://developer.amazon.com/blogs/alexa/post/acf7689b-f118-469e-b452-0c4da8d3e61a/new-alexa-smart-home-developer-tools-enable-seamless-voice-control-of-any-device-and-any-feature -Great talk about this at ReInvent last year https://youtu.be/KQuMrfePbDQ -Google has an almost Lego like approach to this, where they have created all the pieces and you can put them together in a way to represent your device -Much more extensible -Requires less time and work from them