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9 reasons Google have already lost the smart Home race. Also in today's video: Win your Ultimate Tech Bundle by entering Fasthosts’ Techie Test here: www.fasthosts.co.uk/paulhibbert (Competition is now closed)
Today it's Google Assistant versus Alexa in the ultimate battle, but sadly I think it's all a bit one sided, or am I wrong? Google vs Alexa has always been the ultimate question, but I think we have our answer.
I've had almost every Amazon Echo product going, and I've owned Google Home, Google Nest Hub, a Google based JBL speaker and have a Nest thermostat and a google phone. I've been comparing these things for years and rarely dared venture my opinion publicly, so today I wanted to finally explore which is better? Google or Alexa?
Personally I LOVE both, but I don't think anyone realises just how far Google have fallen behind Alexa. This video takes you through why I think the race has already been won.
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@paulhibbert 3 года назад

Morning everybody! Please don't hate me ;) I LOVE my google home speakers, I just think they're falling too far behind. Don't forget you can win your Ultimate Tech Bundle by entering Fasthosts’ Techie Test here: www.fasthosts.co.uk/paulhibbert 😁

@noize1495 3 года назад

To clean the toilett you need Alexa Flush. I've allready bought one for about 25 Euro. www.ebay.de/itm/143207808028

@elfic 3 года назад

@@PAL.Studios the lack of communication and complete disconnect with the users is a very Google thing. It's not only the Nest, it's in many of their products... That is infuriating indeed, because they have the capacity to take it all. They are omnipresent, have smart engineers, and have the best AI bar none. The only piece that prevents Amazon from closing the deal for good was only briefly addressed by @Paul Hibbert: the lack of international service. If you are not in one of the few countries that have a complete integration with Amazon retail sales, you get nothing (and that's not just "we innovate in the US first then extend"...). I don't need to be able to order "Alexa, order some more milk" to automate my lights and A/C, do I?

@VijayKiran 3 года назад

Point 2 : duo does it for us.. As restrictive as iOS is on mobile os ..as is Google in smart assistant...I don't know what is siri and Cortana though..

@4daluvofnikki 3 года назад

Oh well scratch off IFTTT integration off the list. LOL Sorry that isn’t funny.

@niklasjalden9429 3 года назад

I agree with you on most points. For example, how can google still not support live voice calling between speakers, why so slow and unflexible in routines, etc. But, the reason for why google lives and will survive, is in line with what you describe: You dont want to speak for all the things you'd like to get done, but for the things you want to use your voice, it would be nice if the speaker at least made an effort to understand what is the most likely thing that you might have said. "Alexa, when does the nearest resturant open, " ... "the near-ass resturant in somewhere USA opens..." How can Amazon with the longest run on the smart-home-speaker market still not understand shit, and still believe that all the worlds population are only interested in whats going on in the US. I doubled, Alexa and google for quite a while but sold my Alexas as they cant do shit for you if you live in sweden

@TenshiR 3 года назад

I had a few scares. We use the Echo so often my son's first word was almost "Alexa".😓

@jimmylugo2682 3 года назад

😂😂😂😂

@christopherf7423 3 года назад

Have another baby, and name her Alexa.

@SmartHomeSolver 3 года назад

Great video Paul! I agree with everything you said. Especially the naming of the Google Nest Hub. They really did overly complicate things that didn't need to be. Also when, or if, Google updates their routines to be triggered by other devices it may not ever be as good as Amazon's.

@paulhibbert 3 года назад

Thanks dude. Now just gotta get you turned around on Philips Hue 😜 ❤️

@monas.6839 3 года назад

How cool is this?! My two favorite smart home channels together! Time for a colab! 💜😀

@paulhibbert 3 года назад

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@mortenleinan 3 года назад

How about that you 2 big youtubers try to get the info to google? you have alot of good input to give them. We all want the best tech we can get, dont care how we get it. Thanks both for great content :)

@philliphugh3347 3 года назад

@@paulhibbert That man's 'Not for turning!'

@jeroendewildt8193 3 года назад

I don't disagree, but if you're in a non English speaking country like me, Amazon just sucks.

@cretadeus 3 года назад

I don't think it's the country. I think it's your accent. Try using a Bronx or Southern accent.

@Tommyownzz 3 года назад

why?

@cretadeus 3 года назад

@@Tommyownzz It's a joke Tommy!. Kinda. I'm from a different country also but only fluent in English. I don't have any problems with voice recognition. Therefore...no accent. People here complain about Echo and Google because it doesn't recognize them with their accent. I'm kidding around when I said to use a Southern or Bronx accent because it's heavy but still recognizable by Echo and Google.

@LostOnTheLine 3 года назад

Google is much better at understanding voices. As I just said in my comment my 3 year old niece can talk to Google no problem, it works with more variety of voices, accents, & phrasing

@ravitejaknts 3 года назад

@@cretadeus bing sucks outside english speaking countries. Same with alexa. its not about voice recognition, its about alround experience

@TheHookUp 3 года назад

You are so damn entertaining. One thing I'd add after being burned WAY too many times by Google: Google has a history of just kind of giving up on things and scrapping projects, Amazon will drag it out to the bitter end before scrapping a project (they even tried to make a stupid camera that judges your fashion work for over 2 years). I still have two "Google TVs" that were supposed to revolutionize what a smartTV was, then google was like "No, we want to make this thing called AndroidTV, it's different than what you have. No, you can't have updates. By the way, nothing on your TV will work anymore"

@paulhibbert 3 года назад

Thanks dude 😊👍 wise words too. I think there's a website dedicated to all googled abandoned project somewhere too! 😅

@Stone815 3 года назад

Do you even know what you're talking about? Name one Google service that lasted less than two years.

@TheHookUp 3 года назад

@@Stone815 Here you go bro: killedbygoogle.com/ I won't be angry if you delete your idiotic comment.

@acts9531 3 года назад

Amazon abandons things too. I bought an Amazon phone a few years back and now it's a remote control with no SIMM because Amazon stopped supporting it or updating it years ago. I can't even load the Alexa app on it. Imagine an Amazon phone that you can't put the Alexa app on ... Yeah, I call that abandoned.

@paulhibbert 3 года назад

Sorry Michael, this is a bit embarrassing for you 😂 killedbygoogle.com

@ayporos 3 года назад

I own a Google Home, Google Home Mini, Nest thermostat and 5 Google Nest Mini speakers. I completely agree with Paul on most parts, especially the shafting of Nest. I really regret buying that Nest thermostat and not just buying a more basic Z-wave thermostat that I can just control from my Hubitat (and from Google via a Hubitat trigger/switch). As far as automation goes, I let my hubitat handle all of that so I really only need the Google to activate a hubitat routine, however I COMPLETELY agree with the custom wake command. I REALLY REALLY REALLY hate having to say "hey Google" and not being able to customize that.

@francistaylor1822 3 года назад

I think you are right there, but the really really annoying thing for me is the wake name. It was almost a dealbreaker, but at the time I bought, google had a hard mic switch and amazon didnt.

@arunvijayind 3 года назад

All I want to change the"Hey Google" & "Ok Google". It sucks over time.

@somerandomperson9846 3 года назад

You can change it from the app

@daviddemaree2988 3 года назад

@@somerandomperson9846 I don't believe you, I demand that you tell me how to do this ...

@somerandomperson9846 3 года назад

@@daviddemaree2988 ok noodle works you don’t need to change anything from the app any thing that sounds similar to ok google should work

@androidmorgan11 3 года назад

You can actually say "hey boo boo" or "ok boo boo" to wake a google product. Not much better I know haha

@tsunamitube3351 3 года назад

@@androidmorgan11 i use " cocaine poodle"

@PhillipHilton 3 года назад

So in short "Alexa is ahead at the moment and Google is lagging" Let's come back in 18 months time when Google have gotten their act together, fired the wallies holding up development and thrown everything at it to catch Amazon. This brings up an issue I have with ALL of the smart speakers produced by both Google and Amazon. Simply put its this: 'Being as the whole voice assistant domain is moving so rapidly why on earth would you make any form of significant hardware purchase which locks you into only a single vendor's voice assistant and its associated ecosystem?' This is fundamentally why when I started down the whole home automation route three years ago I went with Sonos which supports both Alexa and Google assistant. Over the course of the last three years I've had Alexa as my VA, swapped to Google and now I'm back using Alexa again. All throughout the last three years my hardware has remained the same and I'm beholden to neither side. Additionally, the audio quality is just better in a smart speaker that's a speaker first and voice assistant second. Bose have taken the same approach and support both also. Its a mystery to me why either company - Amazon or Google - is even still bothering to make their own hardware. Why not just license your voice assistants using a common minimum supported architecture with a broad three to five year shared roadmap? Sign up Dali, JBL, Sony, Bose, Sonos, Adam, Klipsch, Tannoy, et al. and let the market choose. Its utterly bananas not to do so.

@courtenayblair2279 3 года назад

its been about 5 years...why wait another 18 months

@jasonoliver3548 3 года назад

the point is that they can make them super cheap so everyone will have them in their homes. people that expect them to sound really good too is so confusing. But a good speaker if you want it to sound good....like one of the ones that they've licenced pout to.

@michaelm.3641 3 года назад

@Oracladeus I mean this is a bit different as the Google Assistant which powers Google Home products is ingrained into their phone products. They might abandon their independent home speakers but the assistant behind them will undoubtedly continue to be improved upon.

@benfulford3943 2 года назад

Thanks, this is the best comment I have seen on this. I was just looking at the sonos yesterday. I think I'll go for that when I move into my new place. I've been leaning more towards going down the Google route mainly cos alexa really annoys me when I've been around friends houses that have her, whereas Google seems slightly less annoying. But probably best not to commit to either company and just be agnostic.

@JavierNoval 3 года назад

You forgot the most important thing: "She who must not be named" is already able to imitate Darth Vader 😂

@insatiablehunger2138 3 года назад

Enough already you won bro u already earned my like 😂😂😂 Got me laughing 🤣 especially those clean edits

@richardlyd7450 3 года назад

A big plus for me is Amazon echo is great for Dev's coding...but Google got to fill your phone with apps

@GustavoScarpellini 3 года назад

dev's coding ? how?

@richardlyd7450 3 года назад

@@GustavoScarpellini using things like..Fauxmoesp..etc...using the esp8266 or esp32..

@GustavoScarpellini 3 года назад

@@richardlyd7450 gonna have a look into that. Thanks man

@rodp2310 3 года назад

Your videos are always entertaining Paul. But the last few weeks you’ve been on fire 👍 Bring on the 100k and on to the mill.

@vulpix0r 3 года назад

It's just a shame that Alexa has difficulty understanding English in other regions while there are no issues with Google. 😢 Tried so many times and Alexa gets my commands wrong constantly.

@FairGround7Delorean 3 года назад

Yea it's not a fan of the Scottish accent so much so that a sitcom made a skit about exactly that haha

@pawjeppesen-ifttttricks605 3 года назад

Not to mention all of us, who doesn't speak English as our native language...

@adriantcg3676 3 года назад

i dont have issues and my native is far from english... i can see why scottish accent is difficult to alexa, when i was in Edinburgh i barely understood anything 🤣

@davidmcintier128 3 года назад

Thanks for always getting me to laugh. I have "She, who shall not be named" and love her, just need to figure out how to get her to do the dishes!

@BobbyB3rd 3 года назад

Damn it Paul.. I thought I had my first Step in starting home automation all figured out.. now you're making me rethink again 😑😞🤪

@smitmiras 3 года назад

Great to see subs numbers go up Paul, 100 K baby here we come! Oh and Im a Philips hue + google home owner, basically being bashed every time I see your vids, ever since the beginning 🤣

@paulhibbert 3 года назад

Haha, sorry man! 😂 Thanks for sticking around, and thanks for the kind words. Not long now!

@jarekkorytkowski6402 3 года назад

You MUST review the Google Nest Hub and a video of how to makee Google and Alexa work together, we your google users fans need itt lad!

@chrisnielson2212 3 года назад

I think you pretty much nailed it. I started my smart home with the Google Mini’s and quickly became frustrated with the lack of capability as compared to a friend who used the Amazon Alexas. After a while I migrated to Alexa while keeping the minis, because let’s face it, they excel at answering questions. What I really like about the Alexa system is how often new features and capabilities are added, the routines and just the overall interactions with the system. Plus being able to use the wake word “Computer” is a nice bonus.

@Flightsimmovies 3 года назад

I currently use google home mini in my bedroom and decided to buy another one for living room. Should I get google nest mini or echo dot ?

@sky.london 3 года назад

I tired looking for the JBL speaker but I couldn’t find it. Have they stopped making it anyone know?

@clavacats2991 3 года назад

very usefull..you can tell you're not just sponsored advertising...you're my favorite reviewer 'I've come across so far...keep up the good work...hi from New Jersey US

@blackcyclist 3 года назад

I'm all Google, but after hearing Alexa beatbox & Rap, I'm getting an Echo Dot! then changing my prompt to "computer!"

@cosmotk 3 года назад

LMAO 6:24 .."Come back here and flush me, you disgusting animal" 😅😅

@clavacats2991 3 года назад

The yelling at the alexa /google had me lmao....that's what I been doing - exactly like that ... I thought it was just me

@MagnumEDU 3 года назад

Awesome video. One of the most entertaining and informative yet

@stepheng8779 3 года назад

The street value of citalopram has soared this year. Originally thought to be the effects of lockdown, it's actually due to people shouting 'ok computer' at their fart boxes and getting bloody Radiohead whining at them.

@GmanAtheistNell 3 года назад

Another awesomely informative funny video. Love your way of presenting information Paul. Keep them coming, I look forward to your content. :-)

@joejoe6949 3 года назад

What I’m not liking is that the echo control zig bee but ring owned by amazon uses z wave why not stick to one radio system. And lately thing on Alexa stop working and I can’t figure out why

@asya_6254 3 года назад

My google home has been acting up as of lately, disconnecting from bluetooth randomly, doesn’t connect at all, so many other things.

@jerabekj 3 года назад

Great video as usually, thanks. I am, for some time now, trying to decide my route in smart home and voice assistant - Google or Amazon. I never heard myself Gmini nor Echo dot, but some friends having GMini told me, that it sounds decent. Honestly, I tend to Alexa more and more as I continue with my research, but just want to be sure before I lock myself to one or other solution. But regarding to audio conectivity of GMini - I see 2 options how to set this up, both without cables. 1) BT dongle connected to my Yamaha receiver via analog connection 2) is imho better - connecting a Chromecast into HDMI of my Yamaha and streaming music this way. The downside is that this way it cant be used for all the sound from GMini, just for streaming.

@gtubbs6974 3 года назад

It just follows the whole "Google doesn't care about hardware" argument. They seem to say "ooh, this is shiny lets do/have that" - later - "bored now, Whats next? - Ooh shiny"

@Lolo_Mac 3 года назад

I need to know where should I start if I just bought a home and I want to make it smart. Where do I begin?

@richardc316 3 года назад

If you have 2 alexa devices (or 2 Google nests) and you're equidistant between them, which one will respond, or play your music?

@Th.Alchemist 3 года назад

When playing spotify on the google nest it sometimes cuts off, the song keeps going, but no sound comes out because of lost connection. So I lose 1/3 of the song at intervals, VERY annoying

@adammm4 3 года назад

Hi Paul, Thank you for your great videos, I have bought a broadlink RM4 pro because of you, :) however how can I get a different name for the voice assistant? I dont like Alexa or hey google, is that possible? cheers Adam

@paulhibbert 3 года назад

With Amazon you can change the wake word on most of their echo products to "computer" or "echo" 😊

@pocat00 3 года назад

Another awesome video on Saturday, eating breakfast and laughing my a** off...

@chrishoggett1375 3 года назад

Again, in Belgium Google is winning because Amazon kinda forgot we exist. I use Alexa, you wouldn’t believe how many people ask me, what’s Alexa? Looking puzzled that amazon make smarthome stuff. And people with lots of many just install the Niko Home Controle (I think that works with both Google and Alexa, but probably not Siri, not sure) Anyway, can somebody tell Amazon that Belgium is a country and yes, we do have money to buy stuff. Making us an annex of Amazon Germany and Amazon France is useless. Tried buying an echo dot clock for Belgium, got directed to Amazon Germany to then be told they don’t ship to Belgium... same story with France....

@catiaVanPT 3 года назад

Oh my lord the exact same thing just happened to me. I'm from Portugal, they've made us an annex of Amazon Spain and is useless. I was trying to buy the echo dot and was also directed to Amazon Germany and still no delivery here. It's ridiculous, I get it, it's a small country but everybody uses Amazon so it's about time they change some stuff. Right now I'm leaning towards Google home just because of that hassle.

@RasheedKhan-he6xx 3 года назад

Wow. Paul finishes telling us about kids playing games on Echo and is interrupted by a PlayStation advert.

@peterlc8166 3 года назад

I notice IFTTT has made changes to its service. They now have a paid version that must sign up to if you want more than 3 functional recipes.

@ToddKing 3 года назад

Linden Tibbets, the big cheese at IFTTT is asking for feedback on his twitter account. I went and and told him that it was BS that I bought devices that said works with IFTTT but now won't unless I pay $120. You should complain too. Even if it doesn't affect you right now. Everyone should. twitter.com/ltibbets

@bsilver887 3 года назад

One point you missed is how Spotify are giving away nest minis for free.

@BootlegEL 3 года назад

This video was delightfull and funny as well done Paul!

@mateusmatuidi3808 3 года назад

I can tell u put in work, subscribing just for that.

@footynutguy 3 года назад

And there is the title of your April fools day video. 'How the Apple HomePod won the smart home war'

@jimmylugo2682 3 года назад

I burned you on one past video you made and your reaction to it was surprisingly good, however this one was kind of funny and informative this time. Subscribing to see what you got! 😎

@102179mark 3 года назад

FYI, Google Home speakers can listen for glass breaking as well. I agree with you on a couple points there. I can't stand the routines on Google, although I haven't found a system I do care for automations on either. The Google Nest fiasco is atrocious why they rebranded at all makes no sense to me either. Taking away the third party support for the thermostats pissed me off more than anything. I had just figured out how to integrate them into Smartthings, then they pulled it.

@cretadeus 3 года назад

Google Home detecting an intruder: WARNING! I CAN DETECT GLASS BREAKAGE. USE A HAMMER DRILL ON THE DOOR LOCKS INSTEAD!

@kissieljp 3 года назад

update video about the race? I do not like amazon that much and I am standing before choice- alexa or google assistant but I ma techy- guy (but with small budget atm) and can manage hard setups and stuff, but I want to use different brands with different things for setting up smart home for me and my family (including 4 yo daughter), which would you pick of the two? (I can say I can set up raspi smart home no problem if needed). Pauuul (or anyone else) please help mee! @Paul Hibbert @whole_yt_community

@SmartHomePoint 3 года назад

I agree entirely, and have covered the confusing naming/branding and also the frustrating dropping of Play Music recently. Whilst I do like my Nest Mini, I can't help but feel that the Google Home/Nest ecosystem will continue to fall behind bit by bit.

@RameezRazaRiaz99 3 года назад

There should be a skill called “Beam me up scotty.”

@JohnSmith-lm9gr 3 года назад

Me for just a second, "5000 lbs of tech?"

@mpwinter 3 года назад

Informative Video! One more thing that annoys me about the Google Home is that I don’t think there is away to Receive a Push Notification on my iPhone when the Google Hub Timer Goes Off. I can do this with my Echo Show using IFTTT. Or does anyone have any ideas on how this can be achieved with Google Home?

@ethancarder5387 3 года назад

Can you make a video on how to control a ps4 and will you be able to load applications through Alexa or google home

@GForce2010 3 года назад

I started out with Google Home, I think I was a few months in when I got an Echo Dot. I have a slight speech impediment and fine saying Alexa soo much easier than saying OK Google.

@whoanelly- 3 года назад

Your case aside, (I have never considered speech impediment) but in general tho, I never understood the general argument about one is "easier" to say. First you can say "Hey Google" insead of "ok google" Then when you compare to Alexa, it comes down to 3 sylables. So I dont see how its easier to Say "Alexa" vs "Hey Google" when its the same amount of sylables. I will gripe that why hasnt google enabled the ability to change the wake phrase yet.

@360theosiris 3 года назад

Damn, I was looking forward to get angry at you and call you an idiot! ;) But not only are you making excellent points, you did it in an extremely entertaining way. So now I'm subscribing instead...

@DesignitBuilditRepairit 3 года назад

I don't know about the walkie-talkie thing but you can use Google Duo to call home from a smartphone and I have a conversation

@akuma12356 3 года назад

For integrating alexa with broadlink RM pro (RF controlling some blinds), some commands you have to say "alexa turn on blinds on" to pull up blinds. And "alexa turn on blinds off" to pull them down. Question, are you able to map custom commands like "alexa do the blinds magic" and it will do blinds up/down (whichever is mapped)??

@paulhibbert 3 года назад

Sure 😊 you just put the on command into an alexa routine and give the routine whatever custom phrase you like 😊

@terkfranks1538 3 года назад

I like the shared photo album across Google Home Hubs for family members across the country/world... you can have pictures just show up from aunts and uncles you normally only see now and then at family reunions... 👍

@johnsimpson9753 3 года назад

Yep me and my wife shouting at it when we want radio 2 on at 3pm Sunday

@karthik1sky 3 года назад

I thought we would be getting ifttt "pro" video this week

@mrdando 3 года назад

karthik shetty think it will be next week as this news only came out mid week

@mkjustuk 3 года назад

Haha me too, corporate greed! corporate greed!

@paulhibbert 3 года назад

Oh it will be coming, don't you worry! 🤣 I have a really hectic schedule at the minute though so it might be later than I want.

@beastobadness 3 года назад

When I first seen the announcement on Reddit I literally sat there and grinded my teeth, my wife actually asked me if I was alright and the first thing I said to her was "Paul Hibbert is gonna love this"😂

@fortherecord1569 3 года назад

Ah come on. THREE free applets isn't enough for you? Hahaha!!!

@chrisphillips1114 3 года назад

Oh my god, I'm crying with laughter

@emailSethTurner 3 года назад

Found this video randomly by researching a switch from Google Assistant to Amazon. Liked it soo much I subscribed. Very informative and entertaining. Cheers.

@paulhibbert 3 года назад

Thanks dude! ❤️

@zmoclov21 3 года назад

I am a Google smart products owner and I was going to start by saying "I hate to say it, but.." but I don't even hate to say it, it actually is easy to say at this point... It's easy to say, you're right about all of this. I am so frustrated with the flip floppy tenancies of google and all their smart protects. And the worst part is, I have $100s of dollars spent on their products so it's so hard to justify switching to Amazon products at this point, but I get closer and closer every day! I'm sick of all this. I don't get why they keep flipping. It's very easy to look at any past failed smart product. They always fail the moment the "smart" thing that they are trying to automate/make easier for the user actually becomes harder. Well, most of the time this automating time becomes harder the moment they start picking and choosing which companies/other products their product is compatible with. Google said they were cutting off compatibility with other brands because they couldn't guarantee security that way. I sounds good and all, but really I feel like that's just a scapegoat in order to make the user buy all their products. Look at IFTTT, they used to have SO much support. Then they dropped a few big companies and apps and their usability went way down breaking many of their users' automation. It want so far down that they had to mini-rebrand and now call it IFTTT Pro, i.e. they just weren't making as much money as they were and had to stat charging-that's really all the PRO is... Long story short, and I don't get how these companies don't see this: If you make something smart/easier you can't make it harder for the user and expect to make more money from your change. It should only get easier. So if your product starts out being compatible with others, you can't then down the road change that (especially if your competitors continue to be compatible with others!).

@DJAndroidGEEK 3 года назад

Agree...so frustrating as a Google Only fam, do not want to switch to Amazon products but might have to.

@rsndetre1 3 года назад

I just bought a Google Nest Hub and I'm very happy with it. I had an RM Pro that I could not integrate with Alexa on my phone (tried some time ago) and with Google it just works. Alexa app was trowing all sorts of errors when trying to import the skill and I gave up. I know for other people works and probably is updated now. Even more, from what I know, if you have a Dot you still require a third device to interface with RM pro. Not the case with Google Nest Hub. Second, I don't know about Alexa, but Google made huge steps in understanding your particular pronunciation of english. I'm honestly surprised. My spoken english is quite bad and it never fails to understand me. Third. What ever commands I'm giving, it gets what I mean. Even for routines, if I forget to speak the exact phrase I defined it understands. Honestly, this is AI stuff at work here and it works brilliantly. Lastly, I don't have things that require automation in my home. I just use it to turn on/off stuff and to display photos. For that Google is fine. What seems interesting, is the possibility to change the keyword with Alexa. Saying always "OK Google" sucks big time. In the end, I really don't care who wins. I just care which one is easier to work with and speak to. As of now, there isn't really a home automation market. I'm not gonna put a smart lock on my door and certainly I'm not gonna trust an app with data on cloud to open or close it. Also, I don't need the lights on at a certain time. Automation will be when we will have truly useful devices that can save us some free time. A cleaning robot that is smarter then stumbling from corner to corner. Smart pet feeding devices and toys. Robots that can clean around the house. Turning stuff on/off at certain times ... just meh. Edit: btw, I have bluetooth speakers but no interest in connecting the Google Nest to it. I'm not listening to music loud in the house as I will disturb the other members of the family. So lack of a jack ... not really caring either.

@soumynonareverse7807 3 года назад

Great and again funny video: so let me get this right, you don't need to use voice commands if you have the app installed? Alexa isn't in my language yet. What if I buy the international version, how likely is it that it will update to my language once that's made possible? And can you only connect it to you home cinema system using a jack or is it possible to connect it with, say USB to get surround sound?

@legitgibbo3225 3 года назад

They didn't cut off Amazon on the thermostat because they know Amazon would just make there own version that is 3rd party friendly and take them on in that product

@ivyk5796 3 года назад

I honestly don't understand why you can't change the audio ballance

@dummyxl 3 года назад

Nest thermostat not working with Homey? I was planning buying them both 😞

@mizunopearl 3 года назад

What I find frustrating about Amazon is that even if they release the device to Canada they still hold back many of the features. Household profiles don't exist for Amazon devices in Canada and that's huge for a multi user home. I can only hope that Amazon begins to roll out this feature to us, It is cheaper to outfit my home with Amazon devices (thanks in part to their sales) then it is with google. I also don't like the direction google is going.

@BenderTubeOG 3 года назад

Holy crap! We don’t always see eye to eye, but this was spot on

@QoiBoi 3 года назад

It may not have an audio jack but you can connect it to any bluetooth speaker to play through.

@jasonoliver3548 3 года назад

not sure that it's "over" but I agree with everything you said about them losing. the crazy part is that they could fix it tomorrow if they actually got their shit together and did it. I think you're right that they didn't have a plan and it got fragmented and now they're a bit lost in the woods.

@slipknottin 3 года назад

Maybe it’s just me, but I’m still waiting for some company to bring voice recognition devices like Alexa to market that are run locally. Similar to Mixtile, but not with a built in hub, just a front end device that I can tie into my hubitat system. 99% of the time I talk to Alexa it’s just to turn lights on or off. Don’t need much processing power to do that

@jmr 3 года назад

I 100% agree! I think we might have to build our own though. I've been thinking I could do that with a Raspberry PI or another SBC.

@SmartHomeHASHTAGS 3 года назад

I was a Google only user, but now I love Alexa much more than Google. I can use WiFi sensors to trigger Alexa routines. Google cannot, in Australia at least. But I really want the Echo Flex to be released in Australia.

@sergioruiz9464 3 года назад

Make it like a walkie talkie... But s#!t 😂

@23Pela 3 года назад

Didn't need the provocative title to know you are the biggest Alexa fan amongst RU-vidrs LOL. Watching your videos is enough to notice you love Alexa and hate Google Home :D

@paulhibbert 3 года назад

You need to watch more of my videos 😉 Alexa gets a kicking on a regular basis. I have an upcoming video with the sole purpose of saying the amazon echo auto is complete toss.

@gveresUW 3 года назад

if you were just starting now, would you start with a hubitat or an Echo (with hub capability)? I am leaning towards hubitat.

@paulhibbert 3 года назад

The echo is too restrictive on what devices it will work with and is too underpowered when it comes to routines. Definitely either smartthings if you're quite new to it all, or Hubitat of you're a bit nerdier 😊

@DannyMacDJ 3 года назад

Is that an echo, echo, echo i can hear? Lol

@Betoballestas 3 года назад

The 2 major problems with Amazon that I have is that they don't release all features worldwide, they work on a few countries and the other one is to trigger the scenes with only one sentence, making I create the same scene several times so I can activate with different sentences, that's so frustrating

@bobriemersma 3 года назад

I like the levitation capability that lets me place my Echo devices hanging in the air. Not sure when this will get to the UK.

@reinaldots 3 года назад

Here in Brazil we are practically abandoned by Google, we only have the Google Nest Mini without news since it was launched here and the Nest Hub does not work in Portuguese. Already on Amazon almost every month there are news for the Echo line, the support is excellent, the routines help a lot and there are many skills in Portuguese.

@macinman 3 года назад

Hey Paul, I have both Google and Amazon here. As you are stating here though, I find myself preferring Amazon over Google for many of the reasons you're stating here. Routines, compatibility with third party devices etc. I bought amazon first then got a Google home, because I have some devices with Google tech built in. So that was my main purpose here was to use the Google home with google specific devices, and Amazon for everything else. At the end of the day though, I find having both can complement one another. One last thought though, I think at this point, even over Apple, I would still say Amazon is my chosen smart platform here, it just has the best all around support, value and versatility of products, and services you can use it with, and for.

@paulhibbert 3 года назад

Thanks dude. I wonder what things will look like in 10 years time. I really like my Google speakers, but I am also finding myself using Alexa for everything.

@z0phi3l 3 года назад

Funny thing is I've been switching to Google services because my Kasa smart devices work better with Assistant, for whatever reason Alexa doesn't want to work with them even tho the listing says they are compatible, plus the new Google speakers look to be a great deal

@andrewbreton7062 3 года назад

I'm ready to chuck my nine google voice devices, out the window. Google needs to update this glitch that always says there's a problem, when I say the wake word. If the zigbee lights I ordered, work with my hub, I will going with buttons for everything, and selling off all my speakers.

@eig1979 3 года назад

Google Home Max speaker, and the Google Nest/Home Hub are both awesome... And I hear we're getting another Smart speaker from them, along side the Pixel 5, and another ChromeCast, I believe September 30th...

@amritpalsd1994 3 года назад

One thing I like about google is android auto and being able to google assistant to broadcast and trigger routine from the car

@ianvincent5069 3 года назад

I got a goggle home it barely integrated with broadlink got an echo and never looked back i assume that many others that wanted to automate their house had similar experiences not being able to play plex audio was a huge issue to me too

@TenshiR 3 года назад

Doesn't Kohler have an Alexa connected toilet already?

@MekaniQ 3 года назад

The Numi 2.0 lol

@speedracer9132 3 года назад

I came here because I'm trying to find out what google can do that amazon cannot... I am at the point where I've been thinking everything you said in this video about google being way behind in this arena. If I can confirm that there is no loss of features by switching to echo and using android phone, that will be the final nail in the coffin.

@gordon861 3 года назад

I have three Google Home minis doted around the house, manly for talk radio (great to turn them all on sync'd first thing in the morning and wander around the house listening without missing anything) and turning on/off a select number of often used lights. All my bulbs are Xiaomi and I use a few sonoff in line switches too, these all work fine with the Google kit. I've also just bought a couple of Xiaomi 'body sensors' (PIRs) which now turn on the hallway lights when they sense movement. I try to avoid Amazon as much as possible.

@mkjustuk 3 года назад

I agree with most of this. One thing I would say, is to me as a Brit living in Europe is that Amazon (Alexa) has nothing like the foothold Google has outside of the UK and US

@paulhibbert 3 года назад

Really?? I had no idea! I just assumed they were massive all over the world. I wonder why not. 🤔

@CameoDan1 3 года назад

Its true, if Amazon doesn’t support the language, they ban the sale of their products in those countries, for instance I can’t by an echo in the Netherlands. When ordering from Amazon.co.uk or .de it states delivery is not possible to the Netherlands. And Not even sold on Amazon.nl.

@mkjustuk 3 года назад

@@paulhibbert Amazon (shopping) hasn't been as big a thing for as long in other parts of Europe (still isn't) so Echo saturation hasn't been as easy and Google is everywhere (physical shops, mobile service provider giveaways and of course Spotify).

@TortoiseT 3 года назад

@@paulhibbert Belgium chiming in. You can't even buy most Echo stuff here yet... The echo dot 3 still hasn't come out. Echo flexes are nowhere in sight. For everything Amazon you have to buy old/outdated international versions and have to jump through silly hoops to make them work properly. It's the same for the entire Benelux market and I'm assuming other places in Europe as well. I would have loved to buy echo stuff, I didn't because Amazon is just not bringing most of their stuff to our markets.

@cxar71 3 года назад

Well, I guess it depends on where in EU you look. Here in Italy, well, Amazon basically runs the country. 😜

@paultyler5246 3 года назад

Google home mini may not have a line out socket but it does have Bluetooth if you want to connect decent speakers.

@drjohnt4197 3 года назад

Great video. Shame Google marketing are not listening. Fortunately I have Home Assistant so I can configure Google to do anything like set scenes, run automations etc.

@Raymond.Jansen 3 года назад

I'm missing 1 huge thing with my Alexa device, I can't talk to it in my own language. I would love it if rhat would be possible.

@paulhibbert 3 года назад

You'd think Amazon would have this as their number 1 priority!

@16luisg16 3 года назад

What is your first language? Mine is Spanish and it has 3 different versions bilingual, spanish mexico and spanish spain. all 3 sound diferent with their own accent. Spain and mexico spanish is not the same, is like english in the states and british english. I personally have it bilingual where I can talk either language and it will respond to both and respond in the language I speak to it.

@richardc316 3 года назад

I don't have any smart devices yet, but I do use Google assistant on my android phone. I am thinking about getting a hub and some smart lights, but don't know which way to go. 🤔.

@micahjohnson9184 3 года назад

I'm a pixel 3a user and it's been great I have a Google mini, just got Google wifi today and maybe eventually the new nest thermostat so far from a software propective and getting updates Google has been amazing! We also use an Echo dot and my cousin has prime and amazon music they are great for task but I find google more help when using things day to day even commuicaties better because it's already integrated into things like my phone instead of having to download a alexa app to take up space Google Assistant is system based what I would take away from this is yeah what he says in the video is true! Amazon Echo has more complex routines but if you want simple routines that get the job done, and Al that understands you better that being regardless of speech and a company that works with more 3rd party things then Google should be a great choice for you 😊

@richardc316 3 года назад

@@micahjohnson9184 Thanks Micah, that's very helpful.

@micahjohnson9184 3 года назад

@@richardc316 Anytime 😊👍

3 года назад

I literally had the same energetic discussion with one of my colleagues. I've enjoyed how easy and inexpensive it was too get my smart home going with Amazon. I've always been a big fan of google, but I financially could not support doing my entire house in Google/nest only products. I a father of four children see the value with the echo devices. I was able to get my echo 5 devices for only 60 bucks apiece when they went on sale. I have yet to see a Google nest interface device anywhere near that price.

@GAZMAN3510 3 года назад

Another great vid Paul you make my Saturday :-) Paul any chance you could do a vid on third party stuff that works with Philips hue. and maybe how to set it up. I recently bought an ikea Tradfri bulb with the on off switch included for a £10 a bargain Go the bulb set up can’t get the dam switch to work with the Philips hub though :-( I’m pretty good with tech but this is really chuffing annoying. I got sucked in to Philips hue at the start and I’m not in the position to sell a kidney to cover the cost of filling my home with Philips hue gear.

@danskifpv 3 года назад

Paul, your startrek animation was lacking. Have a look at Particle Illusion (which is free btw) or just let me know what editor you use and I'll email you the exported effects.

@weedfreer 3 года назад

lolzzzz didn't see this one coming after CNet did their article...and then all the other techmags followed suit 😂

@stillphil6645 3 года назад

Thank you man I appreciate it I was about to buy a Google home cause when the main reasons was because I get an answer for everything but then After hearing you I'm good