SMART HOME SPECIAL
HEY GOOGLE!
With over 50,000 devices from 10,000 brands, the Google smart ecosystem has solutions for everyone
You’re my Nest friend
The Nest Hub is a do-everything smart home controller that enables you to command devices, video-call your parents and watch cat videos on YouTube.
Google Assistant has been with us since 2016, when it debuted on the first Pixel phone, and it’s now able to communicate with and control tens of thousands of compatible devices.
Google Home is the second most popular smart home system: as of summer 2021 it was estimated that eight million American homes had multiple Google Home devices, compared to 20 million for Amazon.
BORN TO BE WIDE
Google Assistant is the app and virtual personal assistant for Google Home and Nest, the smart home system Google bought in 2019. It’s in all of the newest Android phones as well as many older ones, and also appears in Google devices including the Chromecast and Pixelbook Go, plus lots of third-party devices. The product range covers everything from phones to locks, thermostats and plugs, and that wide selection of devices means prices are very competitive, especially compared to HomeKit.