Alexa vs Google Home Routines - The Winner is…
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- Опубліковано 17 вер 2024
- This video is a look at Alexa vs Google Home Routines. Both are very capable devices. But I am going to declare my winner.
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I'm so thankful you took the time to edit the audio so that when you said "Hey Google" it wasn't triggering all my devices.
Thank you for noticing and the comment. Glad it was helpful for you.
Thank you so much for being considerate enough to mute yourself with the "hey google" prompts!
Alexa will not play anything from UA-cam. Alexa's favorite sentence is "I don't know that one". It's bad at translating as well. Google is waaay better.
I found that so many times I ask Alexa she says "i don't know that one" then ask google the same thing and get better results
Plus Google Home's voice recognition is so much better.
Google Home's voice recognition sucks-all-the-d**ks and is highly over rated. Even with it switched on your mates can come to your house and piss about with everything on your account. Its full of shit!
Facial recognition .. Yeah
Voice recognition .. No
From when someone can stand in your porch and tell Google to open your door via that Google Home device in your Hallway, you just know its totally unreliable.
In all truth, Google has a great product on paper! But for day-to-day use in my area it's not dependable too many outages. Routines sometimes run on time sometimes do not. That's why I took out a complete Google system. And bought an Alexa system. There are a lot of differences in price you are right to that's something you didn't cover! Google is a lot cheaper on the Shelf easier to get! In the beginning I had great luck with Google but it kept getting worse and worse. They may get their act together. And another thing you should judge on is the fact you can have multiple wake words. All In they both are excellent products. But each person should realize that reliability in your day-to-day life is the most important thing. Especially if you must depend on it. Once again great review and you are very very honest and true to both products. and I'm sorry I've had said probably too much. I want to say one last thing that you must judge order on both products look for customer service see who's got the best and who will give you an answer.
Hello Beryl, Thank you very much. I do appreciate the nice comment and kind words. Thank you also for sharing your thoughts on this. Echoes have been very intuitive and do offer a lot. Both are great devices. But you do get more options in my opinion with the echoes. Like you said you get the multiple awake words. I’m sorry to hear that the Google system kept getting worse for you. I do think you make a great point about checking out the customer service for both devices. Thank you for sharing your experience and insight. It is appreciated and good for myself and others to hear. Thank you for checking out the video. Have a great day.
Oh, I think Google home mini would win
I really wish google would let us start routines off of motion or something like that. What I am hearing is that I need both for the best routines.
I have 3 google devices collecting dust in the electronic recycle bin
Hello Bob, that’s funny that they are in the electronics recycling bin. The echoes do a great job and have so many features beyond the Google Home in my opinion. It’s that command feature that push the google home over the edge for me with routines. I still primarily use my echo for routines. Thank you for watching and sharing your thoughts. Have a great day.
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I love my echo devices and hopefully Amazon will continue to add features in the future and I would expect they will. Great vid Craig.
Hello Tim, thank you very much. I’m glad you enjoyed the video. I am with you and still love my echos and what they have to offer more than the Google home. I do really like that Amazon keeps improving and adding new features all the time. They have been great with improving the functionality of these devices as time goes on. I just had to give the win to Google home with their command option. It pains me to have to do it. But what kind of tech guy would I be if I can’t knowledge what the other side does correctly. 😀. Thank you for checking out the video. Have a great day brother.
@@CraigsTechTalk I'm glad you did the comparison with a more subjective view and hopefully some one at Amazon will take not and your constructive criticism will help spark Amazon to add more features. I think Alexa is leading the industry currently with Google in a close second so Amazon will have to keep making good improvements to the platform to hold on the their marketshare they enjoy now which is a good thing for us the consumer. keep up the great work.
I want to start off by saying I am a huge Google fan however I do own both Google and Alexa devices. In my personal opinion I strongly believe that Amazon would be the king of the digital assistants if it used the Google browser instead of Bing. Now as for triggering routines I prefer Alexa for one reason only and that's the ability to have devices trigger routines such as door & motion sensors. Case in point, we have firearms and children. So we have a gun cabinet that they do not have access to but for the additional level of safety I added a door sensor to it so in the highly unlikely event they did gain access to it the door sensor triggers a routine and sends me an instant notification and triggers an audible response from my Alexa devices. ( The gun cabinet is open.) Google to my knowledge as of the time I'm writing this does not have this feature. (Yet). So Alexa wins for me in this category. I love both the Google & Echo devices and I'm excited to see what other wonders these two will be coming out with in the future.
Amazon Alexa now has the ability to type in a command as a step in your routines.
Goodbye, Google!
I have both and use both on a daily basis. I think that each have strong enough unique features that I don't plan to go all in on one or the other anytime soon.
Hello Josh, that’s great that you’re using both. I think you’re right when it comes to unique features and not committing to just one device. I like having both devices and find different uses for both. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and watch him. Have a great day.
Alexa is just plain dumb compared to Google, when asking anything substantial.
You have helped turn me into an Echo fan and I love them. It was just as tough hearing you say Google wins ... for now! 😜 Great vid.
Hello Tom, thank you very much. I’m glad you enjoyed the video. I’m also glad I was able to help turn you into an echo fan. It was tough for me to have to give the win to Google. But I had to for this one. I think it also helps me with my tech credibility.😀 When I could give the device I like less credit where it is due. Thanks for checking out the video. Don’t worry I’m not turning my back on the echoes. Have a great day.
Since I couldn’t call my Alexa Jarvis I called it “computer” so I made a routine where I say “computer I’m home” and she says “welcome home master” and highway to hell plays
Wait time seals it for me. Google is great with Routines, but having a wait time allows me to have so many options. I have to give it to Alexa.
Hello Tony, wait times are great. They do offer a lot of functionality. Especially if you’re using it for smart devices and don’t want to have to turn them off. I could see you giving in the Hello Tony, wait times are great. They do offer a lot of functionality. Especially if you’re using it for smart devices and don’t want to have to turn them off. I could see giving in the win to Alexa. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Have a great day
Tony Renfro what are wait times
device trigger (by various kind of sensor) and time sequence adjustment is super essential for my uses. big win for alexa.
That is a great feature and a good reason to give the win to Alexa.
The problem is I am so deep into Alexa devices, there is no turning back.
Me too!
Same for me. I got a Google home mini for a spotify promo for a dollar and while it had it's pros I just rather like the Amazon ecosystem much more.
Hello, I am with all of you. I am too deep to turn away from my echo devices. Plus overall I do think the echoes offer more and are more opened up to different ecosystems than the Google Home. I like having a couple of Google homes so I can keep learning more about them. But I don’t see a reason to trade in all the echoes. Especially with using Apple Music and other Apple services that work on the echoes. Thank you all for sharing your thoughts. Thank you also for watching. Have a great day.
alexa is black???
Same here.
Hi..i got both alexa echo dot and google mini....i have a generic smart bulb compatible with both including one yeelight as well. Say if i say turn on bedroom light..i want it to turn bright white..but say if i say good nite..i want same bulb turn to blue with 5% brightness..is it possible with either or both?
With either Google mini or the Echo Dot you can right routines to do what you are suggesting. Here is a video I made about writing routines with Echos. ua-cam.com/video/SvSfGp9TT78/v-deo.html Thanks for watching.
I wish echo would play UA-cam video on command . What it does when I say “Alexa play sky news live “ it simply searches UA-cam and gives me results . It is my understanding that amazon is taking this to court !
With the sleeping sounds one, you can do sleepimg sounds on alexa too. You just say 'Alexa, help me sleep'
or "Alexa, Play Sleep Sounds"
Good information as I’m thinking of leaving the echo system even though I’m several devices into it over several years now. My main problem with the Amazon echo system is that the tech department won’t listen to simple requests and they refuse to work with me on problems I’ve encountered over the years. Their attitude is take it as it is and that’s just how it goes. Aside from the devices not hearing all that well and simply not hearing or responding appropriately when there are fans going or music playing I can’t get the tech department to understand that I do not want to hear the device repeat back to me the name of a song that I request and add the service it’s playing from. Say I request it play the song “I’m walking on sunshine” I just want it to play the song but instead Alexa says “ here’s I’m walking on sunshine by Katrina and the Waves playing on Amazon music”. I don’t want to hear all of this. I’ve explained to the tech department that I’m paying for the devices plus I’m paying extra for the Amazon music service so I should be able to at least turn this announcement off but they refuse to listen or provide this ability. Not only this but they are adding suggestions after each song that I don’t need to hear as I already am aware of its ability. These new announcements go like this, Alexa, play “Ring of Fire” by Johnny Cash. Song plays after announcement then Alexa says “did you know that I can play more songs from this album.....going on to give directions on how to make it happen”. It does this even though I’ve turned off all such announcements in the Amazon app. This type of intrusion and control over my system is why I’m leaving Amazon.
The new Amazon update is great! You can now make calls with the fire TV Cube. Also, they fixed the problem of Alexa crashing when you asked what was on a specific channel 3 times in a row.
Hello, that is great that you can now make calls and utilize more of the echo features on the fire TV cube. I had not used it too much for trying to change channels. But that’s good to know that they have that worked out. Thank you for sharing that. Thank you also for watching. Have a great day.
I have a Alexa assistant @ Cortana @ Google assistant @ of course you can't forget bixby assistant. each one of them answer questions so different
Alexa is more chatty, personal, casual voice. I really like her. But it is most usefull only if you are deep into the Amazon ecosystem and a Prime member. Google Home, is more powerful overall, professional sounding. It also is much more seamlessly integrated with ones Android phone, especially if you use a Pixel phone. I do with Google made a led clock min i like the Echo clock. If i had my way though, i wish either of them supported Cortana, the voice at least.
The deal breaker for me is google not being able to run routines off triggers. Like motion sensors or door sensors.
Thank you for the unbiased mindset. I am using Alexa now, and her inflexibility with so so many routine functions is pushing me toward the google ai
saying alexa each time is easier than hey google but im not sure yet my echo is in the email.
I think it is easier to use just Alexa. Hope you enjoy your new echo.
FYI - Alexa now has the ability to type in a command, took them long enough
I didn't know about routines till I started doing homework on what to buy. I thought I was all set on Amazon till I saw your video. Now I'm in the middle again. Ugh. lol
Sorry to make it difficult for you again. One updates since I did this video that is nice is that you can do the same custom commands that you can on Google assistant. So that opens up a lot of options that Google was better at before.
Hi, Craig another outstanding video. You showed both sides in a fair and equal manner and also informed people along the way in an easy to understand manner. Thank you.
Hello Gary, thank you very much. I’m glad you enjoyed the video. I did tried to be fair and equal to both devices. I am definitely an echo fan. But that command feature tip the scales for routines to Google. Thank you for your nice comment. I do appreciate you watching. Have a great day.
Alexa's routines are in beta release. If you set up a routine e.g. 1-2-3 and you wrongly press play two time, it will execute: 1-1-2-2-3-3...Alexa's developers are so cheap...Also it's IMPOSSIBLE stop a timed routine...
That is annoying that it will do that. I have not tried it. Thanks for sharing and watching.
My biggest complaint with my Alexa is the alarm. She never hears us telling her to stop and just keeps blaring the alarm until we have to unplug her
Hey Craig - I had mentioned this in another one of your Echo videos - having issues with the Location routine in Echo - just not working. It did for a while and now nothing. Suggestions? Fixes? I have the Location setting to Always and the location settings on my phone are also on. Thanks!!!!
Hello Jim, my apologies for missing your comments. I am not sure why it is not working. I hope you were able to figure it out. If locations is turned on for both, I don’t know why it wouldn’t be working. Have you tried updating the app, giving the device a reset and seeing if that helps. I wish I had a better answer.
Love the Echo! Thanks to you-I found out that I could use the timer to remind me of medicine times, which has been working awesomely for me and my family. Thank You for your Hard Work that you also Love, I can tell! Have a Great am/pm!
Hello Dianna, Thank you for the nice comment. I do appreciate it. I’m glad that I am able to help with echo features. That is great to know. I do appreciate you watching the videos and the support. I do have fun making these videos. I like finding topics that are enjoyable for me like this one. Thanks again for the nice comment. Have a great day.
please do a video on how to properly install and use an echo dot into a car.
I have done that with a dot and then a 7inch fire tablet. The procedure is the same as in your house but you need to use your phone as a hot spot. I used my phone as the hotspot, my fire 7 tablet as the permanent in-car Alexa and a second tablet with the Alexa app on to set everything up on. Once everything is set up you only need your phone and echo device (dot or tablet for example).
@@MrJono1999 thx. I plugged it into the USB. hit aux on my console. hot spotted my phone yet Alexa did not respond. app says car is offline yet it's in the car and it won't let me change to online. Would you reinstall?
@@reginapontes5672 I would reset the Alexa dot first, she should respond even if she is not connected to the internet. I am also assuming you have connected her to a USB power supply in your car? Also check your volume is loud enough.
Press and hold the dot button until she restarts, should be ok from there.
One note, if your phone prompts you to change wifi networks due to no internet, just select no, otherwise you will be disconnected from your Alexa.
@@MrJono1999 excellent suggestions! Will try this afternoon. Screen captured your suggestions! thx again!
Hello Regina, thank you for the suggestion. I should look into that and make a video on it.
Hello Jonathan thank you for your tech-support on this.
Thank you both for watching and leaving comments. Have a great day.
Hey , my echo bluetooth speaker is very weak and sound doesn't comes good with hurdle..idk it's my echo device problem or all of that!
Does the Google home, have the temperature sensor the newest Echo Plus has? That was one thing that drew me to return the dot, and get the Plus instead, in addition to the size and speaker difference without having to connect to a BT source to improve audio quality, in terms of giving the sound more range. I'll mess around with routines on the Echo, I'm still learning what I can do with it, and this is something I haven't tried yet. The other thing is, I mainly use, Gmail, and UA-cam from Google, true my Sony 4k TV runs android, but Alexa has a skill to connect to that, as well as Gmail.
Anyway, was curious about the Sensors, and if the Google home had them as well. Thanks.
I hope Google will add more triggers soon
Im on a free apartment residential wifi and cant connect my google home mini because of this. Does anyone have an idea of what i can do.
can you set up google assistant and/or alexa to notify automatically when there is sever weather?
I’m all in with Echo. There are more Alexa Enabled Devices that already exist and there are Many More currently under development.
Hello, I too am all in with echo. Amazon is doing great working with companies to get more Alexa enabled devices out there. It is going to be hard for Google to catch up with them. Thank you for checking out the video. Have a great day.
Ainschunt Ayleuhn same
They are so cheap that I have both so I don't have to choose
Can Amazon do the last thing and have a custom command yet?
So Apple Music is available with the Echo, but not with Google Home?
Yes it's available on the Eco if u have one than u are in a good luck
What? No coverage of Alexa for PC? Paul Hibbert just did a good overview video on that.
Hello Bob, I saw Paul‘s video on it. He did a good job. Not being a PC person I haven’t played around with it too much. I have seen that it’s there. But I have not installed it and really taken the time to see how it works. It’s good that Paul did a video on it and shared some more information about it. Thanks for sharing this for others to check out. Have a great day.
Until I know better, every time I ask my google for music it gives me adverts especially for youtube premium very annoying.
I have both.........just for the different routines. bathroom fan.....auto off in 15 mins.
I started with google but wanted my amazon music /audible books so just 1 dot and 4 googles (3 mini and 1 nest) and why have coffee makers been left out of this automation thing?
I really don't understand why anyone cares what the traffic is like. If you need to be at work for 08:00 you have to get in the car a a specific time anyway. Knowing traffic is heavy gives you the option to take an alternate route, but in my area if traffic is bad on one route, the alternate route is traffic heavy too because everyone is taking it as well.
Hi will alexa play radio or play something form UA-cam? Thank you
What is the minimun time of routine wait time i can set in echo?
thanks again Craig for another interesting video! I think the Amazon Alexa team probably follow what Google do closely, so I imagine Alexa will catch up in this regard. As for me, I'm an Echo fan, so will stick with Amazon's devices :)
Hello Peter, thank you very much. I appreciate the support. Glad you like the video. I am sticking with echo devices to. I am a fan of them. I do like knowing what Google has going on though. I also like to point out some of the features they may be doing better just in case somebody with Amazon is watching too. I think you were right Amazon is probably following Google pretty closely. I am really surprised they haven’t implemented certain features that the Google home has. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and checking out the video. Have a great day Peter.
I'm so used to Alexa's voice I don't like Google's voice... It sounds off.
Hello, I do like Alexa voice better than the Google assistant. I do feel like it’s a little off for me too. Especially after using echo devices for so long. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and watching. Have a great day
@@CraigsTechTalk yes I agree. Thanks you have a nice day too.
Another excellent video, always look forward to your videos Thanks for the hard work.
Hello Stuckinga, Thank you buddy. I’m glad you enjoyed the video and look forward to them when they come out. I do appreciate your longtime support. I’m glad that I could still put out a good product for you. Thank you for checking it out. Have a great day.
Hey Craig. Great video and I'm going to stick with the Echo, just because it does what I need it to do for now BUT that may change later on in life. Thank you for the insight Craig, you continue to raise the bar for tech toys that I enjoy lol
Hello Allen, thank you very much. I’m glad you enjoyed the video. I am with you and sticking with my echos too. I still feel Amazon offers more functionality and is more open to different services. But I think it’s good to know how Google is doing too. Plus with all the specials they run on the Google home mini it’s not too bad to try one out. Thank you for all the support and the nice comment. I’m glad that I can help raise the bar for your tech toys. That is nice of you to say. Thank you for watching. Have a great day.
Wow, that command feature is exactly what I need Amz. to implement immediately. Great video but I'm not about to swap out all my echo devices for Google. I do find their app to be far more complicated than the Alexa app.
I agree! you need a degree to work out how to do change settings on a google device ( I had to consult you tube to work out how to do certain things), whereas the Alexa app is so much easier and user friendly....
Hello David, thank you very much. I’m glad you enjoyed the video. Amazon definitely needs to steal that feature. I command option opens up so many things to do under routine.
I am with you and am not going to swap out my echoes for a Google Home. I do enjoy having the Google Home to keep up with what’s going on on that side. But I have an Alexa household.
I agree with you and Peter. The app for Google Home is nowhere near as friendly. Amazon deafly made there’s better with the big update they did last year. Thank you both for watching and sharing your thoughts. Have a great day.
Sound quality wise who wins?
I don't like the google home routines at all, because it gives an audio response to every single command you add to the routine. I find it very annoying to hear my google home babble for half a minute everytime I trigger a routine. I will actually switch to echo just because of that reason. Alexa simply replies with "okay" and gets its work done silently.
I am going to buy a device just to play reminder for drinking water. With Google mini do I need to interact with it when there is a reminder or will it automatically play it loud .
Hey Craig! I like your decision! When you think about the two, both are great! But Google Home really is more versatile. But I also like to link them together for routines. If I say "Good morning" to Alexa, Alexa will tell Google Assistant to turn on the smart switch that's only Google Home compatible. Then she'll give me the fact of the day, then tell my HomePod to play my playlist. This is very convenient and engages your other devices within the routine. I could even have Alexa trigger a routine on Google Home, and Google Home can trigger a routine on Echo. Also... you can use routines to annoy people. LOL. I have a friend who hates rap music, and I don't like how he always plays Korean dramas and K-pop around me, just because I'm Korean. So what do I do? I ask Alexa to play K-pop, and Alexa tells him she's going to play K-pop... and sooner or later, he's listening to Snoop Dogg or Eminem. That's always been fun to do LOL.
Hello Dorothy, I think you’re right they both are great. That is very cool that you have them operating each other by using voice commands. That is a great use and opens up so many more possibilities. I like how you’re implementing that. That is funny that you end up starting to playlist to annoy your friend back. Good for you give them some rap if he’s going to mess with you. I appreciate you checking out the video and sharing your uses. Thank you for watching. Have a great day.
Triggering routines - Had an echo, but eh, you can do that with anything compatible with google (wyze sensors work with both - also IFTTT is super fast at our house with google)
Media options - google fan here but echo does podcasts too (at least it did when I had mine) the main thing for me is the youtube music availability
Wait option - okay this is pretty cool (not sure when I'd use it though)
I am surprised you didn't go into the accuracy of voice commands like everyone else seems to. Nice job keeping it original :)
WARNING! To activate the Google assistant you have to say Hey Google or OK Google. After a year of saying hey Google, hey Google, hey Google, hey Google, hey Google you will start to hate saying it and it will be a pain to use the devices. This is not something you can change on the Google devices.
Another great video, there are a few things in there that I did not know about the google home system. I mainly use the echos but have a google home speaker as well. I find the only real benefit in the UK is that the google speaker has a wider general knowledge and speaks more naturally at present. The big disadvantage in the UK is that there are far less compatible smart products compared to the echo system.
Keep up the good work Craig.
Hello Jonathan, thank you very much. I’m glad you enjoyed the video. I am with you and mainly use the echoes. But there are strengths when it comes to the Google Home for information that I appreciate. It is impressive how many devices work with Amazon echoes. Thank you for the nice car man and watching. Have a great day.
Routines from Alexa will be even better when the UK gets the triggers already available in the US. We currently have Voice; Schedule; Device and Echo button. But not location or alarm. I'd like to see how location works, sounds useful. Also we don't have sunset and sunrise yet.
@@robertsprigge5535 totally agree with everything you said. I am also waiting on the quite or whisper mode to come to the UK. My sister has just got an echo spot and the first thing she said is "how do I get her to talk quietly in the morning?"
@@MrJono1999 I learned this week that I could set up two timed routines that can reduce the volume and subsequently increase it. Thanks to another brilliant UA-camr.
@@robertsprigge5535 Thanks for that, it is one I knew about and have used. I have also put this in one routine. I use it for my bathroom, increase volume when I activate my bathroom setting and then after a wait time reduce the volume again. But this is all per individual speaker. It would be nice to set an all speakers routine to be louder during the day and quieter at night.
I have already suggested this and a few other things to Amazon lets hope they start implementing what people want.
Thanks for answering my questions everytime.
Important question which one of them work in TUNISIA ( in the middle east)
Hello Hnina, I am not sure. But I would lean towards Google. I think Google is doing a better job with international support. Amazon needs to pick it up with support outside of the US. Thanks for watching.
How is it a draw when some features don't work with an iPhone on Google? You're paying for a feature that doesn't work. It also doesn't play apple music. And sometimes doesn't run routines and acts deaf. I have both the Google mini and best but just purchased an alexa
It’s a draw because that is my opinion. Both do certain things better than others and even as an Apple user I can respect the strengths of each. I can see non iPhone users being very happy with a Google device. Thanks for watching.
Please do a video on strictly voice commands. And maybe another video on any advancement on their web app. Or maybe they've abandoned people on the web app (Alexa)?
Hello Tom, that is a great idea. I will have to look at doing a voice command video. To give an overview for people to know different commands a good deal. I will have to look into the Web app. It may be a case that Amazon is not putting much attention into it. Thank you for the suggestions and watching. Have a great day.
@@CraigsTechTalk Thanks Craig. You may our best hope to keep up with changes that affect people without smartphones. We are the forgotten ones. We are obviously customers with Alexa, but we're not good enough customers for them if we don't like smartphones.
Hi Craig i love your videos. Interesting i have both an echo amd google mini but for routines i use the echo dot more.
Hello papabear Felix, thank you very much. That is very nice of you to say. That’s great that you’re using both. I tend to use the Echo Dot more for everything. But I was impressed by their command feature on the Google Home. Thank you for checking out the video and sharing your experience. A great day.
I love the echo dot even if it’s not supported here in our country and amazon has more skills than the google mini
Except for getting your view numbers up, I'm not sure why you have to try to make it either/or. Why not both? This isn't like buying a car, it's about buying one sub-$50 device vs another. I have both in every area of my house. Of course, you can have one device give a verbal command to the other and trigger a routine that way. Just to be clear, I like your channel and your videos and do understand why so many UA-camrs do the which is best kind of videos. For once I'd love to see someone like you do a video on why you want both.
Hello Hugh, I own both and would recommend people buy both. Especially since they are so reasonably price and both have their strength‘s. But the fact is people aren’t going to buy both. These videos have nothing to do with getting numbers up. My point in making these videos to show what features the different devices offer as thoroughly as I can. For example this video covers almost every feature available for a routine. Then the viewer can make a decision on what would be the better device for them. I try to make it fun with a competition and share my thoughts on what device is stronger in certain areas for those people who do want to hear my opinion. Although I use Echo’s more I want to make a fair video for those on the fence and for echo or google users to see what the other side brings to the table. At the end of the day it’s about sharing as much information that I think might be helpful in the areas I cover. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and watching. Have a great day.
@@CraigsTechTalk Thanks for the response, Craig. I understand and appreciate your point. Keep up the good work!
Just got the Echo 3 days ago, and I ordered the Nest mini yesterday. I live in the UK, and I'll admit it's frustrating when alexa tells you she doesn't know to simple questions google can answer. Because of the google search and google apps I believe. Could give me directions from my house saying it doesn't know. (I'm sure this will be better in the USA, but outside the USA, I think Google will be best for most people).
P.S My comparison has been with my phone's google assistant and I've not tested with the nest mini yet.
TLDR: Google search engine makes the google assistant much better outside the USA.
If you are like to automate your home then Alexa is the only way. Google home currently not supporting "device trigger routines"..
I am new to Home Automation and Thanks to your videos and Ongoing Amazon Sales. I have picked up Echo Flex, plug and couple of smart bulbs. I really love the concept of Routine and make this thing so interesting. Is there a way to setup a routine to play a specific video/movie/tv series/playlist from various popular video streaming apps like youtube, Netflix,Prime Video etc. For example, If I say Alexa Run Craig, it should open your channel in the youtube app in my firetv stick
Thank you very much. Welcome to the world of the smart home. Unfortunately we are not there with that level of routines on the Echo. With my Apple TV and shortcuts I can do that. Thanks for watching.
I have from aliexpress wall switches with wifi connected to allexa.. some pf them
Are switching on by itself in night .. i was thinking tahat it was switches foult but i disconnected echo dot from power thry night then nothing happens.. any one has similar issue?
Hello, that is interesting. I’ve not had experience with any of the devices turning on by themselves. Hopefully someone else has had an experience I can shed some light on this. I wish I could be of more help. Thank you for watching and your question. Have a great day.
Yes I can help! I had the same issue and was confounded! It was the guarding feature that was on! It turns on and off lights at random! Go to settings in Alexa and then to gaurd ... If it says away then that's your issue! It was mine 😁
I have found that certain commands are difficult to program inside of the Routines for Google Home, but yet I can simply say the command manually and it will work outside of the routine.
I'm an Android user but preferred Echo. The sound quality is much better but info wise Google wins hands down.
I found that so many times I ask Alexa she says "i don't know that one" then ask google the same thing and get better results
I love your videos
I am stuck hh
I use Google assistant but I don't use it often I only use it for reminders.
So I'm not sure if I buy the echo or the nest mini. I'm worry if I change to Alexa maybe she want understand me because I'm not English native speaker. Do you think Google learns my language and Alexa doesn't?
Because I fell in love with the echo with clock. Also I'm planning to start smart home devices (some people say Google doesn't work with many smart devices)
I don't have any Amazon staff YET
I'm planning to use Netflix btw
What should I get?
Thank you very much. I am glad you are enjoying the channel. When it comes to speech recognition, I am leaning towards google. Only because Google is leading the way with the AI side. But I am not sure if there is a real advantage with Google. As for devices, there are more things that work with Alexa. But I don’t think it would matter too much. Everything I have purchased works with both. Only a few times I have ran into Amazon echo only devices. As for Netflix, neither one will play Netflix content. You can use an Echo with a fire TV stick to call up shows. With Google, you can call up Netflix on a Chromecast. Either device is going to work well for most things. I think the thing that I would look into is some more research on understanding accents and languages. I can’t speak to that intelligently. Thanks for watching.
Good video, but I think you should have touched on the financial aspects of it... For example, if you're someone that's starting off which decision is more budget friendly in the long run?
Thank you for watching. Glad you enjoyed the video. I think the financial side is a moot point. The prices for the devices and compatible accessories is about the same. Most smart device you would purchase work for both. Functionality is what is really different between the two. This video is really about helping to decide, based on functionality, what ecosystem may want to invest.
I agree with your decision. I love Google ecosystem. You are right both have strengths. I decided on google.
Hello, thank you Stephanie. I do appreciate the support. I do think Google did a great thing with their command option. I can understand why somebody would go with Google Home. It is good that both devices are great and there are options for people. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and watching. Have a great day
Great video. I’m into the Echo already. I’m sure it’ll catch up or beat the google soon.
Android devices have HEY Google Voice comments. I choose to use Alexa seems my phone have HEY Google Comments.
Please dont tell me this is an insult 🙄
A men need to Womans!!!:) Alexa and Google :) my hole smarthome is integraded in Alexa and Google...im use Echo Show 2 and Google Home Hub. Why? sometime can be fail so i can call the other device...get fail again im know its not my local Probs...its just a bit different: google understand better mostly from far distance.
Good point
Hello Ernst. That is funny. I will let my wife know that. But make sure she knows I am only talking about smart assistants. Both devices have their strengths. Like you said you can always go to the other device. For information google home is definitely better. Thank you for checking out the video and sharing your thoughts. Have a great day.
Great video! It's interesting seeing the little differences between Google home and Amazon Alexa. I use all echos but the flexibility of the commands makes me think I should have bought Google. A while back I spent a long time trying to figure out how to get my Roomba to start cleaning as part of my good morning routine, but I was disappointed when I couldn't because that was a skill rather than a device. I tried using the wait part on the Alexa by having it use my location and when I'm coming home after 5 it would turn on my lights and then wait 2 minutes (the time for me to walk in) and welcome me home but the location didn't seem to work too well. So now I just turn them on from using the Google assistant on my phone when I get close to my house. I'm interested to see what features they both come up with!
Get a good home mini
Or Eco device it's cheaper than ever
You're the best reviewer.
Hello Rinesh, thank you very much. That is very nice of you to say. I’m glad you enjoyed the videos. I do appreciate your nice comment and watching. Have a great day.
Do all alexa devices have the same commands
Yes they all do have the same commands. It is nice they are consistent. Thanks for watching.
Take a shot every time you hear routine
Can you pls help me , i wanna buy google home nest but a lot of people said that echo is more useful at home
I think they both are just as useful. If you are an Apple user, I think the Echo offers more. If you are an android user, you might find more value with Google. Right now they both do great stuff. Google is better at giving you information and doing search. Technically there are more devices that work with the echo. But I have not run into anything that doesn’t work on my google too. You should be happy with either one.
Alexa is plain dumb because it's designed to be trained or programmed. Amazon figured out that they could develope a device and then allow other developers or customers to teach it different skills; they allow people to train the device for them. Google is less train and more use me as packaged.
I have eight of each and various types of each and love them both for various reasons. I love the routines of the google devices and the skills of the echo devices.
I love the video I hope Alexa gets more Stuff love you guys bye
Google isn't in 1st or 2nd place in the Smart Home Assistant space.
#1, Alexa
#2, China Company 1
#3, China Company 2
#4, Google
I read that on Google News a few weeks ago. Amazon outsells Google 4:1 apparently.
I prefer Alexa but...
Hello Fernando, I am with you and prefer Alexa. But I have to give credit where credit is due with that command option on the Google Home. That was a smart feature for routine’s. Thank you for watching. Have a great day.
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@@glendriver4177 i agree
If it can play pumped up kicks on it i dont care
Google been around like for ever so I think Google is better than Alexa echo.
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Hello David, thank you for saying hi. I do appreciate you watch in the video. Have a great day.
Great video Craig
Google really needs to improve their routines. I can't believe there isn't a "wait" feature
Hello Tom, it is surprising that there is no wait feature with Google. I am surprised also that Amazon has not taken the command feature the Google does well. Hopefully they will each take with the other has an offer a better device. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and watch him. Have a great day.
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Hello, our goal for the win. I am sticking with my echos to.