Everywhere, there has been a lot of great reviews and a lot of news about the Amazon Echo, the in-home voice assistant. According to The Information, Google is working on a new product that is similar to the Amazon Echo, but they have not offered any of thep [potential] product’s features, pricing, looks, release time, or anything. This little tidbit of information comes from a report from Nest, which was acquired by Google in 2014. It is part of a report that says that Nest has “stalled” innovation. Currently, they offer two major products, the Nest Protect, Nest Thermostat, and Nest Dropcam.
According to The Information, Nest has requested to be part of this project, but it appears that it was turned away by the team at Google leading this effort. Nest’s product line has slowed to an almost halt since the ownership of Google. The report says that Tony Fadell’s oversight of the company can be to blame. He tends to apply constant pressure to rework features and make designs better.
Amazon Echo has been a huge success for Amazon, earning spectacular reviews and outstanding sales. This device is still getting new features and more advanced things through new firmware.
It is not likely, but it could be announced at this year’s I/O conference coming up in May.
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