Tech tools: Google Home

Watch out, Amazon, Google is out to get you with its very own home assistant. Google Home is the competitor to Amazon's Echo device, offering you a helping hand around the house in the form of a very smart Bluetooth-enabled speaker.

It effectively turns your home into one big voice-controlled entity. It links in with Google’s existing home products, from Nest to Cast, so you can turn the heat up or down or play a song simply by issuing a voice command.

It is also able to answer simple questions through web searches.

As more third-party firms sign up, you will soon be able to order a taxi through Uber, for example, or place a takeaway order without ever having to pick up your phone.

It’s the ultimate couch potato’s dream.

[ Google.com ]