A little over a month ago, I reviewed the Google Home and concluded that while it had a ton of potential, it wasn't yet as versatile or useful as Amazon's Echo -- "though we expect it to improve in the days and months ahead."
Perhaps I'm impatient, but after more than a month, I'm unimpressed by the improvements Google Home has made so far. Now, it's still early in Google Home's life. A month in, the Amazon Echo had nowhere near the robust library of capabilities and partners it has today. But since the Echo was first, it could afford to take its time. Google doesn't have that luxury with the Home.
If Google Home wants to beat the Amazon Echo, it has a lot of work to do. So with 2016 near its end and CES just around the corner, here's what Google has done to improve the Home so far, and here are the improvements I'm hoping to see at CES and beyond.
The battle so far
Both the Google Home and the Amazon Echo are always-listening speakers. Say the wake words -- "OK, Google" or "Hey, Google" for the Google Home and "Alexa" for the Amazon Echo -- and you can give a verbal command to the device without needing to hit any buttons. Both function as personal assistants, smart home controllers and entertainers complete with party games and jokes.
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