In our three-way competition with Alexa and Siri, Google Assistant came out on top, edging out Alexa by a single point. MORE: 32 Best Things Google Assistant Can Do Google Assistant can also answer questions, tell you the weather and traffic, manage your calendar, set alarms and more.
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Naturally, the Max has Google Assistant built in, which can do everything from controlling your music and TV to making reservations and turning your lights on and off. Google Assistant: Getting Better, But Alexa Has More SkillsĬentral to any smart speaker is a voice assistant, which can perform a number of tasks just by you speaking to it. That's a good mix, but Sonos has far more options, including Last.fm, Soundcloud, MLB and more.
Streaming sources include YouTube Music, Pandora, Spotify, Google Play Music, TuneIn and iHeartRadio. The Max provided deeper bass and was more powerful overall, while the Sonos speakers offered greater definition and, because there were two of them, greater flexibility in placing them in my rooms. Ultimately, between the two Sonos Ones and the single Google Max, it was too close to call. On the Sonos One, the drum solo was sharper and crisper than on the Max, and I could even pick out the sound of fingers strumming the bass.
On the Sonos Ones, Dave Brubeck's piano was a bit more present, as was the sax melody it was sharper, but not as warm as on the Max. When playing "Take Five" on the Max, Paul Desmond's sax was mellifluous it seemed to float above the piano and drums. (For this review, I used two ($199) Sonos Ones - which cost the same as a single Google Home Max - paired in stereo mode.) I played the same tracks from Spotify, and for both the Sonos and the Max, I left the equalizer settings in the dead middle. The Max sounds great, that's for sure, but I was curious to see how it compared with the Sonos One, the best-sounding Alexa speaker out there. Mick Jagger sounded great, as did Keith Richard's guitar licks, on "Beast of Burden." Tom Petty's strangled voice came through clearly on "I Won't Back Down," but the chorus sounded slightly compressed. Fortunately, you can manually adjust the equalizer settings in the Google Home app. The first song I played on the Max, Belle and Sebastian's "Another Sunny Day," had fairly crisp vocals, but the bass line was a bit too boomy for my tastes. It's similar to Sonos' TruePlay feature, but Sonos requires you to manually move your phone around the room as part of the tuning process. Here’s the new support page in case you need help getting started.Smart Sound automatically adjusts the properties of the speaker to adapt to the room in which it's placed. Should they open this up to additional devices, we’ll let you know. We aren’t sure why Google is limiting this to the Nest Hub Max, but it could be a hardware thing. And yes, I can already confirm how awesome it is to be across the room and have your Nest Hub Max tell you the time when no clock is near or set a timer without first shouting “Hey, Google!” I tapped the “+” buttons next to several and could then get responses about the time, weather, and timers within seconds. Once added, they should work almost immediately. Here is a screenshot of how that page looks on my phone: Assuming you have a Nest Hub Max in your home or office, you’ll tap over to the “Other devices” panel within and then starting adding phrases you might want access to from that unit. To get started, after heading into the Google Home app, tapping on your profile, and then choosing “Assistant settings,” you’ll scroll down and look for “Quick phrases.”. To recap, Quick Phrases are a set of phrases you will be able to say to your Nest Hub Max without needing to first say “OK, Google” or “Hey, Google.” Things like turning lights off or on, setting timers or alarms, asking what time it is, or finding out the current weather, are all phrases you’ll be able to say. Additionally, my Pixel 6 is now giving me access to the feature for my Nest Hub Max units. New support pages and an accompanying video went live today to explain the feature once again and also how you can enable on your own devices. After first showcasing Quick Phrases on the Nest Hub Max back at Google I/O, Google appears to be rolling the feature out this week.
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