Jennifer Pattison Tuohy

You know, you're going with the Sonos or the Denon or something even more expensive.

But the way that these smart speakers work, and this is one of the things that the new Google home speaker does, is, you know, you can pair them with your...

Google Home Streamer or your Fire TV.

So there is an element of added sound benefit that you're getting from these speakers.

But generally, yeah, you're just using them primarily for that voice interface, like setting the timers, asking for the weather or whatever Gemini or Alexa Plus can do for you.

And I think one of the arguments that Google said why they created this shape was because people didn't like how big the Nest Audio was.

It was hard to fit in spaces.

And I actually had that issue too with the Nest Audio.

So I can see that argument.

And I also think the smaller ones, the really small ones, like the Echo Dot before this and the Nest Minis were too small, too tinny.

People have gotten used to decent sound now.

We've found that spot and I don't think we're going to move from it for a while.

Yeah.

And I've heard it's not as good technically a speaker as the audio, the Nest Audio.

But I think you're right.

The difference is probably negligible for the type of device this is and what you're likely to use it for.

No, not yet.

So this has been my biggest sort of frustration with the new LLM powered smart home assistants or smart assistants, because I feel like to our point earlier, that this is Alexa Plus and Gemini is what

broader companies want.

And they're focused on the larger use cases, the more personalized assistant use cases, you know, being the new Siri, being part of your whole life, not just your home.