Jennifer Pattison Tuohy

And in my experience, that feels that the home side has been slightly, it's less priority for the

Or buying, getting me a handyman or telling me, you know, giving me a whole exposition on the state of the World Cup.

You know, like giving that experience, which is, there's valuable experiences in there.

But the core basic, I'm just going to be able to use my smart home better is still wonky.

I can see that it's getting a little better.

I mean, some of the best experiences I've had have been able to set up routines with voice.

which you can do with Alexa Plus, and being able to do multiple commands to control your devices, which you can do with both home assistants.

But yeah, right now I feel like the focus for most of these companies is making the Gemini or the Alexa Plus better

The larger picture, they're not smart home specialists anymore, which is what Google Assistant and the original Alexa really were.

I don't think that means they never will be.

I just feel like that part has been a slower boil.

Some things I'm excited about with Google Home is that they have added a lot more local control to the devices.

It's still just specific devices.

model, a specific device type, so lights and plugs, that shift towards local, which is also powered by the MatterSupport both platforms offer, that's going to present a much better smart home experience for your basic use cases.

The big picture for both of these platforms is also the AI with the camera and the home security.

And this is also something I think we'll see coming more to Apple when they launch, if they launch their new Siri in the home.

is being able to query your speaker and sort of say, when did you see the UPS guy?

Those types of experiences, I think, are going to be the primary focus for the smart home more so than just making sure your lights turn on fast.

Very much so.

Yeah, yeah.