{"id":181492,"date":"2016-10-04T19:43:29","date_gmt":"2016-10-04T17:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=181492"},"modified":"2016-10-04T19:47:52","modified_gmt":"2016-10-04T17:47:52","slug":"google-home-the-amazon-echo-killer-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/hardware\/181492-google-home-the-amazon-echo-killer-launched.html","title":{"rendered":"Google Home: the Amazon Echo killer launched"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Google has announced the upcoming\u00a0launch of its\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.google\/products\/home\/make-yourself-home-google-home\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Google Home<\/strong><\/a>, a\u00a0challenger to the Amazon Echo.<\/p>\n<p>The device\u00a0is\u00a0intended to serve as a central\u00a0interface to several connected systems in a home, whether they are home automation\u00a0or\u00a0entertainment systems.<\/p>\n<p>Tasks will be performed by Google Assistant, which also lets you ask questions verbally and receive spoken answers.<\/p>\n<p>Google Home will be available in the US from 4 November at $129.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r0iLfAV0pIg\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More on Google<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/smartphones\/181438-googles-pixel-smartphone-unveiled.html\"><strong>Google\u2019s Pixel smartphone unveiled<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/181474-google-daydream-virtual-reality-headset-launched.html\"><strong>Google Daydream virtual reality headset launched<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google has unveiled its improved Google Home, which offers voice support and integration with Chromecast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":181484,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[36,167,37262],"class_list":["post-181492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hardware","tag-active","tag-google","tag-google-home"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181492"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181492"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181492\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":181506,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181492\/revisions\/181506"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}