1. Design
The 2nd generation Echo was available in 6 different colors, and they didn’t keep the same white top you can see on Google Home, as the image suggests.
It’s hard to say which one of them looks better, as it great varies according to what kind of environment you are placing it. It it your bedroom? Living room? Kitchen? Regardless, we believe that Alexa’s options might look better due to giving you the option of removing the white part that you can’t really change on Google Home.
2. Lighting
3. Music
Both devices are capable of reproducing audio with good quality – even though they can’t compete with dedicated speakers, they still get the job done to listen to music in your own home or office, for example. The difference here is on the default services used by each.
4. Videos
5. Intelligence
On this regard, even though Echo is still powerful, the 2nd generation of the device wasn’t capable of going toe-to-toe with Google Home, as the latter was able to answer more questions and apparently had access to a much larger array of information. If you consider that it is a device made by Google themselves, it’s easy to understand why it had access to more data. This doesn’t mean that Alexa is bad, but you can’t deny that Google Home is just more well-informed. However, it is important to note that even though Google Home is capable of executing every command within the system, it is not compatible with Smart Home devices of third parties, only those informed by Google. Meanwhile, Alexa is able to be integrated with new stuff, like devices and command packages that by themselves optimize certain functions. These are installed directly through Alexa’s app for smartphones.
6. Different models
Another big difference between Alexa and Google Home is the quantity of available devices for purchase. Google Home only offers three different models, being Google Home Mini, standard and Google Home Max.
With that you have plenty more options to fit your needs, while Google Home only has a compact version, a standard version and a larger version.
7. Price
Google Home Mini – $49 Google Home – $99 Google Home Max – $299
These are more expensive when compared to the Echo Flex, Echo Plus and even the Echo Studio model – the largest Echo model containing Alexa. However, it is important to consider that Google still beats it out on certain aspects, as we elaborate on our next point.
Alexa and Google Home, which is better?
It is true that both devices work very similarly and even multiple smaller aspects might not be enough to properly differentiate them. There’s no significant difference when we are talking performance or on the quality aspect. However, now that you know some of the differences between Alexa and Google Home, you’ll be better informed when times comes and you have the chance to purchase one of them, specially considering the price and other Smart Home equipment that you might already have in your home.
