Just a day after Amazon introduced its new AI-powered Echo devices, Google debuted its refreshed lineup of Google Home and Nest devices, designed to showcase its AI assistant Gemini AI. The company also took the wraps off its revamped Google Home software platform and its new business strategy for the AI era.
While the company still plans to compete on hardware, it also wants to make Gemini accessible to other manufacturers and businesses. It’s similar to how Google offers its own flagship Android devices with its Pixel line but allows other companies that make products compatible with Google’s platform to build their own Android smartphones with different form factors and price points.
“We’re going to build flagship hardware in certain categories where we think there’s a lot of room to showcase innovation and push the boundaries of what’s possible with Gemini,” said Anish Kattukaran, Chief Product Officer at Google Home and Nest, in a press briefing ahead of Wednesday’s announcement. “And then we’re going to complement that with the second part, which is, we don’t think that Gemini should be constrained to one set of devices from one OEM, at one set of price points that may make it accessible or inaccessible to a certain group of people,” he said.
Image Credits:Google
To demons
Continue Reading on TechCrunch
This preview shows approximately 15% of the article. Read the full story on the publisher's website to support quality journalism.