Google`s giving up too much ground in the smart home fight
(Android Central)

While Amazon`s smart home lineup continues to boom, Google`s is stagnating. Amazon announced dozens of updated smart home devices this last week, from a drone home security camera to a new swiveling Echo Show and an excellent overhaul of the Echo speaker line. They even rolled out a game streaming service that looks like it might be able to beat Stadia at its own game. We`re also three days out from Google`s Launch Night In event, where we`ll see the latest Pixels and updates to several Google Nest products. As someone who uses Google Assistant-powered speakers and is loving the absolute crap out her Pixel 4a, I should be giddy as a kid on Christmas Eve right now. Unfortunately, I just can`t help this sinking feeling in the back of my mind that whatever Google shows us on Wednesday will feel like crumbs after Amazon`s feast. Nowhere is this more apparent than the upcoming Nest Audio. This is the first direct successor to the original Google Home, which came out in 2016 — yeah,...