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>With the Google Assistant built in, Max is always ready to start your favorite song, pause or turn it up, all with just your voice. Does it mean that it's constantly recording every conversation within its field of reach and uploading it to Google servers where the A.I. could tell whether it's a request to play a song, a keyword to show you more targeted ads or an insight into your private life that could be stored…
What's different is this with Google home mini, rather than speaker size? I can't find any reason for buying it.
I am getting a very similar vibe similar to Apple iPad's where you can buy an iPad at pretty much every dimension you want. Same now with Google Home, you can get a small, medium and large Google Home... but with confusing branding.
>With the Google Assistant built in, Max is always ready to start your favorite song, pause or turn it up, all with just your voice. Does it mean that it's constantly recording every conversation within its field of reach and uploading it to Google servers where the A.I. could tell whether it's a request to play a song, a keyword to show you more targeted ads or an insight into your private life that could be stored…
(I would normally add that this could discerned by the most minimal of web searches, but I don’t want to disturb your narrative.)
Dislcaimer: I work at Google but not on this team. And I'm a Sonos owner, so I think my feedback is relatively unbiased. I got a demo of two of these in my friend's house the other day. The sound quality is exceptional. In a stereo pair the sound was loud and clear throughout the range with good bass as well. Very impressed, plus it's just a nice looking device imo.
I don’t trust Google not to record every single thing I say and feed that into their advertising platform. For this reason I will probably wait and get a HomePod... Downvoters: I presume you have evidence that Google won’t use your interactions with Google Assistant to better advertise to you?
>With the Google Assistant built in, Max is always ready to start your favorite song, pause or turn it up, all with just your voice. Does it mean that it's constantly recording every conversation within its field of reach and uploading it to Google servers where the A.I. could tell whether it's a request to play a song, a keyword to show you more targeted ads or an insight into your private life that could be stored…
The answer to your question is “no”. (I would normally add that this could discerned by the most minimal of web searches, but I don’t want to disturb your narrative.)
[1] http://money.cnn.com/2017/10/11/technology/google-home-mini-...
>With the Google Assistant built in, Max is always ready to start your favorite song, pause or turn it up, all with just your voice. Does it mean that it's constantly recording every conversation within its field of reach and uploading it to Google servers where the A.I. could tell whether it's a request to play a song, a keyword to show you more targeted ads or an insight into your private life that could be stored…
The answer to your question is “no”. (I would normally add that this could discerned by the most minimal of web searches, but I don’t want to disturb your narrative.)
What's different is this with Google home mini, rather than speaker size? I can't find any reason for buying it.
So I was a Sonos owner and I loved them, when I sold them to buy Google Home's I was greatly saddened by decrease in audio quality. It looks like this is the Sonos replacement? Seems weird that they wouldn't just re-brand this as Google Home+ or something similar. I am getting a very similar vibe similar to Apple iPad's where you can buy an iPad at pretty much every dimension you want. Same now with Google Home, you…
Especially given that the small one is "Google Home Mini".
I don’t trust Google not to record every single thing I say and feed that into their advertising platform. For this reason I will probably wait and get a HomePod... Downvoters: I presume you have evidence that Google won’t use your interactions with Google Assistant to better advertise to you?
They are addicted to data because it pays and they're willing to do anything to get it. They dumped wireless data when doing Streetview photography even when they didn't have a reason. They captured location data from Android users without consent and secretly uploaded if later when they had connectivity. They have no credibility left in my opinion.
Wait for super accurate per person voice recognition and imagine the profiles they'll build.... Better ask your friends before you visit their place to switch off the telescreen!