{"id":45171,"date":"2017-09-28T10:00:24","date_gmt":"2017-09-28T10:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=45171"},"modified":"2017-09-28T10:38:00","modified_gmt":"2017-09-28T10:38:00","slug":"google-making-new-smart-speaker-better-sound-compete-amazon-echo-apples-homepod","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/technology\/google-making-new-smart-speaker-better-sound-compete-amazon-echo-apples-homepod.html","title":{"rendered":"Google is making a new smart speaker with better sound to compete with Amazon Echo and Apple&#8217;s HomePod"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Google is making a new smart speaker with better sound to compete with Amazon Echo and Apple&#8217;s HomePod<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">Google is working on a premium version of its Google Home smart speaker called Google Home &#8220;Max&#8221; that will play music in stereo, according to 9to5Google.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">That means the Google Home Max could come with more built-in speakers than the current model to produce stereo sound.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">9to5Google predicts the Google Home Max will come with dual mid-range drivers and a single tweeter, whereas the current Google Home&#8217;s &#8220;high excursion&#8221; speaker isn&#8217;t configured to play stereo music.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">It would seem the Google Home Max is set to compete against Apple&#8217;s HomePod, which comes with seven tweeters and a high excursion woofer to produce 360-degree sound. Apple&#8217;s HomePod is set to release in December. It would also likely compete against the new-and-improved Amazon Echo announced this week.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">It&#8217;s still not clear how much the Google Home Max will cost compared to the $129 Google Home, Amazon&#8217;s $99 Echo, or Apple&#8217;s $349 HomePod. If the Google Home Max is, indeed, designed to compete with the HomePod, we can expect the Max to come with a similar asking price as the HomePod.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">Google is hosting an event on October 4 for its new Pixel 2 smartphones, but it&#8217;s also unclear whether the Google Home Max will make an appearance during the event.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 8pt\">Source:-http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/google-home-max-amazon-echo-apple-homepod-2017-9<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/technology\/google-making-new-smart-speaker-better-sound-compete-amazon-echo-apples-homepod.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google is making a new smart speaker with better sound to compete with Amazon Echo and Apple&#8217;s HomePod Google is working on a premium version of its Google Home smart speaker called Google Home &#8220;Max&#8221; that will play music in stereo, according to 9to5Google. 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