The Google Home Speaker sounds good and looks great — but it’s finicky
中文摘要
新款 Google Home 扬声器音质与外观出众，麦克风在高音量下响应极佳，但使用感略显挑剔。
English Summary
The new Google Home Speaker features great sound, design, and excellent microphone responsiveness even at high volumes, though it can be finicky.
The Speaker comes in four colors… but red is the way. | Photo: David Pierce / The Verge Right out of the box, the new Google Home Speaker passed a couple of important tests. Even with the volume at 100 percent and music blaring out of the speaker, it quickly ducked the audio and listened every time I said "Hey, Google." In fact, in two days of testing, the speaker's three microphones haven't missed a single wake word - except for the time I stage-whispered to it from the other room while trying to avoid waking up the baby, but I'm not sure that's a fair test. I set up the speaker in the bathroom and chatted with it from the shower; Siri hardly ever hears me over the running water, but Google did pretty well. These are the sort … Read the full story at The Verge.