Google piles the pressure on Apple

Google is using this year's I/O developer conference to pile the pressure on Apple and the iPhone by shifting its focus away from the smartphone and instead shifting the emphasis into places where the Cupertino giant is weakest. The most exciting new Android N feature is an answer to the age-old problem of pushing Android security updates to users. First off, there was the unveiling of Google Home. While Apple wants the iPhone to be the tool that people use to interact with their connected gadgets, Google is taking the approach that Amazon pioneered with the Echo and instead choosing to go with a "smart speaker." Instead of having to press buttons or fire apps up on a smartphone, Google Home sits and waits for you to issue a command or ask it a question, at which point it leaps into action.