CES 2018: Google Smart Displays are 'show and tell' answer to Echo Show

LAS VEGAS -- Google Assistant has a message for its digital assistant rival: "Hey, Alexa, I can show stuff, too." Google is teaming with four consumer tech companies to bring its digital helper to the video screen soon. Consider it a direct challenge to rival Amazon, which started selling its touchscreen Echo Show with Alexa earlier this year. The question now is whether customers will want to buy Google's version of these "show and tell" speakers, which Google calls Smart Displays and will be sold by JBL, LG, Lenovo and Sony. Until now, Google has competed in the smart speaker space against Amazon's various Echo's with its own Google Home speakers, which lack a display.