Google's new products prove it has still the best tech chops -- but it might not matter

Google revealed a handful of slick new products this week that showed off its impressive artificial intelligence and machine learning tech chops. Its new conversational assistant, for example, will take its traditional search product to the next level, letting users ask it questions, find suggestions, or book services through text chat in its new messaging app Allo or voice, in its new smart speaker, Home. Google's building on many years of research, development, and data collecting here and it shows. Although Home is essentially a follow-up to Amazon's Echo speaker, Google has much more experience with voice search and natural language processing. Ask Home a question, like "How tall is Steph Curry?" and you can follow-up with "What's his jersey number?" and Home will know who you're still talking about, where Alexa can only handle single queries.