Google Is On a Mission to Upstage Amazon at This Year's CES

At last year's CES, among the biggest technology conferences of the year, it felt like you couldn't turn a corner without hearing about Alexa, Amazon's virtual assistant. This year, Google is hoping to make sure that doesn't happen again. The search giant, which typically doesn't exhibit products at CES (formerly the Consumer Electronics Show), is making a slew of new announcements about the its own virtual helper, the Google Assistant, at this year's conference. Google revealed that the Assistant is coming to a variety of new devices, including new voice-activated speakers, Android-powered TVs, headphones, and cars that support Android Auto. The new Google Assistant-compatible speakers will be made by companies such as Bang & Olufsen, Altec Lansing, Anker Innovations, JBL, and iHome, among others.