Google reportedly building Amazon Echo competitor as industry eyes your home

Google wants to extend its services into your home, past the Nest, mobile phones, and tablets. Amazon's Echo is something special. In this hands-on, ZDNet's David Gewirtz explains why, once you understand its limits, you might really want an Echo. The Information reports there is "secret Google project" to make a competitor to the Amazon Echo, a speaker/voice assistant that sits in your home and listens to commands. The publication doesn't specifically mention features of the Amazon Echo-like device, as the anecdote was included in a story about Google's Nest division struggling to integrate within the company.