Google Home Vs. Amazon Echo: How To Make Purchases Through Google Home

Amazon was the first to introduce a voice-powered assistant housed in a speaker, but Google wasn't far behind with Google Home. Now the search giant is giving its device the ability to buy products with nothing more than a voice command, just like Amazon. For Google, the aim is to make it easy to order everyday products from its Google Home speaker in an effort to engrain the device into people's daily routines--and take aim at one of the defining features of Amazon devices like the Echo and Dot, powered by the company's Alexa voice assistant. Google Home purchases will be available through retailers participating in Google Express, the company's same-day and overnight delivery shopping service--though some areas will only have two- or three-day shipping options available to them. Google currently counts companies like Costco, Whole Foods Market, Walgreens, PetSmart and Bed Bath and Beyond as partners and has more than 50 other national and locally retailers on board.