Google Home Vs. Amazon Echo: Sales Of Google Speaker Are Catching Up

Amazon announced after the holidays that it had a great season with its Echo devices, but a new report shows the Google Home is catching up. Last month, Amazon said it sold tens of millions of Alexa-enabled devices worldwide, selling millions of Echo Dots alone. The Echo Dot, which currently costs $49.99, was the top-selling gadget across all categories on Amazon during the 2017 holiday season. A report released on Friday by Consumer Intelligence Research Partners shows the Google Home had a good holiday too. The report says U.S. customers purchased 31 million Echo units and 14 million Google Home devices in Q4 2017.