Speaker slugfest: Google Home vs. Amazon Echo

Google is showing off a new smart-home speaker and a chat service called Allo during its annual conference that serves as a launching pad for its latest products and innovations. On Wednesday, Google formally infiltrated Amazon territory with Google Home, a small speaker capable of answering voice commands through a new digital assistant. The assistant is similar to Alexa, the artificial intelligence voice assistant powering Amazon Echo, which has surged in popularity in recent months. Although Google Home doesn't launch until the fall, there are some early indicators of how much competition Google will offer Amazon. Here's a look at three reasons Google Home is better, plus three arguments for why Amazon's Echo will continue to dominate: Because Google assistant is connected to the best search engine available, Home is going to provide much smarter results for queries.