Google to Detail Amazon Echo-Fighter Called 'Home,' New Phones

Google, ubiquitous in internet search but trailing in consumer hardware, is expected Tuesday to reveal details of its latest efforts to infuse smarts into more of its product offerings. The Alphabet Inc. GOOGL 0.22 % unit aims to integrate its work in artificial intelligence, which allows software to make inferences and decisions, to make products more useful with voice commands that may represent the next step in search. The Mountain View, Calif., company foreshadowed its strategy in May when it announced a device called Home to rival the Echo speaker, Amazon.com Inc. AMZN -0.43 % 's surprise hit that allows users to ask a virtual assistant named Alexa questions and to perform tasks. Home, a voice-controlled speaker, will be powered by what the company calls Google assistant.