For answering questions, Google Home bests Amazon Echo & Alexa

Google has a winner with Google Home, for those who want a hands-free assistant that can answer a broad range of questions that come up during day-to-day activities in the house. It easily beats what Amazon Echo can do. Google Home -- which ships to consumers this week -- is Google's answer to the Amazon Echo, which came out two years ago. Both are hands-free, voice-activated devices designed to be placed in a home and able to play music, provide news, control devices and generally serve as an all-around assistant. Part of that assistance is answering questions people might have. Here, Google Home outshines Amazon Echo because its built-in "Google Assistant" is smarter than the Echo's "Alexa" assistant.