If you make a purchase by clicking one of our links, we may earn a small share of the revenue. However, our picks and opinions are independent from USA TODAY's newsroom and any business incentives. If you don't have a smart speaker yet, you're still living in the past. Smart assistants make life a little bit easier by checking the weather, connecting to smart home devices, and answering every little question your heart desires, all with nothing more than a simple voice command. If you're ready to take a leap into the future, you can get the Google Home, Google's answer to the Amazon Echo, for a price nearly as good as we saw on Black Friday. Typically, the Google Home goes for $129.00,