Google Home review

This father’s day my son planned a surprise gift with the help of my wife. Both of them went out to the market and got me an amazing gift. I got Google Home as gift for the father’s day.

We were like kids with new toy! Initially we asked it to play various songs and it complied. We were so thrilled that we could say title of any song and it would invariably be able to recognize those songs. Interestingly, it understands various Indian names such as titles of songs in Hindi, Punjabi,  or Himachali. Not only songs, it also provides news if you just wish it good morning or ask directly. Google home can also provide weather updates, details of the songs played, complement you if you ask for it, and many other interesting things.

I also asked it for some financial terms and it could fetch the definitions from Investopedia. It can fetch definitions from Wikipedia and many other sources as well.

Then we discovered many other features such as spin the wheel in which google home comes up with funny comments, or fun facts, or lucky trivia which is a good way to spend time with a bunch of kids or grown up friends. It can also help in improving vocabulary. just ask for SAT vocabulary or GRE word games.

All that was so amazing but we discovered another gem in store for us.

My son asked my wife to tell him a story but after a couple of stories, she could not think of a story that he has not already heard. So she tried Google Home again. And low and behold, google home obliged her with a very nice story of a Golden Goose.

We can now spend quality time with our son listening to various short stories. And we are thankful to google to have created such an amazing product that helps us to have a story time even we may not remember so many stories. Well the truth is that parents often run out of stories no matter how hard they try. At time we read many story books but could not keep up with the demands of my son who always asks for more stories. He would want us to tell him 7 – 8 stories in any night. Though we may not be able to come up with more stories, Google home is able to do so with ease.

There are so many features that we discover every day that one blog post is not enough for that. Recently I asked for contact details for a shop near our home and it could fetch that as well. I also read that it can help with online shopping. Google home is going to revolutionize the way we live our online or offline lives.