Mashable readers crowned Google Assistant as their favorite smart home assistant
Mashable's Readers' Choice Awards give you the chance to tell us about the products you use and love. With each survey you take, you're potentially securing a Readers' Choice Award for your favorite gadgets and gear.
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We polled our readers to learn about the smart home products they use in ourReaders’ Choice Smartest Home survey. When it comes to smart assistants, Google was the clear winner.
How Mashable readers rate Google Assistant
We asked readers to score their Google Assistant devices on a scale of 1 to 10 (10 being the best) on multiple factors, including voice recognition, smart home controls, and programmable actions. Here’s how Google fared compared to the competition. (Interact with the chart below by clicking the arrow buttons or using the dropdown menu.)
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Testimony from Google Assistant users
Our readers who use Google Assistant in their homes lauded it for being reliable, saying they use Google for cooking, asking questions, and smart home controls like turning on the lights.
One respondent said, “Our whole house has Google displays, speakers, TVs integrated with Google TV, and third-party plugs, bulbs, and the like. Just recently, I upgraded to a Google mesh router. The third-party devices can occasionally be a bit tricky to set up, but once everything is working, it's nice to be able to control everything right in the Google Home app.”
Others called Google Assistant “awesome” and said that they are “overall very satisfied.” On the likelihood to recommend, Google Assistant scored 8.2 out of 10.
Miller Kern is the Deputy Editor of Shopping and Reviews at Mashable, where she writes and edits reviews, roundups, deals, and news stories about tech products, including headphones, skincare devices, laptops, sex toys, e-readers, robot vacuums, and more. She's been covering all things shopping and tech, including shopping holidays like Prime Day and Black Friday, for Mashable since 2019. Miller can tell you which products are actually worth your money. She also explores trends in the shopping sphere, such asdupes andviral TikTok moments.
