Ever wanted to step inside a massive Google Home Max? No? Well, there is a small chance you can, thanks to a larger than life-size, mobile Google Home Max.
The Google Home Max is a Google Assistant-powered smart speaker the company launched late in 2017; it has all the capabilities as other smart speakers — such as the Google Home Mini and the Google Home — but it is designed to elevate the audio experience in your home, with a stronger focus on sound.
The Google Home Max is designed to elevate the audio experience in your home.
The Home Max is big enough already, but Google decided to go ahead and make a massive, transportable version of the speaker. Sadly, there are no gigantic internal components. Instead, when you step inside, you will find a single Google Home Max, with a screen around you and various lighting. Push a button, and the experience kicks off. Lights start to flash, colors pop around everywhere, and then you will get the option to say, “Hey Google, play All the Stars, by Kendrick Lamar.” The music starts and the visual experience matches the intensity and pop of the song.
Songs only play for 30 seconds to prevent copyright violations, but you can then ask Google Home Max to play any other song through Google Play Music. There are different visuals to match various genres, but it is the sound that really makes the whole thing work. It’s loud and it sounds great with punchy bass.
The massive Google Home Max first debuted at Coachella a few weeks ago, and Google is considering taking it around the country to select events. There is no word on what events, or which specific cities, but the idea is for people to experience the Google Home Max’s sound.
Google is not the only company making smart speakers tailored for sound. Apple’s first smart speaker — the HomePod — puts sound before smarts, and the Sonos One is a speaker from an audio company with Amazon’s Alexa. Google also just announced we can expect more Assistant-powered soundbars toward the end of the year, with JBL kicking things off with the Link Bar.
Few things ruin a quiet evening faster than a robot vacuum roaring through the living room. Most of us end up pausing the cleaning run, which defeats the whole purpose of owning one. Matic thinks it has the answer with its new Serene robot vacuum, and the big selling point is how little noise it makes.
The Matic Serene runs at 52 decibels even when cleaning at full power. To put that in perspective, Matic compares it to the hum of your refrigerator. It is available now for $1,695, which is $200 more than the original Matic’s current price.
Outdoor security cameras are not always practical if you live in an apartment or rental. Drilling into an exterior wall may be off-limits, while pointing a regular indoor camera through a window can create another problem once reflections start showing up after dark.
Baseus is trying to solve both issues with the new PrimeSentinel W1, a $69.99 security camera designed specifically to monitor the outdoors through glass. It mounts directly to a window without drilling and uses a 4K Starlight sensor with an F1.0 aperture for full-color monitoring during the day and at night.
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