Google Home Speaker hands-on: Sounds great, but who is it for?

It’s probably fair to say that smart home enthusiasm in 2025 isn’t what it once was. Stuff like lighting control and smart locks are so old at this point that many of us take them for granted, and while there’s still lots of potential for where the future could take us — I’m looking at you, AI — those solutions still aren’t quite mature to the point where they feel like obvious, must-have upgrades.

Maybe as a consequence of us reaching that smart home…