So I have had Amazon Alexa (2nd Gen Echo and 3rd Gen Dot) for about a year and just ditched all of it for Google Home (Hub and mini).
We are a two person home and Alexa is just not designed right to accommodate that and the level of frustration trying to get everything linked, the Alexa app, and getting an Amazon household to work correctly is a level of frustration beyond owning a problematic Volkswagen. Even 11 months later we were still messing around with it to try to get routines to work correctly.
I have had a Nest thermostat for ~3.5 years now and have always been a fan so once Google bought out Nest I contemplated the switch, finally today I made the jump. Holy crap I have been missing out for the past 12 months. Took me all of maybe 15 minutes to get both the hub and mini setup, get all my other smart devices (Hue bulbs, Kasa plugs and Nest) connected, another 5 to get my routines setup and its working perfectly. Much more intuitive than Alexa.
Only downside is despite Google now owning Nest the integration seems to still be in the works, routines only supports a temperature change but does not appear to support Eco or Away mode on the Nest.
If you are on the fence on which one the Google is so much less frustrating if you are more than one person in your household. I think saying Alexa is as frustrating as a problematic Volkswagen is giving it too much credit. I am so glad I stopped at the Echo and Dot and did not pour any more $$ into the Amazon smart home business.
We are a two person home and Alexa is just not designed right to accommodate that and the level of frustration trying to get everything linked, the Alexa app, and getting an Amazon household to work correctly is a level of frustration beyond owning a problematic Volkswagen. Even 11 months later we were still messing around with it to try to get routines to work correctly.
I have had a Nest thermostat for ~3.5 years now and have always been a fan so once Google bought out Nest I contemplated the switch, finally today I made the jump. Holy crap I have been missing out for the past 12 months. Took me all of maybe 15 minutes to get both the hub and mini setup, get all my other smart devices (Hue bulbs, Kasa plugs and Nest) connected, another 5 to get my routines setup and its working perfectly. Much more intuitive than Alexa.
Only downside is despite Google now owning Nest the integration seems to still be in the works, routines only supports a temperature change but does not appear to support Eco or Away mode on the Nest.
If you are on the fence on which one the Google is so much less frustrating if you are more than one person in your household. I think saying Alexa is as frustrating as a problematic Volkswagen is giving it too much credit. I am so glad I stopped at the Echo and Dot and did not pour any more $$ into the Amazon smart home business.
