The latest Google I/O Developer Conference introduced Google Home, a compact Wi-Fi-connected speaker that’ll allow you to talk to your house and the internet. Virtual assistants powered by artificial intelligence are no longer a new thing, in fact, the niche has become the new battleground for consumer technology. Apple’s Siri, Microsoft’s Cortana and Amazon’s Echo Alexa voice agent are Google Home’s direct competitors. It seems Google wants to make up for the earlier misses on instant messaging and social media and came up with this. And since Google’s conversational assistant is similar to Cortana and Siri, it will be implemented in phones and wearables too. Google Home is a small, cylinder-shaped gadget with far-field microphones and speakers, that’s always listening for your questions and commands. The speaker bows out a bit and overall has a cute appearance. Its modular case is customizable, allowing to choose different base shells to match the environment. It also flaunts some LED lights that seem to dance a bit to show that it’s working. Behind it is executive Mario Quieroz, VP of product management and the man who launched Google’s Chromecast. The Google Home is his next act. The new member of the Google family is not portable, but that turns out good for the speaker-feature as Quieroz claims that it “really fills the room,” having “strong bass and clear highs”; this feature sounds reassuring because one of the main cases Google is foreseeing for it is listening to music. Furthermore, Home is designed with multiple rooms and speakers in mind from the very beginning, meaning that it supports multi room playback. Due to the fact that it uses the basic Cast standard, it uses the same technique as Google Cast Audio—you can talk to any speaker and tell...