Hi Cheapies
I would like to purchase either an Amazon Echo 8 or 10 inch or Google Hub Nest Gen 2, 7 or 10 inch.
I would appreciate your advice on which product to buy and why. Also any special pricing, stacked specials available over the long weekend.
Thank you for your help.
Kate
Thank you Callum. I do not have any smart devices, home smart connections to make.
I would like a device that I can put in the kitchen, listen to music, watch Netflix and possibly TV On Demand, dictate lists and email them off to Google or Outlook 365 so that I can print them. I'd like a reasonable sized screen, smallish unit that I can move to other areas easily if I wanted to.
Really I'd like a unit that provided entertainment while I do other things and could record lists.
I appreciate your advice.
Thank you.
Kate
It sounds to me like you want a basic tablet rather than a smart hub. I got a Galaxy Tab A7 from FB marketplace for $300 otherwise they go for around $450 on sale. There are cheaper tablets too but the cheaper they are the less they do.
Depends what you're wanting to do with it and if you're invested into a particular ecosystem already.
I find Google Home products provide great media integration, Youtube and fantastic integrations into custom home automation setups. But the UI is buggy and I hate the voice assistant
Amazon Echo has a intuitive AI and more available integrations, shopping lists are better and the products look nicer, but wasn't terrible functional in a NZ context
I inially tried an Amazon Show 8 but swapped to a Google Hub 7" because I found the media integration was so poor on Amazon and that is what mattered to me the most.