Google's new Home Speaker sounds great and looks great, according to David Pierce at The Verge. The three-microphone array is impressively responsive—it picks up 'Hey, Google' even when music is blaring at full volume. That's a genuine advantage for a smart speaker. But early testing reveals the speaker can be finicky. Pierce didn't detail exactly what that means, but it's the kind of everyday friction that matters. Bottom line: solid hardware that still has some rough edges to work out.

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