The Amazon Echo and Google Home are incredible devices and both have advantages over each other. In my house we use the Amazon Echo and have them around the house and on the outside. I have the original in the living room, a point in the bedrooms, my office and outside, a tap in my carpentry shop and spots in the kids room (with duct tape on the camera). These are excellent devices, but far from perfect. They lack several key features and Google Home does not offer the same features.
I interviewed the TechCrunch staff. Here are the features we would like to see in the next generation of these devices.
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