Comment 500 million users != happy users (Score 1) 29
Having both Amazon and Google devices from their initial versions, it is safe to say Amazon still has a HUGE lead in the digital assistant space. Adding my lighting, sonos, home automation, garage doors etc... is very easy in both. What is not as easy initially for most users will be to get Google to actually respond to things. Alexa with no addition steps could turn on/off lights, play different playlists, tell my robot vacuum to go etc... Google took a bit more work to get those things working after initial configuration. For tech folks that is trivial, but for my in-laws and even some less technical friends it was frustrating to say the least. Google does have far better integration with their own services, so sharing photos was a breeze with family and finally gets me off FB (awesome!) but the barrier to entry is still higher for Google vs. Amazon.