Both Amazon and Google initially launched just one speaker each. First released in November 2014 (but not in the UK until September 2016), the Amazon Echo was followed in March 2016 by the smaller Echo Dot.
Since then, Amazon’s Echo range has expanded to include the Echo Look, Show, Spot and Plus, as well as the Amazon Tap.
Likewise, Google has developed the Home range beyond its first Home device, which launched in the US in November 2016, and April 2017 in the UK.
Next came the Home Mini, a smaller version of the Home, which hit the shelves in November 2017. Google then launched a high-end speaker, the Home Max, in the US in December 2017; at the time of writing, there’s no UK launch date.
Google has announced…