Voice assistants can control many smart home devices. So much that when Amazon’s Echo came to market in 2014, voice recognition entered the mainstream and it continues to gain traction today. From turning off the lights through opening the door, you can control just about any appliance and device in your smart home hands-free with today’s smart speakers that come enabled with voice assistant. Amazon keeps expanding the Echo smart speaker range at the same time Alexa keeps getting better.

As a digital assistant, she’s hard to beat. Apple, too, is challenging Amazon for supremacy in this vertical so competition is healthy which can only be good for the consumer. We’ll start today by giving you an overview of Amazon Echo, Google Home, and Apple HomePod then we’ll contrast these 3 giants across many categories.

We’ll also look at a couple of other strong options if you’re looking to control your home with voice recognition. 3 Ways To Control Your Home With Voice a Voice Assistant: Amazon, Google, Apple

Privacy

The way in which Google and Amazon collect and use your data certainly improves and sharpens your experience with voice recognition but raises some concerns about privacy. With Siri, data is randomized and encrypted and isn’t even linked to your Apple account. If you’re prepared to dip out on the intelligence for the sake of security, HomePod is your best bet.