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I recently got a google home. I have a unit in my living room and in my bedroom. And I have a smart light in my bedroom that it is linked to. And I think it’s great.

What’s it going to spy on? It can’t see me, it can only listen. And what’s it going to hear? If someone hacks it, they can play the radio or turn on or off one of the bedroom lights. Woohoo.

I no longer have to fumble for the light in the dark. I simply say “Hey Google turn on the light”. or “Hey google turn off the light”.

I also use it for radio. You can tell it stuff, like Hey google play a banjo station, and it will find a blue grass station. Or find a lullaby station. I can tell it to set a sleep timer for 20 minutes and it will stop playing the radio in 20 minutes.

Sometimes I have it read me a story at night. They are children’s stories, but it’s still cool. If I had purchased audio books in google play, it would read those. Still looking for free ones.

When I come home, I’ll say, Google I’m home. Google responds with a variety of positive answers.

If you say Hey google good morning, it will tell you anything on your calendar for the day, the weather and the news. I don’t use the google calendar much, but it has potential.

When I’m ready for bed, I don’t have to look for the remote, “Hey Google turn off the TV”. I still use the smart DVD remote to turn on the tv, because it’s easier to select a program that way.

I ask it about the weather. I ask it questions. I have it convert measurements.

I’ve only had partial success with reminders. Still working on that.

I’ve added things to my shopping list. And since Google assistant is on my phone, I can call it back up.

I don’t link it to a payment source, so I can’t order food deliveries or anything like that.

The idea that I can add things to a list just by speaking fascinates me. Although currently it only handles a shopping list. There are third party add ons that assures me that I can add additional lists and can have issue commands to my computer or other tasks.

I asked it if it was jealous of Shelia. It said it had to admit that it wasn’t sure. I asked Shelia if she was jealous of google. She said she must admit she’s not sure.

I said Hey Google, sweet dreams. It said, “See you in the morning”. I told Shelia, that I think google just upped the ante. She said “Damn Google!!!”