"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enif you're looking for hands-free help at home both the Amazon echo dot with clock and the Google Nest many are great affordable smart speakers but which one's better we're gonna find out I'm Andrew Gebhardt and just like many of you I am stuck at home due to the corona virus and in my beautiful one-bedroom castle and so we're gonna get creative with our smart home content here and speaking of being stuck at home now is as good a time as ever to get some hands-free help enter the smart speaker both the nest mini and the Amazon echo dot with clock responds to a wide variety of questions and commands after you say their respective wait work let's start with the nest minute it's $50 but you can often get it for less you can command a large variety of compatible smart home devices you can ask contribute questions check the weather play music check your calendar lots of stuff there's a physical mute switch here if you ever don't want it listening wave your hand over the top and you'll see these indicators tap the sides to raise and lower the volume but you can also change the volume with a voice command too so you know you don't actually have to touch it this is the Amazon echo dot with clock age 60 dollars amazon has a similar dot without a clock for 15 and that's the one that's on sale more often than not but the LED display has adaptive brightness and it might come in handy if you want to use it as an alarm clock amazon works with more smart home gadgets than Google and you can ask a lot of the same questions the dot has a few physical controls for muting the mic and changing the volume but again you can use your voice for almost everything both can play music from a wide variety of streaming sources but let's see which one actually sounds better the lies in the streets have the stars from my eyes it's been along so that's pretty close I think the next many went slightly for clarity you're not gonna get booming sound out of either of these that's it we all know somebody's gonna try to play music on these tiny little things at full volume so let's try it again turn the volume all the way up and see which one fares better I can't stand the pressure so one thing to keep in mind neither speaker is great if you actually want full speaker power here which is understandable given their size fortunately they have ways of connecting to a larger sound system both can connect to one via bluetooth and Amazon has a 3.5 millimeter output jack as well but in terms of the way they sound on their own we are going to give a small victory to the nest minute really though you're buying these things for the voice assistance your free hands will be able to do all kinds of things since you won't need them as much such as such as not touching your face so we're gonna see which one is better by asking them both a variety of trivia questions how far ways the Sun the astronomical distances of the Sun and Earth are ninety two million nine hundred fifty five thousand eight hundred seven miles the Sun and Earth are currently about ninety two million eight hundred twenty seven thousand miles apart they follow elliptical orbits around the Sun and the distance is constantly changing would you like to hear more we're gonna get Indian food you've got several choices decsion Shalimar Indian restaurant and Kathmandu kitchen and bar here are a few restaurants one Katmandu kitchen and bar 5.6 miles away on Bardstown Road what is coronavirus according to the World Health Organization coronavirus disease kovat 19 is an infectious disease caused by a new virus the disease causes respiratory illness like the flu with symptoms such as a cough fever and in more severe cases difficulty breathing you can protect yourself by washing your hands frequently avoiding touching your face and avoiding close contact one meter or three feet with people who are unwell on December 31st 2019 it was reported that a new corona virus strain kovat 19 was identified by chinese researchers in connection with a pneumonia like illness based in Wuhan City China on March 11th 2020 due to the global spread of the virus the World Health Organization officially declared it a pandemic as of March 28 there are over 600 62,000 confirmed cases world why so Google tends to respond to more questions Amazon is fine here but it's also a little bit easier to control smart home gadgets with Google commands are a little bit more intuitive with Amazon you often have to remember the exact name of the device which isn't necessarily a big deal if you only have one or two but it becomes more difficult if you have a whole home set up like these seen at smart home which is a place that I'm strangely starting to miss anyway Amazon's gotten better at this it's gotten a little bit more flexible but still as of right now Google assistants more flexible and a little bit more intuitive in terms of the variety of commands that it will respond to finally let's look at the unique selling points of each the dot with clock has a clock on it how cool is that and we can replicate that on the nest minene with I don't know a watch and some duct tape let's give it a try there it is beautiful the nested mini on the other hand has this wall mount if you have a spot to hang it it just stays put the dot with clock mmm not so much so the takeaways from this are that both have simple niceties that the other should have me there's really a deal-breaker and I also may be going just a touch stir-crazy from too much time spent at home but anyway I think we know enough to declare a winner at this point after rigorous testing I am giving the coveted Andrew Gephardt Award for Best smart speaker to the nest mini the crouched that's okay yeah anyway get one for yourself set it up and use your hands less around the house it can only be a good thing please stay safe and like and subscribe to the channel if you wouldif you're looking for hands-free help at home both the Amazon echo dot with clock and the Google Nest many are great affordable smart speakers but which one's better we're gonna find out I'm Andrew Gebhardt and just like many of you I am stuck at home due to the corona virus and in my beautiful one-bedroom castle and so we're gonna get creative with our smart home content here and speaking of being stuck at home now is as good a time as ever to get some hands-free help enter the smart speaker both the nest mini and the Amazon echo dot with clock responds to a wide variety of questions and commands after you say their respective wait work let's start with the nest minute it's $50 but you can often get it for less you can command a large variety of compatible smart home devices you can ask contribute questions check the weather play music check your calendar lots of stuff there's a physical mute switch here if you ever don't want it listening wave your hand over the top and you'll see these indicators tap the sides to raise and lower the volume but you can also change the volume with a voice command too so you know you don't actually have to touch it this is the Amazon echo dot with clock age 60 dollars amazon has a similar dot without a clock for 15 and that's the one that's on sale more often than not but the LED display has adaptive brightness and it might come in handy if you want to use it as an alarm clock amazon works with more smart home gadgets than Google and you can ask a lot of the same questions the dot has a few physical controls for muting the mic and changing the volume but again you can use your voice for almost everything both can play music from a wide variety of streaming sources but let's see which one actually sounds better the lies in the streets have the stars from my eyes it's been along so that's pretty close I think the next many went slightly for clarity you're not gonna get booming sound out of either of these that's it we all know somebody's gonna try to play music on these tiny little things at full volume so let's try it again turn the volume all the way up and see which one fares better I can't stand the pressure so one thing to keep in mind neither speaker is great if you actually want full speaker power here which is understandable given their size fortunately they have ways of connecting to a larger sound system both can connect to one via bluetooth and Amazon has a 3.5 millimeter output jack as well but in terms of the way they sound on their own we are going to give a small victory to the nest minute really though you're buying these things for the voice assistance your free hands will be able to do all kinds of things since you won't need them as much such as such as not touching your face so we're gonna see which one is better by asking them both a variety of trivia questions how far ways the Sun the astronomical distances of the Sun and Earth are ninety two million nine hundred fifty five thousand eight hundred seven miles the Sun and Earth are currently about ninety two million eight hundred twenty seven thousand miles apart they follow elliptical orbits around the Sun and the distance is constantly changing would you like to hear more we're gonna get Indian food you've got several choices decsion Shalimar Indian restaurant and Kathmandu kitchen and bar here are a few restaurants one Katmandu kitchen and bar 5.6 miles away on Bardstown Road what is coronavirus according to the World Health Organization coronavirus disease kovat 19 is an infectious disease caused by a new virus the disease causes respiratory illness like the flu with symptoms such as a cough fever and in more severe cases difficulty breathing you can protect yourself by washing your hands frequently avoiding touching your face and avoiding close contact one meter or three feet with people who are unwell on December 31st 2019 it was reported that a new corona virus strain kovat 19 was identified by chinese researchers in connection with a pneumonia like illness based in Wuhan City China on March 11th 2020 due to the global spread of the virus the World Health Organization officially declared it a pandemic as of March 28 there are over 600 62,000 confirmed cases world why so Google tends to respond to more questions Amazon is fine here but it's also a little bit easier to control smart home gadgets with Google commands are a little bit more intuitive with Amazon you often have to remember the exact name of the device which isn't necessarily a big deal if you only have one or two but it becomes more difficult if you have a whole home set up like these seen at smart home which is a place that I'm strangely starting to miss anyway Amazon's gotten better at this it's gotten a little bit more flexible but still as of right now Google assistants more flexible and a little bit more intuitive in terms of the variety of commands that it will respond to finally let's look at the unique selling points of each the dot with clock has a clock on it how cool is that and we can replicate that on the nest minene with I don't know a watch and some duct tape let's give it a try there it is beautiful the nested mini on the other hand has this wall mount if you have a spot to hang it it just stays put the dot with clock mmm not so much so the takeaways from this are that both have simple niceties that the other should have me there's really a deal-breaker and I also may be going just a touch stir-crazy from too much time spent at home but anyway I think we know enough to declare a winner at this point after rigorous testing I am giving the coveted Andrew Gephardt Award for Best smart speaker to the nest mini the crouched that's okay yeah anyway get one for yourself set it up and use your hands less around the house it can only be a good thing please stay safe and like and subscribe to the channel if you would\n"