www.deepakupreti.com/blog.html Smart Speakers Smart Speakers is the new FAD today. Alexa was available in India from last year. With Google Mini Home launched in India a couple of days back, the fight has become intense. But the important question is what is actually customer getting out of this device or is it a gimmick or a new toy on the block! What is a smart speaker? A smart speaker is essentially a speaker device with a voice assistant. It needs a power and good Wi-Fi connection for operation since all the queries to it is sent to the server to fetch the relevant information. The services of the smart speaker can be extended for home automation. Why I should buy it? Personally, I don’t see any reason for buying it for an individual as on today as we have apps and phones which are easily accessible and more comfortable to use. The voice assistant on these speakers is also available on the mobile phones. However, on a positive note, it is like a stan...