Google unveils its newest major product: the Google Home speaker

Google is giving the world the final details for Google Home, its new connected speaker and competitor to the Amazon Echo, at a big launch event in San Francisco.

While we got an early preview of Google Home in May, Google is demonstrating the device in public for the first time.

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Here's what you need to know about Google Home:

Google Home is a speaker with the new Google Assistant built inside. Think of Assistant as Google's answer to Apple's Siri or Amazon's Alexa.

It lets you listen to streaming music, search Google, and control connected appliances in your home.

There's a touch panel at the top to adjust the volume or trigger the Google Assistant. You can also activate it with your voice. It has special microphones that can understand you even in a noisy room or at a distance.

You can swap the base with different colors to match your decor.

Google says it has the best sound quality in this product category.