Against my better judgement, a google home mini has taken up residence in our kitchen. After the initial harrumphing and grumbling about my data being misused, it and I are starting to learn to live with each other.
No, I neither have nor want a home packed with smart controls (if want to turn the lights off or the heating up, there are switches and a thermostat to do that) but yes, it's a handy voice-enabled timer when you're cooking. However, I'm beginning to see there is, or can be, rather more to it. It's good that it will broadcast Radio Four when I ask it to, for example, and should be able to play music from my library on request once I've finally loaded it into google play. But it's also surprising me by responding to some other questions, such as 'OK Google, what noise does a llama make? OKG tell me a joke, OKG sing to me, OKG applause please'.
I'm finding myself easily amused by it in small, but rewarding, ways. Anyone else learning to forget about their data being shared and sharing their life with one of these?
T.