I consider myself a patient person. I’ll wait for outcomes to unfold when I know I’m doing my best to achieve something, or when I sense life will throw something my way when the stars perfectly align. But in both those scenarios — and everything in between — nowhere does my patience extend to Google and its smart home efforts. Not anymore, at least, after having waited for years, not months.

I got hopeful not too long ago when I saw leaked images of the now-official Google Home Speaker, but its announcement has turned out to be one of the biggest disappointments in recent tech history. It may sound like a tall assertion, but the smart home category isn’t like buying a single gadget. It’s an ecosystem you consciously build — multiple pieces working together in a giant connected web. You c

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