The best smart speakers are powered by one of three smart assistants: Amazon Alexa, Apple's Siri, or the Google Home Assistant. Alexa remains the most popular as it works with the widest variety of smart home devices and its excellent speakers don't break the bank. Amazon's value focus only gets better when you account for its ease-of-use and versatility to play nice with both Android and Apple households.
The Google Home Assistant is a tidbit-lover's dream. Thanks to the search giant's wealth of data, it's more knowledgeable when providing information. Its more human-like speaking cadence and ability to understand multi-part commands stands out from the competition. If you happen to use Google's services it also offers much tighter news briefings, pulls up more personalized music content, and can even read your emails.
