Home devices will incorporate new Google virtual assistant software introduced by chief executive Sundar Pichai.
"Our ability to do conversational understanding is far ahead of what other virtual assistants can do," Pichai told a packed audience.
"We are an order of magnitude ahead of everyone else."
Home devices combine machine learning, online search, voice recognition and more to allow people to get answers to questions, manage tasks or control devices by speaking naturally, demonstrations showed.
From the article "Smart Home Gadgets Need To Live Together" by Glenn Chapman.
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