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谷歌新型智能音箱评测：硬件出色，但AI助手尚未成熟

在沉寂六年之后，谷歌终于推出了首款“为Gemini打造”的全新智能音箱——Google Home Speaker。这款售价99.99美元（约合人民币720元）的设备在硬件设计上交出了一份令人满意的答卷，但其搭载的Gemini智能助手表现却不尽如人意。

硬件亮点：小巧精致，音质不俗

新款Home Speaker采用织物包裹的圆润设计，提供翡翠绿、浆果红、榛子色和瓷白色四种配色。3.4英寸高、4.2英寸直径的“刚刚好”尺寸，使其既能融入床头柜、厨房台面，也能成对放置在电视下方。触控操作比前代产品更加灵敏，底部环形指示灯可手动关闭，这是其他品牌音箱所不具备的功能。

音质方面，虽然受限于单一驱动单元，低音表现不及前代Nest Audio，但360度环绕声效果是一大升级。配合Google TV Streamer使用时，立体声配对效果显著提升，中高频清晰饱满，足以满足日常听音需求。作为Matter智能家居控制器和Thread边界路由器，该音箱在智能家居中枢功能上同样表现出色。

软件短板：反应迟缓，可靠性存疑

然而，当谈到Gemini智能助手时，问题就出现了。尽管Gemini在处理复杂指令时表现出色——例如一句话内完成关闭一个房间的灯光、调节恒温器和开启另一个房间的灯光——但完成这些操作需要整整10秒，而竞争对手亚马逊的Alexa Plus仅需不到3秒。

更令人担忧的是可靠性问题。在测试中，Gemini多次出现“自信地犯错”的情况：要求播放《La Noche de Anoche》时，它念对了歌名却播放了完全不同的歌曲；询问是否能更换语音时，它坚称没有备选方案（实际有）；控制电视时，有时说“正在开启客厅电视并启动ESPN”，然后什么都不做。

订阅收费引争议

部分高级功能需要付费订阅，这在谷歌智能音箱历史上尚属首次。基础版月费10美元（前六个月免费），提供Gemini Live对话功能和应用内智能家居自动化创建；高级版月费20美元，增加家庭简报和AI摄像头功能。

结论：等待AI追赶的出色硬件

总体而言，谷歌打造了其生态系统中需要的智能音箱——音质出色、设计现代、具备智能家居中枢所需的处理能力。但Gemini智能助手尚未成熟，虽然比谷歌助手更易对话、更智能，但目前速度慢、可靠性差，加上部分功能需要付费订阅，使得这款优秀的智能音箱只能等待其AI能力迎头赶上。在目前的智能音箱竞争中，亚马逊Alexa Plus及其Echo Dot Max更值得推荐。

中文翻译：

智能音箱近年来一直在寻求令人眼前一亮的转型突破。除了播放音乐、设置计时器和控制灯光外，它们始终难以真正证明自己占据厨房台面的价值。人工智能曾承诺改变这一局面。

谷歌打造了一款优秀的智能音箱，但Gemini尚未准备就绪

Google Home Speaker在硬件设计上表现出色，但专为智能家居打造的Gemini系统并非我们期待中的理想助手。

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去年秋季，亚马逊推出了搭载升级版Alexa的全新硬件，如今终于轮到谷歌登场。Google Home Speaker是该公司六年来首款新智能音箱，也是首款"专为Gemini打造"的产品。在被冷落多年后，谷歌似乎终于再次认真对待智能家居领域。这款新音箱就是最明确的信号。不过，Gemini for Home系统仍显不成熟。

优点

• 同尺寸中音质出色
• 设计别致
• Gemini的对话理解能力令人印象深刻
• 支持Matter和Thread协议的智能家居控制中枢
• 可搭配Google TV Streamer使用

缺点

• Gemini响应缓慢且不稳定
• 多项功能需付费解锁
• 音质不及被取代的Nest Audio

硬件优势

作为硬件产品，售价99.99美元的Google Home Speaker堪称悦目之作。它完美符合智能音箱的"金发姑娘原则"：体积足够大以呈现优质音效，又足够小巧融入家居环境；外观吸引人却不张扬，价格实惠到值得多买几个。

在我测试的各处场景中——床头柜、料理台或电视下方成对摆放——Home Speaker都能无缝融入环境。柔和的翡翠绿色调既不沉闷又不失格调。唯一遗憾的是没有配备同色系电源线，而苹果HomePod Mini和亚马逊Echo Dot Max都提供此配置。（另外，虽然电源线终于采用USB-C接口连接充电头，但线缆本身无法从音箱上拆卸，这给需要延长线或线缆磨损时带来不便。）

织物包裹的机身没有任何可见控制按钮，底座环绕的活动指示灯环设计精巧，不会分散注意力。若在暗室中于电视下方使用两个音箱时觉得灯环干扰，可通过设置关闭灯光——这是其他音箱不具备的功能。此前谷歌音箱上令我困扰的隐形触控区域，在新品上反应灵敏许多。轻触顶部可播放/暂停音乐或快速静音助手，轻触两侧调节音量，微弱的白色光点会提示操作位置。

正如我的同事David Pierce在体验文章中所写，这款音箱在垒球大小的体积下音质表现不俗。我享受用它听音乐和播客的体验。不出所料，与谷歌前代更大尺寸、同样售价99.99美元的Nest Audio并列对比时，Home Speaker的音质稍逊一筹。Nest Audio配备低音单元和高音单元，而新款仅采用单个全频驱动单元，且因体积缩小导致低音更单薄。但更紧凑的体型使其更易在家中找到容身之处。它支持Nest Audio不具备的360度环绕声，相较前代更小巧的Nest Mini则是巨大升级。

我收到两台评测样机，得以测试Home Speaker的立体声配对功能——这确实是显著提升。在80%音量下播放泰勒·斯威夫特的新歌时，声音清晰通透且极具穿透力，足以充盈整个房间。但低音表现几乎缺席；Bad Bunny和Rosalía在《La Noche de Anoche》中的人声高亢嘹亮，但本应震撼的低音部分却像轻叩般的闷响。

与竞品对比——99.99美元的Echo Dot Max和现价129美元的HomePod Mini——对我而言，Home Speaker的音质位列第三（David认为它优于Echo Dot Max）。用Echo Dot Max测试泰勒·斯威夫特的《...Ready for It?》时，低音更饱满、声音更丰沛；HomePod Mini音量较小但更纯净。Home Speaker声音洪亮清晰，中频和人声表现可圈可点，不过有时略显单薄，且如前所述低音不足——这也是此类尺寸音箱的通病。

这是首款可与Google TV Streamer（且仅限Streamer）配对作为音频输出设备的谷歌智能音箱。单个即可使用，但配对两个可模拟空间音频。我的体验总体良好：声音同步流畅无中断。流播YouTube效果出色，人声清晰响亮。重看《权力的游戏》时，痛苦的尖叫声令人毛骨悚然。但观看世界杯时，解说员的声音仿佛从锡罐中传出，迫使我切换回（贵得多的）Sonos系统。

若您仅使用电视内置扬声器，一对Home Speaker将是升级之选。但该功能仅适用于通过Streamer播放的内容——切换至其他HDMI输入源时，音频会自动断开与Home Speaker的连接。

作为智能音箱，Home Speaker的收音能力同样重要。它配备三个远场麦克风和用于处理背景噪音的神经处理单元。在我测试的所有场景中，即使从房间另一侧或在大音量播放音乐时，它都能清晰识别语音指令。响应速度优于HomePod Mini，略逊于Echo Dot Max。

与竞品类似，Home Speaker也是Matter控制器，可通过Google Home添加和控制Matter设备。它还是首款可作为Thread边界路由器的谷歌Home音频音箱。（目前采用Thread 1.3协议，但谷歌表示正在开发对Thread 1.4协议的支持，这将使不同制造商的Thread边界路由器更易协同工作。）

软件短板

若您考虑购买Home Speaker，硬件是主要驱动因素。软件层面，Gemini for Home——谷歌基于Gemini模型打造的新型智能家居语音助手，旨在更会话化、更实用、更智能——可在所有谷歌Home音箱上运行。我的测试中，它在Nest Audio、Nest Hub（第二代）和Nest Hub Max上的体验基本一致。

这是好消息——谷歌并未将其最新AI功能锁定在新硬件上。但这也意味着，若您对现有设备满意，几乎无需升级至新款音箱。

Google Home Speaker规格

• 价格：99.99美元
• 订阅服务：每月10美元起，附赠最长6个月免费试用
• 颜色选项：翡翠绿、浆果红、榛果棕、瓷白（翡翠绿和浆果红仅限美国）
• 尺寸：高3.4英寸 x 直径4.2英寸
• 电源线：30W USB-C，1.5米
• 内存：1GB
• 存储：4GB
• 处理器：四核A55 2.0 GHz + NPU
• 扬声器：58mm全频驱动单元，3个远场麦克风，2级麦克风静音开关
• 连接性：双频Wi-Fi 6，Thread 1.3边界路由器，蓝牙5.4，Matter控制器

作为专为Gemini for Home打造的产品，我曾期待Home Speaker较现有型号明显更流畅，但它在响应指令时并不比Nest Audio快。有些需要云端处理的请求偶尔耗时近10秒，即便是"打开灯光"这类本地指令有时也延迟相当之久。

虽然Gemini能妥善处理复杂请求——我曾用一句话要求它关闭某个房间、调节恒温器并打开另一房间的灯光——但它花了10秒才完成。Alexa Plus在3秒内完成了相同指令。（公平而言，Alexa曾慢得出奇，但已大幅改善。）

抛开速度不谈，Gemini在自然对话控制方面表现出色。我说"嘿谷歌，我在做饭不想太热"，它便知调低空调；"嘿谷歌，这里太暗了"，它随即调亮灯光。当我说觉得屋外有人时，它主动提议在智能屏上显示摄像头画面并检查门锁。这些堪称真正的生活品质提升，因为语音控制变得更便捷。

我喜欢无需在同一次对话中重复"嘿谷歌"，但Gemini的记忆力堪比金鱼。当我照着菜谱制作樱桃番茄意面酱时，Gemini起初逐步指导，直到我停顿过久，它便完全忘了先前的内容。

Gemini Live通过保持对话开放直到用户喊停、并记得此前聊天内容，部分解决了这个问题。但这种体验略显生硬。用户需通过"嘿谷歌，我们聊聊"不同方式唤醒它，且与Gemini for Home不同，它无法执行任何操作（会转接至Home），仅用于纯聊天。Gemini Live还需每月10美元的Google Home Premium订阅。

Gemini的记忆力堪比金鱼

在通用知识方面，Gemini表现出色，远优于谷歌助手。我无法用世界杯令人困惑的赛制问题难倒它，当我询问已进行的比赛中哪些值得观看时，它准确概括内容且不透露比分——正确推断出我打算日后观看。

但作为家庭助手，它显得不太可靠。烹饪中途问"什么时候加番茄？"却被告知Gemini需先验证我的声音才能回答。向购物清单添加商品时也频繁出现类似情况——尽管已设置谷歌声纹匹配。

这款AI尚未达标

Gemini for Home最大的问题在于无法让人信赖。与多数大语言模型一样，Gemini经常自信地给出错误答案。当我要求播放《La Noche de Anoche》时，它报出正确歌名却播放了另一首歌。当我指出错误后，它又播了另一首错误歌曲。

当我询问能否更改Home Speaker的语音时，它坚称没有替代语音选项——实际上是有。随后在Nest Hub Max上提出同样问题，它竟幻觉般列出一串名字，包括Dimitrix、Impetus、Cameo和Russell Gethy。（实际Gemini for Home的语音均以植物命名。）

在Home Speaker上测试Gemini for Home五天后，我更看好Alexa Plus及其Echo Dot Max。

有一次，它将调节恒温器的指令误判为安全请求，转而告诉我若要查看家中状况摘要，需升级至Google Home Premium Advanced，随后逐字拼出升级网址。

电视控制最不可靠。有时"打开电视播放YouTube TV"能执行成功；有时Gemini声称内容不可用但实际可用；偶尔它会宣布"正在打开客厅电视并启动ESPN"，然后毫无动作。

我在Alexa Plus上也见过类似问题。这是用更强大灵活的大语言模型替代刻板命令式语音助手时需要付出的代价。在家中，当这类错误频繁发生时，便利性便大打折扣。

在Home Speaker上测试Gemini for Home五天后，我更看好Alexa Plus及其Echo Dot Max。虽然Gemini for Home的推理能力在测试中占优，但Alexa Plus在通用知识方面已大幅缩小差距，拥有更出色的智能家居控制功能，且能通过语音要求设置自动化场景——这是谷歌不具备的。

谷歌打造了生态系统所需的智能音箱

两者都支持用自然语言查询和控制家居，且免去重复唤醒词。但Alexa处理更流畅，记忆语境和过往对话能力更强。我更偏爱Gemini的语音风格。我选择的Violet音色清亮英式，完美呈现专业而不张扬的特质。至今未找到适合的Alexa Plus语音。

谷歌Home没有广告——亚马逊已将其引入Echo Show智能屏。但通过Gemini for Home，谷歌首次将部分语音助手和智能家居功能置于付费墙后。访问Gemini Live和Help me create（通过自然语言在应用中构建智能家居自动化）需每月10美元的标准版订阅。20美元的进阶版额外提供Home Brief和AI驱动的Nest摄像头功能，这些都与Home Speaker关联。

通过Home Speaker，谷歌打造了其生态所需的智能音箱：优质音效、更简洁现代的设计，以及支撑现代智能家居的无线电与处理能力。但Gemini for Home尚未成熟到能胜任助手角色。它比谷歌助手更易对话，也聪明得多。但如今它响应迟缓且可靠性不足。再加上某些有趣功能需要订阅，结果就是：一款等待AI能力迎头赶上的优秀智能音箱。

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英文来源：

Smart speakers have spent the past few years searching for a compelling second act. Beyond music, timers, and controlling your lights, they’ve struggled to justify taking up space on the kitchen counter. AI promised to change that.
Google built a great smart speaker, but Gemini isn’t ready for it
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Amazon debuted its new hardware powered by a revamped Alexa last fall, and now it’s finally Google’s turn. The Google Home Speaker is the company’s first new smart speaker in six years and its first “built for Gemini.” After years of neglect, Google appears to be finally getting serious about the smart home — again. The new speaker is the clearest sign yet. Gemini for Home, however, still feels unfinished.
The Good

• Good sound for its size
• Appealing design
• Gemini’s conversational understanding is impressive
• A smart home controller for Matter and Thread
• Can pair with the Google TV Streamer
  The Bad
• Gemini is slow and unreliable
• Several features are paywalled
• Doesn’t sound as good as the Nest Audio it replaces
  Hardware highs
  As a piece of hardware, the $99.99 Google Home Speaker is a delightful device. It is the Goldilocks of smart speakers: big enough to sound good, small enough to blend into a room, attractive without drawing attention, and inexpensive enough to consider buying more than one.
  The Home Speaker fits in seamlessly everywhere I tested it: bedside table, kitchen counter, or two paired under the TV. The soft green jade color blends in without being dull. My only disappointment is the lack of a color-matched cable, something both Apple’s HomePod Mini and Amazon’s Echo Dot Max offer. (Oh, and while the cable finally uses USB-C for the wall brick, it’s not removable from the speaker itself, which is an issue if you want a longer cable run or if it ever starts to fray.)
  There are no visible controls to mar the mesh fabric-covered body, and the activity indicator light ring encircling the base is subtle enough not to be distracting. If it is — for example, when using two speakers under a TV in a dark room — you can turn the light off in settings, something no other speaker offers. The invisible controls, which frustrated me on previous Google speakers, are much more responsive. A tap on top stops or starts the sound or quickly shuts up the assistant, and a tap on either side raises or lowers the volume, with faint glowing white dots to show you hit the right spot.
  As my colleague David Pierce wrote in his hands-on with the speaker, the sound is good for its softball size. I enjoyed listening to music and podcasts on it. As expected, side by side with the Nest Audio — Google’s larger, previous-generation speaker, which was also priced at $99.99 — the Home Speaker doesn’t sound as good. The Audio had both a woofer and a tweeter; the new speaker has just a single driver, and its bass is thinner since it’s smaller. But the smaller size makes it easier to find a spot for it around the home. It does offer 360-degree sound, which the Audio didn’t, and it’s a huge upgrade to the smaller, prior-gen Nest Mini.
  I had two review units, so I was able to test the Home Speaker’s stereo pairing feature, and it was a significant upgrade. At 80 percent volume, the new Taylor Swift song was clear, crisp, and super loud — house-filling loud. Bass, however, is barely there; Bad Bunny and Rosalía’s vocals soar in “La Noche de Anoche,” but when the boom is supposed to come in, it’s more like a bump.
  Compared to the competition — the $99.99 Echo Dot Max and the now pricier $129 HomePod Mini — the Home Speaker came in a close third on audio quality for me (David preferred it over the Max). Testing Taylor Swift’s “…Ready for It?” on the Max brought a hint more bass and a fuller sound, while the Mini is quieter but cleaner. The Home Speaker is loud and clear and holds its own on mids and vocals, though they stretch a little thin at times, and, as mentioned, the bass falls short — which it does on most speakers this size.
  This is the first Google smart speaker you can pair with a Google TV Streamer (and only a Streamer) as an audio output. You can use just one, but adding two gets you simulated spatial audio. My experience was mostly good. The sound synced well with no dropouts. Streaming YouTube was great; the voices came through loud and clear. During a Game of Thrones re-watch, the screams of agony were suitably bone-chilling. But watching the World Cup, it sounded like the commentators were talking in a tin can, necessitating a switch back to my (much more expensive) Sonos system.
  If you’re just using your TV speakers, a pair of Home Speakers will be an upgrade. But it only works with content played through the Streamer — if you switch to another HDMI input, the audio switches away from the Home Speaker.
  The Home Speaker also listens well, which is an important ability for a smart speaker. It has three far-field microphones and a neural processing unit that handles background noise. It did well in every scenario I tested, hearing me even from across the room or when it was playing loud music. It was more responsive than the HomePod Mini, but a tad less than the Echo Dot Max.
  As with the competition, the Home Speaker is a Matter controller, so you can use it to add and control Matter devices through Google Home. It’s also the first Google Home audio speaker that can act as a Thread border router. (It’s on Thread 1.3 for now, but Google tells me it’s working on supporting Thread 1.4, which will make it easier for Thread border routers from different manufacturers to work together.)
  Software lows
  If you’re considering a Home Speaker, the hardware is the main reason to buy one. On the software side, Gemini for Home — Google’s new smart home voice assistant powered by Gemini models and designed to be more conversational, more useful, and smarter — works on all Google Home speakers. In my testing, it was mostly the same experience on the Nest Audio, Nest Hub (2nd gen), and Nest Hub Max.
  That’s good news — Google isn’t locking its newest AI features to new hardware. But it also means there’s little reason to upgrade to the new speaker if you’re happy with what you have.
  Google Home Speaker specs
• Price: $99.99
• Subscription: Starting at $10 a month, up to a 6-month free trial included
• Colors: Jade, berry, hazel, porcelain (jade and berry US only)
• Dimensions: 3.4 inches high x 4.2 inches diameter
• Power cable: 30W USB-C, 1.5 meters
• Memory: 1GB
• Storage: 4GB
• Processor: Quad Core A55 2.0 GHz with NPU
• Speaker: 58 mm full-range driver, 3 far-field microphones, 2-stage mic mute switch
• Connectivity: Dual-band Wi-Fi 6, Thread 1.3 border router, Bluetooth 5.4, Matter controller
  As it’s built for Gemini for Home, I had expected the Home Speaker to be noticeably snappier than current models, but it wasn’t any faster than the Nest Audio when responding to commands. Occasionally, some requests that require the cloud took close to 10 seconds, and even local commands like “Turn on the lights” sometimes lagged just as long.
  While Gemini handled complex requests well — I asked it to turn off one room, set the thermostat, and turn on the lights in another room in one sentence — it took 10 seconds to do so. Alexa Plus completed the same request in under three. (To be fair, Alexa used to be painfully slow, but it has improved substantially.)
  Speed aside, Gemini was very good with natural conversational control. I could say “Hey Google, I’m cooking and I don’t want to get too hot,” and it knew to turn down the AC. “Hey Google, it’s too dark in here,” and it brightened the lights. When I said I thought there was someone outside, it offered to show my camera feed on a smart display and check my locks. These feel like genuine quality-of-life improvements because they make voice control easier.
  I like that you don’t have to repeat “Hey Google” during the same conversation, but Gemini has the memory of a goldfish. While following a recipe, Gemini started walking me through making a cherry tomato pasta sauce until I paused too long and it completely lost the thread.
  Gemini Live fixes some of this by keeping the conversation open until you tell it to stop and remembering previous chats. But this experience feels bolted on. You invoke it differently, by saying “Hey Google, let’s chat,” and unlike Gemini for Home, it can’t take any actions for you (it punts them to Home); it’s just for chatting with. Gemini Live is also behind a $10-a-month Google Home Premium subscription.
  Gemini has the memory of a goldfish
  For general knowledge, Gemini is excellent. It’s substantially better than Google Assistant ever was. I couldn’t stump it with questions about the World Cup’s bewildering brackets, and I was genuinely impressed when I asked which of the matches that had already been played today were worth watching. It summarized them without revealing the score — correctly inferring that I planned to watch them.
  As a household assistant, it feels less dependable. Mid-cook, I’d ask “When do I add the tomatoes?” only to be told Gemini couldn’t answer until it verified my voice. This same thing happened fairly regularly when adding items to my shopping list — despite Google’s Voice Match being set up.
  This AI misses the mark
  The biggest problem with Gemini for Home is that I can’t trust it. Like most LLMs, Gemini is often confidently wrong. It announced the correct title when I asked for “La Noche de Anoche,” then played an entirely different song. Then, when I told it it was wrong, it played another incorrect song.
  When I asked if I could change the Home Speaker’s voice, it repeatedly insisted it had no alternative voice options; it does. Then the same query on the Nest Hub Max caused it to apparently hallucinate a list of names, including Dimitrix, Impetus, Cameo, and Russell Gethy. (The actual Gemini for Home voices are named after plants.)
  After spending five days testing Gemini for Home in the Home Speaker, I give the edge to Alexa Plus and its Echo Dot Max.
  At one point, it misinterpreted a command to adjust the thermostat as a security request, telling me instead that if I wanted a summary of what was happening in my home, I needed to upgrade to Google Home Premium Advanced. It then proceeded to spell out the upgrade URL.
  TV controls were the least reliable. Sometimes “Turn on the TV and play YouTube TV” worked. Sometimes Gemini claimed content wasn’t available when it was. Occasionally it announced “Turning on the Living Room TV and launching ESPN,” and then did nothing.
  I’ve seen similar hiccups with Alexa Plus. They’re part of the current tradeoffs that have come with replacing rigid command-and-control voice assistants with more powerful, flexible LLMs. In the home, when these mistakes happen enough, they undermine the convenience.
  After spending five days testing Gemini for Home in the Home Speaker, I give the edge to Alexa Plus and its Echo Dot Max. While Gemini for Home’s inference skills were superior in my testing, Alexa Plus has narrowed the gap significantly when it comes to general knowledge. It also has better smart home controls, and I can ask it to set up routines with my voice, something Google doesn’t offer.
  Google built the smart speaker its ecosystem needed
  Both let you use natural language to query and control your home and skip repeating the wake word. But Alexa handles it more smoothly and remembers context and past conversations better. I do prefer Gemini’s voices. My pick, Violet — bright and British — is perfect: no-nonsense without overt personality. I’ve yet to find an Alexa Plus voice I’m comfortable with.
  What Google Home doesn’t have is ads, something Amazon has introduced to its Echo Show smart displays. But with Gemini for Home, Google is putting some voice assistant and smart home features behind a paywall for the first time. Access to Gemini Live and Help me create, which lets you use natural language to build smart home automations in the app, requires the $10-a-month Standard plan. The $20-a-month Advanced tier adds Home Brief and AI-powered Nest camera features that tie into the Home Speaker.
  With the Home Speaker, Google built the smart speaker its ecosystem needed: good sound, a cleaner, more modern design, and the radios and processing power to anchor a modern smart home. But Gemini for Home isn’t there yet as an assistant. It’s easier to talk to than Google Assistant ever was, and a lot smarter. But today it’s slow and less reliable. Add the subscription requirement for some of its more interesting features, and the result is a great smart speaker waiting for its AI to catch up.
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