This Week in Google 425

Google announced a whole slew of new products this morning in its push to control the home ecosystem. We go down the list and analyze their strategy.

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• Sonos’s first Alexa-powered smart speaker is finally here
• Google debuts Home Mini with four LED lights under fabric exterior in three colors, available as $49 preorder
• Google debuts larger version of Home, called Home Max
• Google debuts Pixelbook
• Google debuts Pixel 2
• Here’s Google’s new Pixel 2 XL smartphone
• DxOMark gives Pixel 2's camera a record score of 98
• Google’s Pixel Buds could finally bring the real-time translating Babel Fish to life
• Google debuts Clips
• Google delivers minor updates to Daydream View headset, bumps up price to $99
• Hands-on with the Pixel 2 and 2 XL: One’s nice, one’s not
• $3,500 gets you a Street-View-ready camera
• August lock