With Amazon unleashing a bumper crop of Echo devices last week and Google unveiling its own array of new devices today, the battle lines are being drawn in what’s shaping up to be an epic struggle for the smart home. Given the resources of the two tech behemoths, the coming platform war promises to make the Beta vs. VCR, Blu-ray vs. HD-DVD, Xbox vs. PlayStation and Android vs. iOS conflicts pale in comparison.
“Every new era of computing has had its hallmark rivalry.”
