what i liked two leds light up on each side on the speaker when you hand hovers near it indicating the volume up or down controlsyou can set reminders on the speaker and assign them to different people in the householdthe speaker can be mounted on the wallthree microphones means it can easily hear you when its noisyif you have other google home devices or speakers with chromecast builtin it can be used as part of a multiroom audio setupit also has bluetooth so you can play mu