With the Google Home when I say call mom it just knows my mom versus when my wife it knows her mom and then my kids ask it calls my wife.    Love this.

It just knows by our voice and something the Echo can just NOT do for anything. I purchased my Echo in late 2014 and now had it almost 3 years and it still can NOT do this! What gives? Google Home has only been out 6 months and already has far more functionality.

But all of this is rather moot. The HUGE issue is the Echo still requires commands versus the Google Home you just talk naturally. Really everything else is insignificant. At it's core the Echo is flawed compared to the Google Home.

The fact the Echo requires commands is why it never integrated in our home and the Google Home is well integrated. I was motivated to sit down and memorize the Echo commands but my family never was.