Drew,

I am not a fan of phones and do not carry a mobile so there is little chance I will be conversing with a pot parked on a side table.

Take it easy.

SD

My prepaid phone has a balance of over $400...so you can see how much I use it  LOL.

I just pay my $70 a year to Telstra and make sure I keep the balance under $500.

My phone is for emergencies only and I have no intention of sitting in restaurants being anti social like so many do these days....constantly checking their phones for emails missed calls etc

No way will I be a slave to technology so Google Home has very little appeal to me as a senior but for the younger generation it would be of use I would imagine.

All the seniors I mix with turn their mobiles off when we are out at social gatherings and we actually "converse" with one another.

I well remember when on a trip to Singapore a few years ago...we were walking past a restaurant and there was a table of about 6 young people...not one was speaking...all had their heads down gazing at their mobiles....sad,sad,sad.

It depends on the price and features versus Amazon Echo, Tap, and Dot which are about $200, $130, and $90 respectively. I like gadgets, they are fun, and I can afford Amazon or Google, so why not?

Go for it Fast Eddie!! :)

I love technology too, I don't sit on my phone when people are around, I very rarely check FB on the phone, I save that for my laptop when I have a spare moment, soooo I'd say 'yes' I would look at it but would wait until someone else got it first so I could look it over before jumping in a getting one...

Can hardly wait till it becomes available .. how nice it would be to have classical music follow you around ..... hope that you can keep the adds switched OFF.... it would be awful if it was another FREE to air with their infomercials.

I WOULD LIKE IT FOR THE MUSIC,    THATS ABOUT ALL,    I DO USE MY MOBILE EVERY DAY,   BUT ITS TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH MY DAUGHTERS AND SON,     AND NOW ONE OF MY GRANDSONS,  TYLER, 10 HAS A MOBILE,   WE TALK,    BUT I DO SWITCH IT OFF WHEN WE ARE OUT WITH COMPANY,    JUST POLITENESS, 

I've been in tech, done tech, bought tech, loved tech, embraced tech, had first iPod Touch in Oz I think, early smart phones, latest laptop, internet tragic since the early days  ... until recently !!

NOW 'connectivity' scares the sh** out of me.

One widespread power outage, internet outage and WE ARE STUFFED!!

No fuel, no power, no supermarket food, no access to money, no traffic lights, no airport control, no defence, possibly no water/sewerage, etc. etc ...

Had a power outage here last year of 48+ hours ... NOTHING WORKED locally ... scary.

:( The last thing I want is a remote controlled house.