The Easter Eggs Inside the 'Mind' of Google Home

Look at this little guy.

This is the Google Home, a smart speaker

that sits on your nightstand or your coffee table

just waiting for you to chat with it.

Inside is the Google Assistant

which is this voice-based platform

that you can talk to about almost anything.

It's really Google's version of the Amazon Echo

and you can do sort of the same stuff with it.

OK Google. Set a timer for 20 minutes.

Okay. 20 minutes.

And we are starting now.

OK Google. Add pancakes, butter, and maple syrup

to my shopping list.

Okay. I've added pancakes, butter, and maple syrup

to your shopping list.

OK Google. What's the weather tomorrow?

Tomorrow in San Francisco it'll be sunny

with a forecast and high of 65 and a low of 52.

So Google has all of these ideas about how

Google Home can be more personal

and it can be involved with your life.

It knows your calendar and what traffic is gonna be like

before your next meeting.

But all the fun stuff is really sort of

hidden inside the Google Home.

There's all kinds of stuff that you can say and do

that is just a little bit out there.

For instance, OK Google. I'm feeling lucky.

You said the magic words!

Welcome to Game Show Mode, my friend.

(game show music)

OK Google. When's your birthday?

I try to live every day like it's my birthday.

I get more cake that way.

OK Google. What am I thinking?

You're thinking, if my Google assistant

guesses what I'm thinking I'm going to freak out.

OK Google. Up, up, down, down,

left, right, left right, B, A.

Plus 30 extra lives.

OK Google. Who let the dogs out?

I wish I could tell you, but that song

never did reveal who, who, who, who, who, who.

OK Google. Make me a sandwich.

(Google Home bings)

You're a sandwich.

Oh, and there's one more that might come in handy

just in case something goes wrong.

OK Google. Fuck you.

I'm sorry you feel that way.

If you'd like to report a problem you can send feedback.

See? It's handy.

So in general the Echo and the Google Home

are very similar products.

You'll use them for music, and for setting timers,

and for getting recipes, and for checking the weather,

and maybe for finding out if there's traffic

on your way to work tomorrow.

They're great things to have in your house.

If you have an Echo, you probably don't need a Home.

But if you don't already have a speaker in your home

you yell at all day, for $129 the Home's a pretty great one.

OK Google. Will you be my friend?

No question about it.

OK Google. When am I?

The present, of course.

TARDIS functionality is still undergoing development.

Sorry.