Google reportedly working on Amazon Echo rival

PanARMENIAN.Net - A product team at Google is working on a hardware device that would integrate Google's search and voice assistant technology, akin to the Amazon Echo, Recode reports exclusively.

Google's device will resemble its OnHub wireless router, according to several sources. The name of the product is unknown for now, but internally the project goes by "Chirp."

Google declined to comment. The Information previously reported that Google was plotting a competing version of Echo, a portable speaker with voice assistant tech, Recode says.

Sources said the device is unlikely to launch next week at Google's I/O developer conference, but plans are for it to land at some point this year.

However, voice search and intelligent personal assistance will occupy center stage at the company's splash show, along with virtual reality.