Which Is the Best Smart Home System: Amazon Alexa, Apple HomeKit, or Google Home?

Deciding which smart home system is the right one for you might be difficult. Let’s take a look at the 3 major brands when it comes to the field of smart home systems and see which does the job better.

Amazon’s Alexa is the most popular and extensively utilized smart home technology. Due to its selection of affordable smart speakers which also serve as a hub, Amazon’s Alexa maintains a competitive advantage over its competitors.

Pros

• An open ecosystem supported by hundreds of brands
• Compatible with many devices
• Affordable smart speakers options

Cons

• It supports only a few dialects and languages
• May find it difficult to understand  accents

Google Home is the world's second-most popular smart home ecosystem. Budget smart speakers and a broad range of smart devices from Google are key to Google's battle for supremacy as the finest smart home system. The Google Assistant is at the heart of every Google smart home system.

Pros

• Google Assistant is very conversational and can understand the context
• Compatible with many  devices
• Affordable smart speaker options

Cons

• Smart speakers find it hard to receive commands from far away
• It is available in a limited number of countries

Apple’s Homekit has an ecosystem that is focused on safety and privacy. Apple's HomeKit ecosystem is relatively constrained, resembling Apple's typical closed-door approach to innovation.

Pros

• Very good privacy and security measures
• A broad range of  languages are supported
• An iPad or Apple TV may be used as the hub

Cons

• It is compatible with a limited number of devices
• The slow pace of innovation and a closed ecosystem 
• Very pricey to use
• Requires iOS devices

Which of these smart home systems do you think is the best? Do you use any? Please leave your thoughts in the comments section below.