After a six-year delay, Google’s Home Speaker finally supports wireless pairing with your Google TV streamer — and it also supports Dolby Atmos
THE SO WHAT
Google closing this six-year gap shows how slowly some platform integrations move once hardware is in the field. If you're betting on ecosystem features for your own devices, assume multi-year latency between 'obvious' integrations and reality—and design your value prop accordingly.
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