Google announced on that its voice-based chat service is now compatible with a wave of home devices, such as speakers, refrigerators, and vacuum cleaners.
Big deal. Even cave men had talking appliances, according to the documentary “The Flintstones“.

And amazingly the Jetsons didn’t even have microwave ovens. Go figure.
Big deal. My dishwasher has been able to talk for over 20 years. Not only that, she does a great job vacuuming the floor.
Does she double as a sexbot? 🙂