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Echo Dot 2nd Gen Review                           

          Its about time a phone company released a modular phone.  There have been many different phone cases with this functionality, however up until recently, no phone has done the same thing.  The first talk of modular phones came from Google's project Ara, however the LG G5 is the only phone to really have these modular capabilities.           I got my hands on a G5 a couple of days ago and I haven't gotten a chance to try out the mods.  However here some of them anyway: LG Cam Plus-  Gives your phone the feel of a regular camera.  This attachment allows you to have a zoom on the side as well as a shutter release and some other functionalities.  LG Hi-Fi Plus-  Improves audio playback quality.  It changes the playback from 24-bits to 32-bits.         The G5 features a removable battery, which some companies are gradually getting rid of.  Some people might w...

                   Google is a very interesting company.  They started out with a Search engine.  Then they started to do phones, routers, chrome casts, etc.  Google has said that they are going to e releasing Google Home later this year.                    Google Home is no different.  Google has been rumored to build a smart home hub, like the Amazon Echo, but not until recently google has officially announced Google Home .  Google home is a device like The Amazon Echo but instead of the wake word "Alexa" google will be using "Ok Google" just like google now.  There are lots of different devices that function like the Echo and Google Home.  Siri is one of them.  Siri isn't the best but it is good for changing the song.  Google hasn't given us much detail on the Google home but I will be sue to Post once it is released.