It was arguably Google's biggest device launch yet. Much like Apple on iPhone launch days, it rolled out the big guns in San Francisco this week, unleashing a swathe of new devices that would take on not one, not two, not even three, but four major device categories. For the iPhone, Google unveiled the Pixel, echoing its rival with two size options. Instead of a voice-controlled Watch, it debuted Google Home, a "smart agent" that takes voice instructions and turns them into actions. For Apple TV, it updated the Chromecast streaming device with the Ultra, which delivers video in 4K or ultra-high definition. It rounded out its product set with Daydream View, a low-cost, high-definition virtual reality viewer, and Google Wi-Fi, an expandable home signal routing system. That sets it up as a challenger to everyone from Facebook, Samsung, Sony and HTC on the virtual reality side, and a vast industry of Wi-FI connectors on the routing side. The sheer ambitiousness of the range signals Goog...
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