re: Amazon Echo vs Google Home - Which is best?

Sorry I wasn't more clear, by out of the box I just meant not having to go through so many extra steps, like going to the Alexa app adding Alexa skills for an app you installed on your Fire TV and in the case of something like Harmony Hub having to set up rules on a 3rd party site like IFTTT. Of course you should have to give login info and access permissions to your other services.

Side note, with the release of the new Echo Show Amazon is making Alexa a messaging app too. The app updated yesterday and forced you to confirm your name, which isn't that big of a deal since Amazon already has that, but then it wanted access to your contacts. You can tell it no, which I did, but this just felt like a slimy play for data rather than an innocent release of a useful new feature.