Google Says Home's Plug for Disney Was ‘Timely Content,’ Not Ad
- Disney mention shows way to make money from AI-powered devices
- Google says it ’could have done better’ with latest experiment
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Google, the world’s biggest digital advertising company, may have just figured out how to make money from its voice-based computing future. Just don’t call it an ad.
On Thursday, Bryson Meunier, an online search executive at digital ticket seller Vivid Seats LLC, tweeted a video of his Google Home internet-connected speaker playing a Walt Disney Co. promotion for the new "Beauty and the Beast" movie.