Google Home Speaker Unboxing Reveals Non-Removable Power Cable

A buyer who picked up Google's new Home Speaker from Walmart before its wide release has confirmed what early Google Home Speaker unboxing posts have flagged as the device's most significant design constraint: a non-removable USB-C power cable attached directly to the speaker body. The Google Store lists it as a "captive cable," making clear this is intentional, not an assembly quirk, according to 9to5Google this week. The $99.99 speaker ships June 25, and is Google's first new smart speaker in six years. Whether the cable creates a real problem depends almost entirely on where you plan to put it. What the Google Home Speaker unboxing shows about the non-removable cableThe USB-C power cable runs about five feet from the speaker body and cannot be disconnected from it. There is no USB-C port on the speaker itself. The 30W power brick at the other end is removable and can be replaced; the cable running from speaker to brick cannot, as Android Authority and Notebookcheck both reported thi

Google Home Speaker Unboxing Reveals Non-Removable Power Cable

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