Google Is On a Mission to Upstage Amazon at This Year’s CES

At last year's CES, among the biggest technology conferences of the year, it felt like you couldn't turn a corner without hearing about Alexa, Amazon's virtual assistant. This year, [f500link]Google[/f500link] is hoping to make sure that doesn't happen again.

The search giant, which typically doesn't exhibit products at CES (formerly the Consumer Electronics Show), is making a slew of new announcements about the its own virtual helper, the Google Assistant, at this year's conference.