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For me it has put radio on an equal footing with the streaming services. However there are a few glitches in identifying the stations. I'm mainly an ABC & BBC listener.
I can easily access all the main ABC stations with one exception. Saying 'OK Google play ABC Classic FM' gets me ABC Classic 2. There seems to be no way of accessing the main Classic FM station.
Similarly the logical commands work for the BBC, e.g. 'OK Google play BBC Radio 4', with the exception of 'OK Google play BBC World Service'. I can get around that by saying 'OK Google play SBS Radio 4' (which mostly broadcasts the BBC World Service).
The Google speakers are so responsive and sound so good that I fear I will be saying goodbye to ABC Classic FM.