Customers are delighted by the Home Mini's sound quality, ease of use, and compact size. Many appreciate its affordability and the helpfulness of the Google Assistant, along with its seamless setup and smart home integration capabilities. The positive feedback highlights the device's overall user-friendliness and value. However, some users express disappointment with the lack of Bluetooth speaker functionality.
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Google assistant
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
What a value
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This is a great and affordable way to get in to the Google Home revolution.
This review is from Home Mini (1st Generation) - Smart Speaker with Google Assistant - Charcoal
I would recommend this to a friend
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Ease of use
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
works as expected
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Quickly connects and allows you to control you chrome cast. Easy to install
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I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Works great
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Fun to use and was easy to set up and sync. I bought it for my 16 year old.
This review is from Home Mini (1st Generation) - Smart Speaker with Google Assistant - Chalk
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Ease of use
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great product
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Awesome google home it's worth to have at home to talk and get lots of help
This review is from Home Mini (1st Generation) - Smart Speaker with Google Assistant - Charcoal
I would recommend this to a friend
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Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Smart mini
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Best buy in years, really smart device, Fantastic speaker, value for money!
This review is from Home Mini (1st Generation) - Smart Speaker with Google Assistant - Charcoal
I would recommend this to a friend
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Google assistant
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
This speaker is awesome
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This was the best Black Friday purchase. I can’t say enough I just love it.
This review is from Home Mini (1st Generation) - Smart Speaker with Google Assistant - Charcoal
I would recommend this to a friend
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Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
EASY BREZZY FOR KITCHEN
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CAN DO MUSIC ANY TIME ALONG WITH RECIPES ENJOYING HOLIDAY MUSIC AND WEATHER
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I would recommend this to a friend
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Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great Gift!
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Made my kids happy. We love the speaker as a family we love playing trivia.
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I would recommend this to a friend
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Price
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Amazing value for this price
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A smart speaker for this price is a steal. Great pricing promotion Bestbuy.
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I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Sweet gift
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Speaker is plenty loud. Google assistant at command with just your voice...
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I would recommend this to a friend
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Price, Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
For $20 a must have!
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Works great from my C by GE lights and my Feit lights I got at Costco, plays music and lets me turn everything on/off by voice command. Love it! How can you go wrong for the $20 sale price.
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I would recommend this to a friend
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Ease of use
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Great for home usage
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I really like using this product. Rather using a speaker use this smart device which can do many things apart from playing songs.
This review is from Home Mini (1st Generation) - Smart Speaker with Google Assistant - Chalk
I would recommend this to a friend
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Ease of use
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Best investment!
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Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
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I absolutely could not imagine my life without this google home ever again!! Want the time? Ask google! Music? Ask google! Literally Anything you want, ask google! Also, works to turn off and on my lights with smart bulbs!
This review is from Home Mini (1st Generation) - Smart Speaker with Google Assistant - Charcoal
I would recommend this to a friend
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Sound quality
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Hey Google...not bad.
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Hey Google? Alexa? Truthfully they both work great. What stands out is that I am a Google lover. I have Youtube Red and Google Music and I have to say this is the reason why I prefer Google over Alexa. Sound quality is much better on the Google Home Mini vs the Alexa Dot 1st gen. The voice of the AI is less robotic and you get the option of changing to different voice types. Home automation works as expected. The one thing I wish you could change on the Google Home Mini is that when you have it shut off your lights it doesn't announce that 2 lights were turned off. Alexa will just ding which I prefer. Also I wish you could control the volume level of the AI voice so that when you have the volume set for music it didn't inherit the same level. Want to scare your partner, tell Google to shut off the lights and have it announce at level 7 the light is now off.
In summary, AI is here to stay. Is it the best? Probably not. Is it good for what we need? Yes. Especially if you subscribe to the Google Universe and get Google Music and Youtube.
This review is from Home Mini (1st Generation) - Smart Speaker with Google Assistant - Chalk
I would recommend this to a friend
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Sound quality
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
It's cool!
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I haven't quite figured it all out yet but so far it's nice. My 13.5yr old son likes it a lot. Oh & the speaker is pretty decent.
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I would recommend this to a friend
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Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great Clarity
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It has a longer range than I expected to hear me. I have an open concept home and I can place it in the middle of the common area and I am able to be heard for a decent distance. Also the speaker has a good sound an is loud enough
This review is from Home Mini (1st Generation) - Smart Speaker with Google Assistant - Charcoal
I would recommend this to a friend
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Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great product
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Very fun to set up and use. My kids love that you can play music and games.
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I would recommend this to a friend
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Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Worth it even as just a simple smart speaker
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Got this free with purchase of a Nest Protect. Wasn't sure if I'd have much use/need for the Google Home; however, I was pleasantly surprised as to how great this is as just a basic smart speaker.
Currently, I mainly use it to play background music during dinner or podcasts while lounging around. Device is very responsive to voice commands, can be set up for multiple users, and works especially well if you have an account with a music service like Spotify.
There are countless write-ups on the various cool things that the Google Home can do, although realistically, I'm doubtful of the practical, everyday uses for most of these functions.
Nevertheless, even if you are just going to use this most basic of features (i.e. as a voice-controlled speaker that can play content on-demand), I think that this device would be a good buy.
This review is from Home Mini (1st Generation) - Smart Speaker with Google Assistant - Charcoal
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
My First Smart Home device
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This is my first smart home device and I am super happy with the product and quality.
You can make calls, send messages, control wireless instruments, easy sync with chromecast and watch anything on tv, create and append anything to your shopping list, virtually order anything from google express.
This review is from Home Mini (1st Generation) - Smart Speaker with Google Assistant - Charcoal
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Google assistant, Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Google Mini
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Wow, the Mini blows away the Dot for sound quality! We have both and there are pros and cons for each so it is a personal preference. Google works great with related devices, the way you expect. A worthy and useful purchase for smart home.
This review is from Home Mini (1st Generation) - Smart Speaker with Google Assistant - Chalk