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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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Easy set up
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Excellent gift easy set up even for older adults. Fun to use
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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Price
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Awesome
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This is the best $29.99 I ever spent.
Highly recommended!
This review is from Home Mini (1st Generation) - Smart Speaker with Google Assistant - Charcoal
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Size
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Awesome device
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This google home is perfect for small bedrooms or bathrooms.
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I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
it's hard for me to get it connected to my WiFi a
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I can't give you a good review because I haven't got it connected yet so I'm thinking about bringing it back in
This review is from Home Mini (1st Generation) - Smart Speaker with Google Assistant - Chalk
No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Sound quality
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Kind of interesting
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Response is good and speaker sounds fairly well. Not sure how often I will use but it is an interesting gadget.
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
Great Price
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Very easy to use and set up. Pretty cool item for its price.
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
Handy device
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Works good, does the things it says it does, easy to program
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I would recommend this to a friend
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Google assistant
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great addition to the original Google Home
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Having google mini in different rooms of the house is great.
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
Perfect gift
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Affordable, easy to install, great 2017 gadget X-mas present
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 5 out of 5 stars
Speaker is awesome
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Love the item! Very loud and love the features of the item!!
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, Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Super easy to use
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Was surprised how simple and effective it is to use. I figured it wouldn’t understand half of what I say but I almost never have to repeat myself. Definitely works best with multiple around your home.
This review is from Home Mini (1st Generation) - Smart Speaker with Google Assistant - Charcoal
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Sound quality
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Bluetooth
Rated 3 out of 5 stars
Great for a Google or Android home
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The Mini is good for those already embedded in the Google and Android universe but is limited for those in the Apple realm. It sounds better than the Amazon Echo Dot but is limited in it's ability to communicate across platforms and requires a Chromecast to communicate or broadcast to other devices. The lack of a line out is also inconvenient along with it's inability to broadcast to a bluetooth device (Both of which the Echo Dot can do). That said.... it sounds good, answers questions more accurately than the Echo Dot. I use it as an alarm, weather announcer and to answer basic questions mostly, but I got it around Christmas for $20 so don't feel I wasted the money.
This review is from Home Mini (1st Generation) - Smart Speaker with Google Assistant - Charcoal
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Sound quality
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Great product
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This little gadget is powerful. The sound is clear and loud. This was a gift for my daughter. She loves it !!!!
This review is from Home Mini (1st Generation) - Smart Speaker with Google Assistant - Charcoal
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Ease of use
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Home mini
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I love Google products, easy set up works great in my home.
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I would recommend this to a friend
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Ease of use
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great
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Gave as a gift and he loves it! Easy to use and responsive!
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I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Best of the small smart speakers
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I now own both the Google home mini and the Echo Dot and I greatly prefer the Google Home Mini. This is primarily because the audio quality has much better than the Dot. I have mine in my kitchen and while it doesn't sound amazing by any means it's good enough that I've been using it a lot for music and podcasts while cooking or doing dishes. It also can get surprisingly loud.
As far as Google assistant, I've found it to be more reliable when asking for random information than Alexa. Search is Google's speciality and it shows.
It does have a couple downsides. It doesn't seem like the microphones are quite as good as the Dot. When saying "hey Alexa" from various distances away, the Dot seemed to pick that up more reliably. Sometimes it will take a couple tries with the Google even when just a few feet away.
I do wish it would have a line in port like the Dot does too. The Dot definitely still has the upper hand as far as connecting to other devices.
Overall though, I think the Google Home Mini really is the better stand alone device.
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I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Size
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great cool choice good speaker
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Has great features nice color small and easy to travel with
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I would recommend this to a friend
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Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Amazing
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Way better than the Echo Dot I also bought on Black Friday.
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I would recommend this to a friend
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Ease of use
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
I am gIad I bought the google Home
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I am gIad I bought the google Home, as it is very intuitive
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
Great
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The google home mini is fun. Would recommend it to anybody.
This review is from Home Mini (1st Generation) - Smart Speaker with Google Assistant - Chalk