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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Pros mentioned:
Ease of use
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
10/10 must have
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Posted . Owned for 6 months when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Purchase as a present for my mother in law who has been catching up with tech. She loves it as much as I love mine. We have replaced must our light bulbs to smart one and now we don’t even turn off the switches since we have programmed all the lightbulbs to turn on and off throughout the day. One complaint I have but not really is that both my kids use it to cheat when doing homework asking for answers. Have recomendable to friends and family. Must have 2020 we live in the future.
This review is from Home Mini (1st Generation) - Smart Speaker with Google Assistant - Chalk
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Google assistant, Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Cheap speaker to get Google Assistant in your home
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Posted . Owned for 1 year when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Great little speaker. For the price the sound is good enough but the real reason to buy is Google Assistant.
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
It's awesome
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For those looking to buy into Google’s smart home ecosystem, the Home Mini is the cheapest way of buying into the Assistant yet. While it is a good value for the price, its poor sound performance makes it a better desk buddy than a standalone speaker.
This review is from Home Mini (1st Generation) - Smart Speaker with Google Assistant - Chalk
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Just awesome
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For those looking to buy into Google’s smart home ecosystem, the Home Mini is the cheapest way of buying into the Assistant yet. While it is a good value for the price, its poor sound performance makes it a better desk buddy than a standalone speaker.
This review is from Home Mini (1st Generation) - Smart Speaker with Google Assistant - Chalk
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great for a Mini
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Everything works great and it was a fantastic price but it is limited by Google Assistant's shortcomings (e.g. I wanted it to turn on music daily at 6am and turn it off at 9am from my phone Google Home app). There is currently no way to schedule that.
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
Love my Google Home! Better than Amazon Alexa!
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I have both an Alexa and the Google home - Google Home is much faster with responses and I love that it sources Google without having to ask it to (obviously). Both work well with Philips Hue but I would say, again, that Google Home is faster with it!
This review is from Home Mini (1st Generation) - Smart Speaker with Google Assistant - Charcoal
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Price
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Google home mini
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Not as sensitive to my voice command as Alexa. Price is fair.
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
Good sound for small areas
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I have 2 of these in my condo and the sound is good. I've got it set with other devices as well and google assistant works like a charm
This review is from Home Mini (1st Generation) - Smart Speaker with Google Assistant - Charcoal
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Works well
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Works well, the set up is pretty easy and the sound isn’t bad
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 4 out of 5 stars
Love it
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Such an awesome product to be so small and the price was good
This review is from Home Mini (1st Generation) - Smart Speaker with Google Assistant - Chalk
I would recommend this to a friend
Cons mentioned:
Bluetooth
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Love This Thing
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We are starting to put these all over our home. We love them and the Hub for our kitchen. I only wish they would improve 2 things. First, speaker quality. I wish I didn't have to buy better speakers for our house, however I understand this is made more for an assistant in a small package, and not really for good audio quality. The other is I wish it worked better with non-smart bluetooth speakers. I have not yet found a way to add my vizio speaker bar to my speaker group, however we do plan on buying smart speakers from other makers.
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
Mini power house
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its hard to imagine how much power this little thing packs. I was truely impressed by its performance compared to some of the competitions. My only concern is the general use of WIFI and all the radiation with the increase of home automaton products.
This review is from Home Mini (1st Generation) - Smart Speaker with Google Assistant - Chalk
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Fun little device
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This is a good assistance, get the weather, alarm clock, timer, reminders, shopping list, yeah it can do all that and much more. I have it hooked up to my Iris and tell it to turn my lights on.
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, Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Excellent smart speaker
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Posted . Owned for 5 months when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Has many many options. We really like the ease of use and we set them up to play music at the same time which is nice.
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
My kids love it
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My kids love that they can ask it anything and it will answer
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, Sound quality
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Love how easy it is to use!
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We've bought multiple Google homes over the years. We love it, it's easy to use and is pretty good at recognizing our voice. I love how smart Google AI is with a few exceptions.
This review is from Home Mini (1st Generation) - Smart Speaker with Google Assistant - Chalk
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Great gift@
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Bought this for Christmas presents as White Elephant gift exchanges. This gift was the most stolen item during gift exchange. Didn't realize thge potential and questions to be asked of this item. Had to buy 5 more so everyone in the family now Jas a personal assistant. Not perfect but sure is loads of fun and the best gift to give or receive.
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
I love this thing!
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I was walking around in Best Buy and ended up talking with one of the employees in the store and they recommended this item to me and so I decided to pick it up and have been loving it! I love how it integrates with so many things that I need it to.
This review is from Home Mini (1st Generation) - Smart Speaker with Google Assistant - Chalk
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Sound quality
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Sounds great
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Really good!! And I love the sound quality. It’s really good
This review is from Home Mini (1st Generation) - Smart Speaker with Google Assistant - Chalk
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Sound quality
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Decent speaker
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The speaker sound surprised me. Very loud for it small size.
This review is from Home Mini (1st Generation) - Smart Speaker with Google Assistant - Chalk