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, Sound quality
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Big bang in a small puck.
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Very easy to setup and start using this device right out of the box. Performs above my expectations. I would like the sound to be a little better, but given the size, it still over performs.
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
Smart Home
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The Google Home Mini is a great device for answering everyday questions and my smart home control devices. Google assistant seems to know more general information than the Amazon Echo Dot, which I have, but the Dot has more specific skills than the Google Home mini. However, Google does seem to be catching up quickly.
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
Better sound quality
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Brilliant sound quality. Worth the price and style is good. Easy to integrate with home devices
This review is from Home Mini (1st Generation) - Smart Speaker with Google Assistant - Coral
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Ease of use, Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Good sound
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Brilliant sound quality. Worth the price and style is good. Easy to integrate with home devices
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 5 out of 5 stars
Fun
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
It great device many sound great alarm great sound with music play any song you like control with google home
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
great sound for a mini
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i bought it for myself but my 14 year old son love it more than me so he took it and every time i get home from work i have to go to his room and get it. I tired hide it from him but he always find it i just lone this google mini
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
“Smart” addition to my home
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Easy to use and works great with my other “smart” home products. Control your lights, tv, music, play games, get information, and more.
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
Great little device
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Posted . Owned for 10 months when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Simple, good sound and good utility when set up. Use primarily as a speaker and to control a few lights.
This review is from Home Mini (1st Generation) - Smart Speaker with Google Assistant - Coral
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Size, Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great mini speaker
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Love the google assistant. It's small so it's easy to fit anywhere. The music sounds great. Very convenient. Great price!
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
Good starter for Smart Home
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Purchased one for myself and played around with it. Disappointed that it cannot turn on Sony Smart TV unless an actual Chromecast is connected. Why would I connect a Chromecast device when the TV has Chromecast built in? Will be buying Harmony Hub instead to control more than just turning on TV with Google Home Mini.
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
Fun Toy for the Non Paranoid
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Google assistant works pretty well. I'm not nuts that I'm being recorded constantly, not that anything I have to say would matter to the police or the like. I'm not impressed with the poor speaker quality and the fact you can't connect an external speaker to it either wired or bluetooth/ This is a pretty major flaw.
This review is from Home Mini (1st Generation) - Smart Speaker with Google Assistant - Charcoal
No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
I LOVE my Google Mini
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So, my first question was about the weather. Beige question, I know, but still, it was cool to hear a response. Next, we realized we could play Mad Libs and that was a blast! Now, it's just become so integrated into our lives that even in the car, Hubby and I often find ourselves on the verge of outwardly say, "Hey Google" simply out of habit. It's been so helpful and fun! I just can't wait til they work out the kinks and train this thing to stop telling us it can't help us with certain minor questions every so often.
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, Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Cool toy
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This is great, just tell it what you want it to do and done. Play music, radio station, make lists and they appear in your devices.
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
Better than i thought
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Beware that this addictive. I se myself talking with it all the time now. Checking the weather, news, time and playing music
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
Good value
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Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
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I was a little skeptical about getting one of these, but I have enjoyed having it around. Great for playing music and making shopping lists. Works well with my nest thermostat.
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 5 out of 5 stars
Cool "assistant" device
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We purchased the Google Home Mini as our main home assistant device last Christmas. We set it up in the kitchen/living room area. The device is cool for family gatherings, cool for listening to music while cooking and cleaning or bbqing on the deck, even cool for helping with research and homework. I'd rather be able to visually see some assistant related items, which is why we purchased the Google Home Hub this year, but we still love our Mini and think it's an overall cool assistant device.
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
Better than the Echo Dot.
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I purchased the Echo Dot last Christmas and was left disappointed by it. Google Home Mini is easily more useful with links to your Google account. We use the shopping list quite a bit and it's also great for reminders, calendar events, or just asking questions. It works much better than Echo for all of those tasks.
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 5 out of 5 stars
Great product
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My husband chose this when we were adding things to the cart to get 1 year financing lol. But it works great! I love being able to play music by just telling it to. It can also play games with you and answer questions, do math problems for you quickly, tell you word definitions, play playlists on spotify... Only thing i dont like is the volume control.. it is never accurate or to your liking when you ask it to turn it up or down a lot or a little. But still, a great product and fun to have.
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, Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Easy setup, great device
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Easy to hook up. Great with google calendar, radio, music, cooking timer and general info. 2nd one I've purchased. Highly recommend!
This review is from Home Mini (1st Generation) - Smart Speaker with Google Assistant - Charcoal
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 3 out of 5 stars
A little disappointed honestly
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I thought this thing would be so cool. They make it able to do everything on the commercial. Is really only good for telling you the weather. Spotify works but it plays the wrong playlist or other weird things. They say it learns as you go so we’ll see.
This review is from Home Mini (1st Generation) - Smart Speaker with Google Assistant - Chalk