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
Henry
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Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Somehow I continue to increase the number of Google devices in my small condo. They are all easy to install and all work seamlessly with the phone and with each other. This particular device is in the kitchen and provides answers mostly while I'm cooking. It is also close enough to the dining room table to provide answers to my girlfriend, who is still working from home.
I love having a smart home!
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
Charcoal version is more mature presentation!
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Charcoal version is a much more mature presentation. The white one we previously purchased we put in the kitchen because it seems more like a kitchen appliance. The google home mini is a great assistant. It is easy to setup and pair with google chrome cast! It’s great to be able to be cooking and not have to grab the remote, instead ask google to change it to your favorite show on Netflix! The speech recognition and answering of any questions you would normally “google” is also a positive. The only negative is there are not as many smart home applications compatible with google mini compared to Amazon’s Alexa. Make sure to research specific compatibility before buying accessories
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 than Alexa
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Google is the best. I have this in my living room and always ask it questions. Very easy to use and very loud speaker
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 4 out of 5 stars
Good sound quality and acceptable volume
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I brought this item by Christmas season.
It is easy to configure, good quality no issues to get instructions and volume is pretty acceptable for this speaker size.
I like 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, Size
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
convenient, small and stylish
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Convenient, small and stylish. We bought this for our nest doorbell to alert us inside the house. Works great.
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
Great Little Assistant
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Already own an Echo for the living room, and wanted something similar for the Master Suite, but wanted to give Google Assistant a go. I'm extremely pleased with the features, and it goes well with the Chromecast setup already installed. I would recommend for any users already familiar with Android phones.
This review is from Home Mini (1st Generation) - Smart Speaker with Google Assistant - Charcoal
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Price, Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great Speaker
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We have 3 google speaker devices in our home and 2 in the office. They work great and sound pretty good for the price
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
Happy with mini home!
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Bought for my wife and have expanded our home for more connectivity. Now we have the mini home working with our ecobee 3 lite thermostat and two smart plugs that runs the Christmas tree and Christmas Lights! We love it!
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 gets better and better
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Call local or any number from this device is awesome... OKG, call mountain mikes pizza.. then it calls the nearest mountain mike's pizza where I can make orders lol.. save a couple of minutes looking for the number haha
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
Best Assistant for Netflix + Chromecast
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Google Home Mini has a superb build quality. The material feels really good to touch and goes well with anything it's kept on.
I use it mostly for Netflix and Spotify along with my chromecast and it works like a charm.
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
Fun gadget
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Wakes me up in the morning with a comfortable alarm. Works well with wemo devices and answers simple questions.
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
Convenience at an instant!
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This little guy does a whole lot for me. It's my alarm in the morning due to my spouse not liking an alarm clock with blinding light. So I tell Google to set an alarm at a certain time and low and behold itll be ringing. I ask Google for weather updates, how far is a certain store, who invited a certain device, news updates, and release dates for movies. It's a convenient device, I wish the speaker had a little more bass but for the price and what it does I can't complain.
This review is from Home Mini (1st Generation) - Smart Speaker with Google Assistant - Chalk
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Size, Sound quality
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Cool speaker
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Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
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Cool little speaker, a lot of sound from it for being little probably comparable to the Echo Dot, similar to Alexa. Just have to say Hey Google , and tell it what you want
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
not as easy to set up as Alexa but I really it
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I bought one of these for its ability to search google since Alexa cannot do that. Google mini can control my lights like Alexa but I found it a little harder to set up than Alexa. once setup I like it as well if not better than Alexa because it can do a search of the internet as well as control devices.
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
Add Google Home features to the whole house.
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Google Home works great downstairs, so we added Google Home Minis upstairs. All of the same great features, but now the units are linked in a group and the whole house is covered. Control any or all from each location.
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, Size
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Its great
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Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
small but very useful, i set up my alarm changes temperature really easy, i like its more because its was free
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
Really handy to have
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Simple to use and very handy for alarms, weather, info, podcasts. Sound is clear but it is not an audio system. Very happy.
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
Google mini
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Posted . Owned for 1.5 years when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
So easy and convenient to use. I use it for questions and music.
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 casting with voice
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Better than my Alexa for me. I can be washing the dishes and ask Google Home Mini to cast my YT vids and Netflix shows to my Chromeast without drying my hands,etc. I imagine after Christmas more apps will do the same.
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
Still a bit primitive, but does the trick
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I would have enjoyed something more Jarvis from Iron Man, but for what it is, it's practical and user-friendly. Maybe it will take a few years to increase the quality of this device, but until then, it's still useful.
This review is from Home Mini (1st Generation) - Smart Speaker with Google Assistant - Charcoal