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 5 out of 5 stars
These things are great.
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I’m a believer. We have one in each major room. Clear, responsive. Integrates well.
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
Great AI based assistant!
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Great AI based assistant, easy to setup, fun to use, and quite often, I listen to my music!
This review is from Home Mini (1st Generation) - Smart Speaker with Google Assistant - Charcoal
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Size, Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Voice System
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small system but it is very loud for a small or large room, it is better than the large one
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
Works great
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Works great, is very helpful...I have it controlling all smart devices with no issues
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I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
best voice assistant
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sets alarms. reviews calendars, plays songs and even creates list just by saying ok google.
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I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Maybe it's a preference thing?
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Right off let me say all the AI systems are cool. I have two of these Mini's. I like my two Alexa dots better, but it may be just a subjective preference thing. If you are a really committed Google app user already it may be an awesome platform for you, but I am not a die hard Google person and I got my echo dots first. I think it depends a lot on what you are going to use it for. My best advice is get one of each to try, keep your receipt and return the AI you don't get along with as well, I ended up keeping both AI, but kinda wish I hadn't. One big difference is that unlike the Alexa dot, the Mini lacks any output jack to cable it to external speakers or a stereo. Ugh!!! Any of those connections have to be wireless which cuts out use with any if my older existing audio stuff. I guess they assume you are going to use BT external speakers. Not an issue if you have them already, I guess, but Alexa can use them too so not an advantage over the other. The Google AI just doesn't seem to be quite as smooth or accurate along with something I just can't quite put my finger on. It could be a problem with this end user, and it doesn't help that I seem to always say "Alexa,,,,oh, oops, OK Google" but at basically the same price point I think I should have said "Alexa---return my mini" .
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No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Works great!
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I have both the Google Home Mini and the Amazon Echo Dot. I think the mini is better, more user friendly, more interactive, and it looks better. Besides, it's on sale now.
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
We have 4 now!
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We are huge fans of the Google Mini , Home and Nest. We have the minis in most rooms of the house and it serves many purposes! We often use it as a broadcasting system and I have placed one in my office and blue toothed it to my computer while teaching remotely. It provides a better speaker and does not create feedback with my webcam mic.
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I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Great for controlling smart home
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It's great for controlling any smart home items and for casting Netflix and YouTube to your smart TV. Biggest complaint is the phrases can sometimes be very specific or long resulting in having to try multiple times to get what you want to happen
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I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Little Sucker Packs a punch
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Great little gadget! I love how it works great with Spotify and chrome cast. If you like the echo dot you'll love this too since it can do a little more. Highly recommend
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
Excellent assistant
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Extremely easy to setup and get going. Pretty good sound for such a small device.
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I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Sound quality
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Nice hands free helper
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We have the mini and home and love them. The mini is setup in our kitchen and it's great to call out radio stations or stream music from our library while cooking or cleaning up. Sound is decent and meets our expectations from such a small device.
My wife and I share a shopping list on Google Express on our iPhones and it's very convenient to throw items on the mini.
Setting kitchen timers are now simple even with wet hands.
I wish the microphones were little better as we occasionally have to repeat a request. Overall though happy with purchase.
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
svbuyer
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Posted . Owned for 11 months when reviewed.
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really easy to use and sound quality good for small room
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I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Ease of use
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great Home Assistant
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Easy to use and intuitive. Nice feature for adding smart integration into home
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I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
A good home assistant.
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I love my google home, that said, I also have an Amazon Echo and plan on getting an Apple HomePod. For me, it’s disappointing that I have to have these three to communicate with the smart home products I have, just wish they all could get along!
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I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Ease of use, Sound quality
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Handy device
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
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I have 2 of these in my home. The speaker quality is amazing for music and it is great asking it questions I want to know.
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I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Size, Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Nice
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Posted . Owned for 1 year when reviewed.
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Worked as designed, not bad needs to be kept plugged in tho...
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
Good smart speaker but lacks music services
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This is a really good smart speaker. I really like the google Assistant but the only problem is the google home lacks a lot of music services. For example, on Amazon Alexa, not only do you get the basic music services, you get Apple Music and much more. On this speaker you only get google play, YouTube Music, Pandora, and Spotify free. Other then that, this is a very good smart speaker.
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I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Difficult to set up
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I’m sure it’ll be nice once properly set up, but I have been running into issues with the program I have linked to it and making certain programs defaults. The menu in the app home seems to be lacking tabs that I need to designate these choices.
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, Size
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Love this
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I love this! Connects to everything I have, easy to use, and doesn't take up much space
This review is from Home Mini (1st Generation) - Smart Speaker with Google Assistant - Charcoal