Customer Ratings & Reviews

We have both an Echo Dot and the original Google Home. For our family, we use Google 10 times more often than Alexa. When we saw over the holidays that the google home mini was available for $29 (with a $10 Best Buy Gift Card given after purchase) we jumped at the chance to add the speakers all over the house. Being able to connect all the speakers for an intercom system or for music is great. The even sound better than an Amazon Alexa Dot.

It's a small smart speaker it does what it is supposed to, most of the time. With my home full of these little guys, a couple regular sized homes, and a slew of other smart tech it seems stuff seems to come disconnected from the internet a bit more than you'd like. It seems to happen more to certain devices so I can't really pin down whether it is a faulty home mini that causes me to keep resetting it or a confusion from a flooded network.

The google home mini sounds great, works great and is easy to set up. works with all my devices nicely

Great for how small it is. The speaker sounds great.

Easy to set up and use. Small size is inconspicuous.

Very easy setup. Recognizes voice from my next room.

it is a very affordable way to get the home assistant. I don't use it for much but weather, reminders, alarms, and a few questions. The voice recognition works really good but I am not sold on why this product is needed. It is nice when you tie different devices to it. I have 2 Ihome lights and I can use it to turn on lights. Full disclosure, I have mostly Apple products. I am sure it will be better connected if you had an Android device.

So easy to set up and use. Sound quality is great!!!

Love how small it it but it’s loud. Very nice design

Compact, good sound for small unit. Excellent price.

Broadcast messages was huge feature that I did not know about when I bought it. But the most important feature is most definitely the better speaker for my Mom who is bedridden and can't move to change settings I can remotely control volume and play list and many other extra goodies when I can't be by her side. It's awesome

I did not know how simpler life becomes once I started transitioning my home to a Smart Home. From turning the Christmas Tree on to changing the house thermostat temperature by a simple voice command. I highly recommend this nifty inexpensive speaker. The Google Home mini is a great gift for any family member or friends!!!

Got this for christmas and this is a smart product with good features and responsive assistant . The voice recognition is awesome despite multiple accents . The distance for command is awesome . even from the end of the room it is able to respond to your voice great voice quality ! kudos to the team for a brilliant product

The Mini is a good choice for next to the bed or small room. It responds and has same parameters as it big brother. It does, however, lack in sound quality. There is minimal base and the sound goes directly verticle whereas its big brother has a deeper resonance and can throw music in all directions. I find both products accurate with voice recognition as long as there is not loud ambient sound. Good product. I gave a few for Christmas.

I have no real need for a voice-activated assistant in my house. But for $30 I figured it might be fun to have one around. There are countless reviews of Google Assistant, Alexa, and Siri out there, so I won't get into the pros and cons of each. But suffice it to say, I'm more invested into the Google ecosystem than the others. Also I value Google's better AI and its better understanding of natural language above all other considerations. However if you're already knee-deep in Amazon services, then Alexa should be a better choice. But I digress. While the true differentiator in this category is the software, I'll focus on the hardware. The hardware design is very clean. A series of lights flashing through the speaker provides visual feedback. There are no physical buttons, but volume can be adjusted by tapping the device on the left and right sides. All other settings are controlled by an app. The sound quality is adequate. But when it comes to music, it's probably best suited for background listening. There are other Google-branded devices that offer better sound quality and features. But the main advantage of the Google Mini Home is that it's small, cute, unobtrusive, and inexpensive. There are a few different colors to choose from. The initial setup was relatively easy as the app walks you through the process. It does require "AP isolation" on your router to be disabled, and if it isn't the setup process cannot be completed. AP isolation may not be possible to adjust on some routers especially low-end ones. If it's not possible then you're out of luck. At that point you either need to return the Google Home Mini or upgrade your router. Also a Google account is required to activate the speaker. The trigger phrase to wake Google Assistant is "Ok Google" or "Hey Google"--phrases that don't exactly roll off the tip of your tongue compared to the competition. Currently there is no way to change the trigger phrase. This is a minor but noticeable deficiency. But I suppose that's the case with all voice assistants. So your dream of pretending to be Captain Picard barking out "Computer" will have to wait for another day.

easy to use and great sound love listening to music

Great device compact and sounds great. Priced right

Don't let it's size fool you, the sound on this device will catch you by surprise! Clean and understated design helps this fit into every room. We placed them throughout the house (bathroom, bedroom, living room) so we can always stay connected and have music always readily available without draining our phone batteries.

Easy to setup and use. Great sound and very smart.

Love the small size, better sound than Amazon Dot.