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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Price, Sound quality
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Love it!
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I love the Google Mini. The price is great as well as the speakers.
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I would recommend this to a friend
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Ease of use
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great mini speaker
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Was easy to install and link to my google home, helped me not have to yell from across the room which was a big help.
Small issue is that sometimes you have the opposite situation where you have to whisper cause other speakers in the house catch your voice.
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I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Ease of use
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
A "don't remember life before" product
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Yes, it's not perfect yet, but it will eventually be another tool that we can't remember life before it like the cell phone or DVR. I'm already talking to it way more than I thought I would have. The unexpected uses, like finding your cell phone, jeep piling up, and they are adding other things all the time. Just wish there was a shorter phrase to activate.
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I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Size, Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Simple and easy to use
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I was quite impressed with this little device. Set up was quick and simple. Small and compact but the speakers are quite loud. Perfect size for a small office.
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I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Ease of use
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great product from Google
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I am quite impressed with this little gadget. I already have an Amazon echo Dot which I really like, but I must confess that I like the home mini even more. It is so intuitive, and you can have a conversation with it like a normal assistant (for the most part)
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I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Ease of use, Size, Sound quality
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Compact and easy to use
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Picked up the Mini to have Google assistant in other rooms in the house. Easy to set up, and discreet. Use mostly to play music, check the weather, and gives reminders. Would recommend to those who are google users.
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I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Ease of use
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
The future is here!
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Let me start by saying I've been using Google assistant for some time now on my phone. Well now you don't need your phone you can say a command and turn your home lights on, or play music, or ask it anything, it learns there more you use it! Must buy at 29.99
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I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
I love Google Home
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I had a regular Google Home add two Minis and I can now control things from my bedroom, living room and kitchen .. Love It!! Not to mention I can now walk from one end of the house to the other and still listen to the same music without having the volume up.
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I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Google assistant
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Affordable, but still lacks compatibility
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Great product for the price. In the end of the day, it's a smart speaker for less than $50.
Google assistant works great, although sometimes it fails to connect with Philips Hue lamps.
My main complaint is that it is not compatible with other Bluetooth speakers in the house, so I can't use them to create a nice integrated sound experience in my house.
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I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
The Google Mini has great sound
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I bought the Google Mini essentially for the sound quality. We use it for music in our bathroom. The sound quality is hands down better than the echo dot. The Google Mini also connects to my googleplay music account and will play my playlists too. Love it.
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I would recommend this to a friend
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Price
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Perfect
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Saw an ad on TV that piqued my curiosity especially given the price point. Did some homework on the product and given how techie my family is the mini instantly became a Christmas gift. Absolutely perfect that will be fun, novel and useful. Would recommend
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I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Google assistant
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Excellent addition to our smart home!
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We love the Google mini, we placed it upstairs and it does everything our Google Home does and is so much fun for the whole family! From using it to track Santa Clause to going step by step over recipe instructions I really cannot imagine life without it!
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I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Plug and Play Simple
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Plug it in and go...it runs you through the setup easily. I'd give it 5 stars if I didn't have a concern about privacy. It's basically constantly listening to you unless you physically switch off the mic - at which point it's really useless. Still, it works as it should as a hands free helper. I use it for weather updates and music for the most part.
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I would recommend this to a friend
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Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Solid speaker
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This is a solid smart speaker. It picks up your voice from across the room. The volume on it can get pretty loud. It's simple to set up as well
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I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Ease of use, Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
easy and useful
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painfully easy to set up and super useful in most cases. I play my music through it all the time and the speakers are overall pretty nice. the only con is that it's not seamless when it comes to the volume and changing it. I have to go to the Google home app to change it if I don't say it out loud, mainly I wish I would be able to consistently use my phone's volume buttons to adjust, because sometimes it let's me and sometimes it doesn't. overall though, it's a very nice product and I've purchased more for a few different areas in the house
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I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Awesome! I hope they add more features
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This is a great little speaker. I like being able to schedule my appointments and control my Phillips Hue lights, Nest and Harmony Hub remote. The addition of this $30 speaker to the existing gadgets makes me feel like I live in a home from a scifi movie.
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I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Luvit!
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Already have alexa, but i figure we try with chromecast, and we love it. Better sound. Had fun asking gh to turn on tv and play netflix and youtube. Also made fon calls and ordered pizza. Check youtube for vids on how to use, but turn off gh mic 1st -lol.
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I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Sound quality
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
I like it better than the Echo Dot
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I like both Google Home and the Amazon Echo dot, but the sound quality on the Google Home Mini is hands down better than on the Dot. The style is also better. The only complaint is the touch volume controls are poorly executed, but no matter you can just say “volume level X” .
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I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Size
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Very useful tool
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I love the size of the mini. It is not conspicuous in a room however, what it lacks in size, it gives up in convenience. The hands free option in the kitchen enables me to ask questions while cooking, time food, all while listening to my choice of music.
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I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Size
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Better than Echo
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The Google Assistant is hands down the best assistance on the market. Being able to get it in such a small device like the Google Home Mini is great. I have 5 spread throughout my house to control lights, TV, whole house music, and Chromecast Video/Audi.
This review is from Home Mini (1st Generation) - Smart Speaker with Google Assistant - Chalk