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:
Sound quality
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Awesome speaker
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I tried this out and had to have it. Clear sounds and very loud
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
Google does it again
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I love the size and sound from the new compact google assistant
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
Perfect for my bedroom
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I have the google home in my living room and love it so much I had to get the mini for my bedroom. The alarm is very pleasant to wake to and she takes care of my tv and lights very nicely as well.
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, Price, Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Google mini
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This product was easy to set up and use. We use it mainly to listen to music. It has a good sound quality and was bought at a great price!
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
Great Overall; Wish it had Roku support
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This has been super helpful and my wife loves it. It works pretty well and the sound is better than I expected for such a small device. It can also be used as a Bluetooth speaker which is great!
The only thing I wish it had was support for my brand new Roku TV. I didn’t realize it only supported Chromecast TVs, although I guess it makes sense.
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
Best. Toy. Ever...
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Alexa and Siri, eat your heart out. Now we have the best search engine in the world with a device for smart homes, that is compatible with more devices than anyone. I can just tell Google I'm leaving the house and it will lock my doors and set my thermostat and turn the lights down or off. I can tell it I'm home and it turns music on or my TV and adjusts the temperature. I can ask it the hours of operation of businesses or where the nearest gas is. I don't live alone anymore because of this device... I now have 4 of these gems.
This review is from Home Mini (1st Generation) - Smart Speaker with Google Assistant - Coral
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great Product
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Started small but very impressed with how many commands I can use. Great sound but lacking bass. But then again for only $29.99 sounds better than some Bluetooth speakers with way less features. A must buy if an Android user. Would be a wonderful gift.
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 for $29
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The speaker has good volume. It’s also great that it blends in perfectly in my house. One con is that sometimes when I am playing music during the the volume would go up and down. Another con is that I still cannot play/pause without using my voice. But I’m sure google will soon release an update to fix this problem. I wouldn’t pay $50 for this.
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
Great addition to the Home family
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I have several Google Homes in my house, and the Mini fits in well. I have it in the smallest room in my house and it has enough sound and listening skills to do what it needs to do. Great way to save a couple bucks and still have an Assistant 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
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great device for the money
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I bought the google home mini to control my hue lights and it worked so well i bought several more for Christmas presents. Its great to set alarms,timers,play music,ask questions about the weather,traffic.i would definitely recommend these to friends.
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!
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We have a Google Home for our downstairs, and I love listening to music on it while doing stuff around the house downstairs. We decided to get the smaller version for our upstairs because we liked it so much! The sound is better than expected as well!
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
Useful for having around the house, but...
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This is the first smarthome device I have used, and I like the product. Only problem I have with it is that it does not work as well as it should with my existing SONOS speakers/music player via chromecast . Researching this, I have found both google and sonos blame eachother, but it doesn't look like there is a fix. Wish it could work with that
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
Didn't think I'd use it, but was wrong
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When Best Buy included it with my pixel pre-order I didn't know if I would ever use it. After hooking it up I was really surprised at how easy it was to use and how often I ask it questions now.
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
BEATS ALEXA!
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I have both an Alexa and the Google home - Google Home is much faster with responses and I love that it sources Google without having to ask it to (obviously). Both work well with Philips Hue but I would say, again, that Google Home is faster with it!
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 4 out of 5 stars
Fun addition to the family
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I stumbled upon this product during black Friday and figured that I should give it a shot as I was thinking about buying the ihome, but for the price of one, I was able to afford to get two of these bad boys. Easy setup, my son loves to talk to it and wife loves the functionality. We ended up buying 4 more as christmas gifts for family members.
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
A fun assistant
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I installed it in the bedroom and after a couple weeks it works well. The Home mini is pretty responsive and easy to use even with ample background noise. It recognizes my girlfriend and my voice with ease. The speaker is good and plenty loud enough for the bedroom. It also paired nicely with a Philip Hue starter kit I picked up after the fact.
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 4 out of 5 stars
It has a great sound
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It has a great sound, easy to use, works great with my phone.
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, Price
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Great product
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Easy to set up and works great for the price. Awesome product
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
Nice offering from Google
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I have been using Amazon's Alexa for the last 2 years, and happy with it. When Google home mini came out, I wanted to try it out. The voice recognition is really wonderful. I am using it with YouTube red, and there's nothing to beat it in the market.
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
Pretty good, but creepy!
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So, I like this. I got it for free. I never would have bought one myself, but it came with a nest. (Buy the nest, it's AWESOME.)
Anyway, it has actually great sound. It's a tiny speaker, and it plays well. You can listen to music from it easily, set timers, and it links to other smart stuff, which I don't have.
I like to use it for timers in the kitchen so I don't have to touch stuff with my gross meaty hands. You understand that, right?
I also jimmy rigged it up to play my audible books through it. It's not convenient, but it works, and is a nice way to project stuff from my phone for a *slightly* better speaker.
But I'm still paranoid that it listens to everything I say. So...yeah.
This review is from Home Mini (1st Generation) - Smart Speaker with Google Assistant - Chalk