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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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Alexa/Cortana/Google....And the winner is...
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Had Alexa before the public every got the first one and it was a fun but useless item. Yes it got better and if you had the time...and lots of it, you could program it using iffit and diving into A lot of linking this to that.
This on the other hand takes one gmail account and ability to yes to a couple of permissions and your done. Google answers real life question w/o the hassle of trying to figure out how to phrase the question to get the answer you want. I links to everything right from the start. Until these came out I had left a couple of phones on in various rooms to get the same effect. These just are better to look at and only answer when asked. Cortana is just starting to catch up and it will take a long time. Google assistand will soon be an ear bud that will live with us 24/7
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 speaker
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I am very happy I purchased this mini speaker from Best Buy on Black Friday and received a $10 gift card with purchase. This mini speaker has great sound, it plays great music. I can make calls without using the phone. I love it!
This review is from Home Mini (1st Generation) - Smart Speaker with Google Assistant - Charcoal
I would recommend this to a friend
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Price
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Don't let the size fool you.
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You think big is better? When it comes to Google mini the answer is not really. The speaker on this mini is so clear, it sounds like one of those expensive speakers. The price is unbelievable . The best $30.00 that I ever spent..
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
Great Device and the Kids Love it
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I purchased this item to help control some of my smart devices. This makes life so much easier to control these items. Instead of opening all the different control apps I can simply ask google to do so. It took sometime to understand how to setup everything but once I figured this out it’s very easy to control.
The only thing I don’t understand is that it randomly beeps with out us asking it anything.
This review is from Home Mini (1st Generation) - Smart Speaker with Google Assistant - Charcoal
I would recommend this to a friend
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Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great price
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Bought this item on Black Friday and got a good price on it. I love using it. I can get weather info, listen to all types of music and my husband can get sport scores when he needs them. It’s a handy, hands free, device to have.
This review is from Home Mini (1st Generation) - Smart Speaker with Google Assistant - Chalk
I would recommend this to a friend
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Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Fun little device
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The home mini works really well. The speaker is plenty good as long as you aren't expecting superior home theater sound. That's just not what it is meant to do. The ability to broadcast a message to all minis is a great feature.
This review is from Home Mini (1st Generation) - Smart Speaker with Google Assistant - Chalk
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Price
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Love it
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I bought the regular google home for my dad as a Christmas gift last year and was incredibly impressed. When I saw they came out with a Google mini, I couldn't pass up buying one especially at the $30 price plus $10 e gift card.
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
Love it
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I purchased it for my husband’s birthday and he loves it. We use it all the time. Haven’t used any of the competitors products that are similar so I can’t compare it, but it’s working great for us and we love it!! Really handy.
This review is from Home Mini (1st Generation) - Smart Speaker with Google Assistant - Charcoal
I would recommend this to a friend
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Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Super Fun
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We love these things. They are hilarious with their responses. We can control our thermostat with just a simple command. It plays music from pandora that can be heard throughout the house with the volume up. It has great sound.
This review is from Home Mini (1st Generation) - Smart Speaker with Google Assistant - Chalk
I would recommend this to a friend
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Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great wifi music player via Google
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Great information companion. But also great music player. If you like DoWop music as I do. Google has the best DoWop play list. Hey Google play DoWop music! Speaker gives good quality sound. Very impressed with this little gem.
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
You can use it outside the US, not like Alexa
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I had my echo dot before, but it is useless outside the US, it can't even give you the weather. This thing instead is amazing. I can use pretty much everything. What's missing? Some options are banned outside, like multiple accounts (I don't see the point of having this restricted), but still, WAY better than Alexa
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 device to have around the home
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The Google mini is a great decices to have around the home. The ability to set timers, reminders, and other things is great. Listening to mysic has never been easier. I will be getting more soon to have them all over the house.
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
easy to use, great price
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i use this in my kitchen mainly to control my smart home controls and play music as well as keep my shopping list up to date. works almost flawlessly while speaking to it, and the sound quality isn't terrible for a 30$ speaker.
This review is from Home Mini (1st Generation) - Smart Speaker with Google Assistant - Charcoal
I would recommend this to a friend
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Ease of use, Sound quality
Rated 3 out of 5 stars
Not as advertised...yet
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Device was very easy to setup and install. Speaker works great, and it interfaces with *almost* all my devices. However, voice control with my Vizio SmartCast tv and Chromecasts is not working, and I currently have a ticket with Google to try and remedy.
This review is from Home Mini (1st Generation) - Smart Speaker with Google Assistant - Chalk
I would recommend this to a friend
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Sound quality
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Great functionality
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Fits well with our decor and allows us to broadcast messages to the rest of the house as long as there are other Google Home or Mini devices. We like it so it will broadcast dinner time and other items we need to relay to our college age son living in our finished basement. Plays music and lets us know the weather.
This review is from Home Mini (1st Generation) - Smart Speaker with Google Assistant - Charcoal
I would recommend this to a friend
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Sound quality
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Google Home Mini great for music
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The Google Home Mini is great if you want to stream music from the internet. The built in speaker sounds great without any adjustments. It doesn't automatically connect with various Smart Tvs unless you buy additional equiment however. Supposed to connect on 2.4Ghz networks but instructions say a 5Ghz is required.
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
Get one. They are awesome!
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I thought I would give it a try and probably take it back as would not be that useful to me. Wrong. It is part of my daily life now and I bought another to place in a different room. Great sound as well for such a little item.
This review is from Home Mini (1st Generation) - Smart Speaker with Google Assistant - Chalk
I would recommend this to a friend
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Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great addition for the kitchen and bedrooms
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These google home minis are great additions for your bedroom and kitchen. You can broadcast music to all the devices (google home and google home minis) and also broadcast a message to all the devices (or just 1) in the house.
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
Christmas gifts
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These are Christmas gifts so I don't know how they are going to like them, they should like them because they love the google home we have, these are for my grand kids so I know they will like these because they came from us.
This review is from Home Mini (1st Generation) - Smart Speaker with Google Assistant - Charcoal
I would recommend this to a friend
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Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Extremely helpful device
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My teenager thought that this wa for an older person, but after giving him suggestions for using it, he's now obsessed with it. It helps him with homework, as well as, let's him enjoy his music all at the sound of his voice.
This review is from Home Mini (1st Generation) - Smart Speaker with Google Assistant - Charcoal