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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Size
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great Product
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This complements my Google Home very well while not taking up a lot of space. It just blends in. Now I don't have to go to another room to ask Google to do something.
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
Like it
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Best part you can tell mini to play any song, you don’t have to go to laptop to start you tube or ask about weather. My kid is asking only about jokes. I wish it should be working when I am moving mini one place to other. This is a drawback.
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
Genius!
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Even if you don't have a smart home I would recommend this product. For the price, it's simply a great speaker to have in your house for music. The sound quality exceeded my expectations playing Spotify. Sounds much better than the Echo Dot. It's also nice to get weather or traffic updates before we head out of the house. It also makes it easy to set reminders and alarms. Great, easy to use, 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 4 out of 5 stars
Good item
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It does everything you expect it to do. However I don't see why you have to buy a subscription to other services to play specific songs when I can just YouTube it anywhere else fine. But it's nice and entertaining. Kids love it. It's great.
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
IT'S A MINI WITH A BIG PUNCH
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Can do everything that the older brother can do, we have 4 mini's and 1 google home, when placed in a group it's a great experience, great product and easy to set up.
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
Life is getting better with assistants
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We already own an Amazon Echo & Dot, so I wanted a Google Home Mini on another floor to control Hue lights, and to compare with the Echo. They are basically the same and all work well. The speaker on the Mini is better than the speaker on the Dot, and the microphone on the Mini seems to be better at picking up voice in a noisy room.
Where the Home Mini excels is with questions you would ask Google search engine, including questions about traffic and distance, and general trivia, etc. It often takes Echo several tries, asking in different ways until a question is clear enough for the machine to understand. But the Home Mini usually gets it right away, and responds quicker (probably due to Google's experience with search engine and voice recognition technology.) For stuff like this, the Google product is great.
Initial integration with my Philips Hue lights and my Logitech Harmony was easier on the Amazon devices, and as I recall, Amazon didn't ask for as much personal info as the Google Home setup requires. I eventually figured out how to integrate Hue & Harmony with my Home Mini, but it wasn't nearly as intuitive as integration with the Amazon devices was. The Home Mini does seem quicker to change my lights (on/off, colors, dimming), than the Echo or Dot, though.
Having devices like this makes normal everyday mundane (and yes, easy) tasks like turning lights and TV on/off, changing TV channels and light colors, and setting timers/alarms even EASIER.
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
I love it!
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I've got Google homes all through my house. I love that I can listen to music and synch it across the speakers. I also love being able to tell it what to do remotely.
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
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Just as good as the full size
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I already have a Google Home and I wanted to add more thru the house, this worked out great. I bought 2 and I might by more. Just as functional as the full size unit.
This review is from Home Mini (1st Generation) - Smart Speaker with Google Assistant - Charcoal
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Google assistant
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Useful if you are into these kinds of devices
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If you like personal assistant devices, this one is really useful. We use it in combination with Chromecast and now our transformation to couch potatoes is complete.
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 assistant
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Love this google mini! The sound is great!!! Google is great for answering commands and also play music from different platforms. Great value and excellent purchase.
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
Google Home Mini is Amazing
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Google Home Mini is so awesome. You can play games like musical chairs, listen to music, get recipes, make a grocery moist, etc... It's a must have for every family.
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
I love google products
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This is the neatest thing! I love it. It wakes me up on time every morning and controls the nights on my fish tank (awesome!) So it keeps my fish and me very happy:)
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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Price
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Very cool addition to the home network
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A very cost-effective way to upgrade the functionality of the home network with a human natural language interface to information and entertainment at a great price.
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, Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Google home is your friend!
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I bought four of these little guys to put around the home for my elderly mother. She enjoys streaming music on them and asking for the time and weather. She also uses them to turn on and off the Philips Hue smart-lights that I bought together with these devices. I would recommend the Google Home Mini to anyone looking to find a smart device for a reasonable price.
This review is from Home Mini (1st Generation) - Smart Speaker with Google Assistant - Coral
I would recommend this to a friend
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Sound quality
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Still not a completely finished product.
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Very well built and the sound quality actually exceeded my expectations. The Google Assistant however still seems like a work in progress and can not answer questions asking for a comparison between things or questions asking for a review.
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
Perfect for the office
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I've only had the Google home for a couple weeks, however it's perfect size for my home office. Clear sound and up to date on weather and news. Definitely recommend.
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 and handy
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I bought this as an alternative to Alexa and have not been disappointed at all. I find the mini home to be a nice addition to my nightstand using it for alarms adding events to my calendar, checking the weather and other useful reminders!
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 addition to Google home
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I think this compliments the main Google home speaker very nicely. You can use it to voice command Chromecast and as a one way intercom to talk throughout the house.
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
Great addition to Google home
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I think this compliments the main Google home speaker very nicely. You can use it to voice command Chromecast and as a one way intercom to talk throughout the house.
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
Does the job
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This is my second google home system. I love the $129 version better, but this does the job for the money. Definitely a must buy as an add on to an additional room.
This review is from Home Mini (1st Generation) - Smart Speaker with Google Assistant - Chalk