Customer Ratings & Reviews

I was a bit hesitant on picking up another assistance device. I have 2 Echo Dot and was kind of disappointed that it could not go out to the internet and look up answers to my questions. I've done my research on the Home mini and bit the bullet. Got home, set it up and was pretty amazed at how straightforward it is to set up the device. Connect it to your wifi, say "Ok, Google," "Hey Google" a few times and bam! All Done. I also connected my Philips Hue device to the Home app. I'm amazed at how well it picks up sounds. Even in a noisy environment. My Echo Dot couldn't even pick up my voice; even in multiple locations. I put the Mini through my test. Asked it a few questions that the Echo couldn't answer and the Mini didn't break a sweat. The mini answered all my questions. Initially, this is what I was looking for. I'll be replacing my existing solution shortly! The speakers on the Google Home MIni is so much better than the Dot. You can actually play some music with better clarity than the Dot. Bass is lacking but it's doable. I'm very surprised. If you want a Home Assistance device, pick this up over the Echo Dot. It's so much better and you can do so much more than the Echo lineup.

Google Home Mini is a versatile miniature rendition of Google Home with a smaller, yet surprisingly good sounding speaker. Similar to it's larger sibling, simply call out "OK Google" or "Hey Google" and speak your request. The strong suit, not surprising, for this Google assistant, is to address a question that can be answered by Google search engine. That is where it really shines & blows away it's competition. For this reason I recommend owning at least one of these or one of the full sized Google Home, if you prefer. If you already own a competitive virtual assistant, I recommend you buy this Google Home Mini. Owning both one or more Google Home Mini's and a competitive assistant make perfect sense. Each has a specialty and can do specific tasks better than the other. Owning BOTH offers you the best of both worlds. In addition to voice controls (that I prefer), tap the top to pause or resume music playback, and you can tap and hold to activate the Assistant. To adjust the volume, you tap the sides of the device. Or best yet, simply SPEAK your command! I recommend the Google Home Mini!

Bought my google home mini with my Father’s Day gift money at what I believe was a good price. It can’t answer all of your questions, but it provides quick, easy access to a huge amount of information, and it even tells jokes (even if some of them are pretty corny). Speaker sound is good quality, unit is easy to set up, and it is useful for children as well as grown-ups.

I own amazon echo dot and now Google home mini. I must say this is truely amazing. Fast and smarter than any other smart speaker. It is ideal to keep on bedside table. Sound quality is average but it's very good for it's size. I usually control my TV via Chromecast and it works like a charm. I also use it's reminder and alarm clock function. Highly recommended product.

Purchased one of these for myself because, I mean why not, everyone else was. Got it home and thought "Ughhh how hard is this going to be to setup" So I turned on the shower for it to warm up and in 45 seconds had the thing playing music. Was one of the most simple processes I have ever had to do. Now I use it each morning to "Hello Google, Play Wake UP Music" and it just always picks great jams for my shower in the morning, actually changes how you leave the house looking forward to the day. Ended up purchasing 2 more, one for sister in law and one for parents for xmas gifts. I was a hero.

I have the Echo Dot, and Alexa is too dumb for me. Simple questions she doesn't know how to help. Google Home Mini impressed me so far. The speaker is more deep and louder the competition.

I am really loving my Google mini it's in my bedroom we are working together we are learning one another I am having a real great time it's been a real help since I'm back in school with some of my school work and I've also set up my music programmed it to my TV wonderful little gift

Google Home Mini is a versatile miniature rendition of Google Home with a smaller, yet surprisingly good sounding speaker. Similar to it's larger sibling, simply call out "OK Google" or "Hey Google" and speak your request. The strong suit, not surprising, for this Google assistant, is to address a question that can be answered by Google search engine. That is where it really shines & blows away it's competition. For this reason I recommend owning at least one of these or one of the full sized Google Home, if you prefer. If you already own a competitive virtual assistant, I recommend you buy this Google Home Mini. Owning both one or more Google Home Mini's and a competitive assistant make perfect sense. Each has a specialty and can do specific tasks better than the other. Owning BOTH offers you the best of both worlds. In addition to voice controls (that I prefer), tap the top to pause or resume music playback, and you can tap and hold to activate the Assistant. To adjust the volume, you tap the sides of the device. Or best yet, simply SPEAK your command! I recommend the Google Home Mini!

This is exactly how anyone who wants a smart home should start. When you go off the reviews from youtubers and tech magazines they really try to say how bad is the speaker when that is not the point. I automated the majority of my eletrônica in my house in less then a hour and now I feel like I have a real assistant at home. For $29 now is the best gift for the holidays.

Started my Smarthome/apartment with the Philips Hue Light Kit (white kit) and ended up adding more color bulbs are well as light strips. Wanted something to control them all besides using my phone. Google Announced the Google Home Mini and with the holiday sale price only be $30 bucks I decided to buy three of them( one for the livingroom, Bathroom and Bedroom). I ended up enjoying them. Set up is very easy and simple. Setting scenes, Turing lights on or off and asking questions is a joy. Not to mention that it can make phone calls, set timers and alarms and it even tells you the latest news stories for the day just by saying “Hey Google, good morning”. It can also recognize my voice versus my girlfriends voice so if I said “play my new music play list” it will play the music from my account but if my girlfriend says the same thing it will play from her account. Not to mention that It connects to other smart devices like nest, cameras and many other things. It’s a great way to kick start your smarthome.

First off, I have been using the Eco Dot for a while. I mainly use it to listen to podcasts and music while I am working around the house. It is an ok device for listening to music but the speaker is a bit tinny. The Google Home mini speaker is way better. It does not rival the big brother Google Home in terms of sound quality but it has a much richer sounding speaker compared to the Dot... more bass, clearer sound. The Google Home mini mic can have a hard time hearing the hot word if you have the sound up really loud but I am guessing that will be fixed with a software update.

All I can say is wow! This little gadget has been making my life easier and easier each day. I been using the Google Home Mini for almost 2 months now, & I if tomorrow I woke up and it was gone I'd feel lost (the same feeling if you forgot your phone at home or didn't have it for a day). I would highly recommend it, especially if you live alone or leave town a lot because after adding a couple small excessories you can turn your lights, tv, or even control your security system with a simple app on your phone and people will think someone is home and hopefully deter the burglars away. I keep adding the my Google home and now my house is so smart it thinks it's too good for the neighborhood. I would highly recommend it, and it's easy to setup.

I have the regular google home, but this google mini does the job, and not because is small is not loud. No, the google mini it's loud and have a great sound, if you have more than one google home, you can stream music to all of them simultaneously and have that surround music effect. Great buy, great deal, can't go wrong with the google home mini.

We love it answers questions play music makes phone calls and more

I didn't want to spend much for a new freezer and this one went on sale at the right time. At 5 cubic feet, it is plenty big for what I need. I was surprised to see that it fit in my little Ford focus so I could bring it home instead of paying shipping.

bought this as a toy only, but now I am quite enjoying using it , be it for everyday info like, news, weather, latest news in a particular subject, city, country etc...and I like to listen to sports news so now I do not have to turn my phone for it or my computer, all I have to do is ask it to play a particular station in any city of any State..and now I am spoiled.. I will be upgrading to a bigger hub for bigger sound... it is a good starter piece for voice assistant device and not so expensive..

Good speaker quality, Good design, I don't need a prime account for access information or music and my chromecast interactive I love it

I’ve had an Alexa Echo for about a year now and the Home Mini is smarter, allowing multiple commands and more precise control. The only downside is you can’t connect a Bluetooth speaker. The only way to connect an external speaker is if it has a Chromecast.

The Mini does pretty much everything that the Google Home does minus expanded bass for playing music. If you're putting these in bedrooms it should suffice. I have basic connectivity with home automation and it's nice to be able to perform actions from a different room. I've had no problem with the Mini hearing me. For some reason when I'm closer to the Google Home the Mini will pick up sometimes. One knock is that it uses Micro USB instead of USB-C. It doesn't bother me that much now since I practically never move it. My frustration is mostly with the Google Assistant. When I try natural queries it doesn't understand what I'm asking. I suspect it'll get better over time. Another minor frustration is tapping the sides to change the volume is awkward. If you use many service in the Google ecosystem get this!

This google mini is very handy when your cooking cleaning or doing other things around the house & need to look something up but don't have time to stop & look things up on the phone so I will be referring this to family & friends