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 3 out of 5 stars
Not a great assistant yet
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Gets confused, doesn't understand a lot of things.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Rated 1 out of 5 stars
It was bought as a Christmas gift for a friend.
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I bought this to give as a Christmas gift to give to a friend
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 3 out of 5 stars
Nice for a home addition
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Its nice new and works great with multiple applicence
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 3 out of 5 stars
Ok product
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Bought this with hopes of using a lot. Very rarely use it.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Rated 3 out of 5 stars
great!
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Great! but no support for other languages so it's annoying.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 3 out of 5 stars
Great for music while doing homework
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Great and convenient to have while doing homework.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 1 out of 5 stars
Poor quality
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Poor quality about the product and Best Buy, doesn't work
No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Rated 3 out of 5 stars
Good beginning mini
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Good beginning mini but you need more for full home use
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 5 out of 5 stars
Great Device
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Works great - Better than I expected actually.
Sound quality for this mini speaker is awesome, also giving commands when listening to music (I use Pandora) works great.
I setup IFTTT and now I can control all my Belkin power switches,
I also fond out I can link the Netflix account and can "Call up" movies on Netflix to play on my Chrome cast.
This thing is getting better and better. - Just let's hope they keep the promise with the privacy. BUT in case you want the 100% privacy unplug it from power - DONE!
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 3 out of 5 stars
Okay
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So far this has not been a great must-have purchase!
This review is from Home Mini (1st Generation) - Smart Speaker with Google Assistant - Charcoal
No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Rated 1 out of 5 stars
Poorly designed software
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Games cannot be played. Not known errors always occur.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Rated 2 out of 5 stars
Didn't last more than 10 months
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Posted . Owned for 10 months when reviewed.
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After 10 months of enjoy it and thinking of buy more for the rest of my house, it start turning off itself for a week, and now is just off, neither unplug or reset or anything worked, so today i said bye bye google and maybe try echo dot.
This review is from Home Mini (1st Generation) - Smart Speaker with Google Assistant - Charcoal
No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Rated 3 out of 5 stars
Bought for the kids
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Set up a bit hard but the kids love the speaker in it
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 2 out of 5 stars
Its ok for 30 bucks, wouldnt spend more for it.
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I purchased this for i believe around 30 bucks on sale and that might be to high, I had the original google home and comparing to this one makes the mini look like crap. The mini sound quality is horrible and microphones arent as good, it never hears me.
This review is from Home Mini (1st Generation) - Smart Speaker with Google Assistant - Charcoal
No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Rated 3 out of 5 stars
Google
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Google mini is awesome and I enjoy having it around
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
The Mini is a great little speaker
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I already have the bigger Home device, so I just wanted to extend the capabilities of the Google Assistant throughout my home. This Mini does a great job with that, and the sound quality is better than expected. It is not as good as the bigger Home device, but it is certainly better than a smart phone. I can listen to this Mini for hours for casual music or podcasts without irritating my ears! I hung mine in the bathroom, using a universal tool hook from the Dollar Tree (see pic). Works great so far. I notice one reviewer said they used IFTTT to control their Belkin switches. Well, I have one Belkin Wemo switch and it works fine without IFTTT. I enabled and connected the Wemo switch right from within the Google Home app. I've very happy with this Mini.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 3 out of 5 stars
Doesn’t do much
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I bought one because my daughter did. Not 2 great.
This review is from Home Mini (1st Generation) - Smart Speaker with Google Assistant - Charcoal
No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Rated 2 out of 5 stars
Smarter eco systems
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
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Honestly from the setup to the usability thus far hasn’t been pleasant. The user experience is frustrating during initial setup trying to configure security for services. If it wasn’t free/bundle I wouldn't purchase separately.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Rated 1 out of 5 stars
Does not work with #1 Home accessory
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Known Google Glitch for 2 years now will keep this from working with Phillips Hue lights. If you disconnect the Hue lights and try to put to another Google account, it will render them un-connectable in their system. It will even crash the Google Home app every time you reconnect them. (tried on multiple devices) Google couldn't figure it out for an hour with them. Their solution is to use IFTT to make them work. Got an Apple HomePod. It works with Hue lights.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Rated 2 out of 5 stars
NOT GOOD - LASTED 4 MONTHS
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Posted . Owned for 4 months when reviewed.
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We have 5 other Google Mini's in the house. We got this in December and now it's done. The port for the power connector is faulty. Dead.
Unless mfg or Best Buy replaces it, we won't be replacing it.
NO BUENO