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:
Google assistant, Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Perfect Christmas present for my parents!
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Posted . Owned for 6 months when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
What do you get for a couple who has everything? A pair of Google Mini's that they didn't know they needed! My mom loves being able to listen to her music in bed, and both of them love the ability to broadcast to each other from opposite sides of their house.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Google assistant
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Smarter than Alexa
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Have both Amazon Echo and Google mini, great Black Friday price with 10 dollar Best Buy 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:
Size, Sound quality
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Nice addition to my kitchen
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I like my mini google. Bought it as a radio for my kitchen. It’s very unobtrusive. Doesn’t take up much room at all. Love the fact that I can just ask him to play my favorite music on pandora. Also ask him almost any question I’m interested in and he answers me. Very politely too. Just like having a friend in the kitchen with lots of knowledge. Fun to have him there.
This review is from Home Mini (1st Generation) - Smart Speaker with Google Assistant - Charcoal
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 3 out of 5 stars
Prefer alexa
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As an owner of an echo dot I bought the google mini to see how they compare. The biggest difference is that this doesn't have a port for an aux jack so you can't plug in a speaker. Also it has blue tooth, just not the ability to connect to an external speaker like Alexa does. I also find the selection of free music from google play isn't as a wide variety as the free amazon music. Google is definitely louder volume wise, just not sound quality. My vote is Alexa over google
No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great speaker
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Posted . Owned for 10 months when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
I have both google assistant speakers and a amazon tap ever since I got a free google assistant speakers I have always found it far superior to the alexa app it is way clearer and the all works with my other electronics a lot better.
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 4 out of 5 stars
I recommend this product
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Easy to handle and set up it’s a fun device. I just set mine up so it’s waking me up in the morning, I know I’ll be using it for a lot more things later on.
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
Easy to set up
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I got my speaker set up and linked to my Wi-Fi in minutes. It's very responsive and user friendly
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
Great addition to the kitchen
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Good addition to our kitchen. Works well as a speaker for pandora and also for getting quick answers to questions. My 6-year old son enjoys asking it things
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Ease of use
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Good home assistant
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Google home is very easy to setup and use. Voice command for everything in my smart home. Very convenient for quicker access to content. Highly recommended.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Sound quality
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
works good for something so small.
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It works and sounds better than I could imagine. it is amazing your quickly it responds to a question or request. It can do anything the larger size can do.
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 4 out of 5 stars
Good product for the price
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First experience with anything smart-home related. Loving this mini so far. We have added smart bulbs in three of our rooms and makes it so much easier for the younger kids to turn the lights on. If I had to point out one con is that you can't disconnect from the wall at any time.
Also, Best Buy shipped quickly and FREE!!! It was here within 2 days of ordering :)
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Awesome!
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Great product. It took me less than 10 minutes to set up and use. It is great for home automation
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
Great Smart Home Device
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Very happy with how easy this is to setup and with the way it works with other Smart Home devices
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Ease of use
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
You need one to go with Google Home
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I am happy we got this. It is so easy to use with Google Home. I don't know why I waited so long.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Size
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
No issue with Google
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I love the Google mini. it's just like my Google home, except smaller!
Very happy with 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
Very Neat Assistant
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I have 4 google home mini's in my house, seems useful and great for music playing on the network.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Ease of use, Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
You need one!
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Posted . Owned for 4 months when reviewed.
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I've bought two for home, and given this one out as a gift.
You can practically use it for anything, news, music, timers, directions etc.
It's basically the advantage of asking questions (googling) without your phone.
Turns on the lights etc.
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 speaker
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I love my Google home. I use both Alexa and GH, GH gives better answers, hears better, and is easier set up. I prefer GH bc it doesn't randomly listen and start speaking when you aren't asking it to which I dislike strongly about alexa. I definitely recommend GH
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Ease of use
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Amazing Product
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Incredibly easy to setup and works great! Probably going to buy another while the price is right!
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Size
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great Google Product
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I like the size of the mini, I can set it down pretty much anywhere and not take up lots of room.
This review is from Home Mini (1st Generation) - Smart Speaker with Google Assistant - Charcoal