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
Great smart home addition.
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My Google Mini is a great addition to my smart home gadgets. It works with some of the devices that don’t work with iOS. I got at a great price on Black Friday.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Awesome Little Device
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I was looking for a blue-tooth speaker and noticed this one instead. First did not quite get what it was and bought just to play music. Surprise, surprise; once I set it up I simply learned it could do much more than just playing music. Now I can ask the weather in the morning, turn on or off my TV (with Chromecast), translate to other languages when guests from other countries are visiting and have little English, use it as a speaker phone when I make phone calls, and much more. I love this thing.
PS: For those worried about privacy, there is a hard wired switch to turn the mic off.
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
Great voice recognition device for the price
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At $19 during Black Friday the google mini is a great voice recognition device for the price. It has a decent speaker (requires chromecast audio to play on external speakers), and seems to understands more commands than Amazon Echo.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Ease of use
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Perfect gift for anyone who is on the go.
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I would recommend this to everyone for the very busy lifestyle that could use an extra helping hand or voice haha in a hurry don't have time to get on your phone you just talk say OK GOOGLE give me directions to Kansas City Missouri
I would recommend this to a friend
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Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Love it!
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Bought this as a Christmas present for my husband. We love it! We set it up this morning and have been playing with it since. No issues and the sound is great!
I would recommend this to a friend
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Sound quality
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Great for price
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We have an Alexa Dot and a Google Mini. The Google Mini by far has a superior speaker. Also, the Google Play Music without commercials is a major plus. I do find, however, that Alexa Dot has a better time understanding our commands.
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
My First Smart Speaker
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My very first smart speak and I'm in love. So easy to use and interact with it. I'm able to watch my TV without using a remote. So simple and very nice design.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Big Fun in a little package
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I bought these as gifts after having received one myself. The sound quality for a small unit is awesome. It's fun to see what Google knows vs what Alexa knows.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great for any age
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Product it's simply amazing upon entering the house the Google mini picks up my choice right away with it's amazing voice recognition and seamless connectivity.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Ease of use
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great!!
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I am so glad I purchased the Google Mini.I was going to get Echo I am so glad I didn’t.The Google Mini is very easy to set up and I also purchased the lights!!
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Awesome
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I bought the Google home and 2 minis before I got this. I love the color of it. It is honestly an amazing tool to smarten your house. Definitely appreciate it.
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 home assistant
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Easy to setup, I use it each morning to get drive time to temperature. I love it so much I got another for the bedroom to use as alarm clock & other functions.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Good and smart
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It controls all my smart home devices by simply voice command and it does really good job. I purchased several units in all bedrooms, living room, and kitchen.
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 product
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This is a great device that is easy to set up and that is surprisingly convenient to have around. Just say "OK Google" and then state your command.Kids love it
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
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There sound is good, can play songs from YouTube. Doesn't make calls but i am ok with it. I bought Alexa when ut was 44$. Should have waited till Thanksgiving!
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Very smart little device
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I bought on black friday and loved it so much i bought another. Then my brother in law bought two also. It responds very well to voice despite backgound noises
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Enjoyable
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I took mine back because I just don't have many smart home products. I would recommend Google Home Mini to any who has a lot smart home products. Once I expand my smart home devices I will be purchasing it again. Keep it up Google.
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
Great way to access Google Assistant
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The Home Mini is surprisingly loud for such a small device. Comparatively, it's much louder I feel than the Amazon Echo Dot, which I was using prior to the Home Mini. I also feel it's much more attractive looking than the Echo Dot.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Sound quality
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Bluetooth
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Good smart speaker
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I was really excited to receive this after hearing so much about it. As reviewed by many, the speaker sounds a bit better than the Echo (by Amazon). It also seems a little more 'intelligent', more natural in the way it answers you questions. Of course, it uses Google to find the answers for you (vs. Bing for Echo). However, I was disappointed that it doesn't offer connection via Bluetooth to another speaker. I know the Alexa can do that. And it doesn't have output connections either to attach another (better/larger) speaker.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Cool thing to have
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This is a nice thing to have at home...handy, however Google needs to push updates to their systems. If you have your work calendar is on outlook and synced to your iPhone calendar, this device won’t be able to access it. It can only access the google calendar. All corporates will not let their employees sync their work calendars to personal calendars for data privacy issues, and rightly so. It does not yet work completely with android TVs. It will play from YouTube on your tv however it will not be able to access your Netflix if you are using an android tv. The voice quality on the phone for the receiver of he call is choppy at times. Not always. Having said that, for th price, it still is a good buy. I think it’s just a matter of time that google figures out the game and makes the updates.