Customer Ratings & Reviews

I received my home mini and setup was a breeze. The speaker is clear and loud especially for its size.

Love this thing, the speaker quality is amazing and Google Assistant is far more advanced than Alexa.

Having owned multiple Echo devices for several years I wanted to give Google Home a try. The Mini works well but like the Echo doesn't always know the answer to questions. The success rate to answering questions is a bit better than the Echo devices. As far as interfacing with other devices, I think Google has some catching up to with Amazon. Overall all I am satisfied with my purchase but probably wouldn't have purchased it if it wasn't on sale and included at Best Buy gift card.

It is just like my bigger one but for a lot cheaper. The speaker on it is ok but freak for the price.

Google Home Mini is so easy to use. It really does make life easier and we don’t even use all the potential functions it has. We only have one lamp in the bedroom so once I’m comfy I can tell it to turn off the light. I didn’t even have to set it up to my phone or download the app for it to connect seemlessly to my iPhone Spotify, and even continues playing if I accidentally let my phone dies. I can even ask it to play a certain genre without selecting it on my phone and it does it. It tells me my local weather when I’m deciding what to wear in the morning and answers a lot of questions much better than Siri does. Never had an issue and we also use it with our Nest Thermostat. This is our second one, we originally just had one in the kitchen and could still give it commands all the way from the bedroom. You can adjust the volume as well so it’s not too loud in the bedroom, but can get it loud enough to jam out while doing chores. :)

We’ve purchased a total of 10 of these to create an entire whole house wireless speaker system with one in each room. It’s super convenient to be able to ask Google for information or weather or to just play music anywhere. Simple to use and setup with a great price point.

I bought a Google Home Mini and was excited to compare it to the Echo Dot. Google Home outperformed the Echo in a couple ways. 1. The sound quality was significantly better. 2. Google Assistant is simply smarter, and produces better information. BUT, the Google Home Mini cannot currently connect to external speakers via bluetooth. This was a deal breaker for me, and it broke my heart to have to return it. Why does this matter? Well, the Google Home is stationary as it plugs into the wall. So, I had it plugged into my bedroom. I frequently connect my Echo to an external speaker and take the speaker into the bathroom as I shower or get ready for the day. It works wonderfully. But Google doesn't let you do this. It was annoying enough for me that I couldn't justify keeping it, as I use it in that scenario so often. So for now I'm back to my Echo Dot - which does connect to my bluetooth speaker.

I bought 2 of these to put in different rooms and the setup was very easy. Google is still learning, but it integrated with my other Smartthings well. It's pretty cool to just yell at Google to play music by whatever artist I want to hear at the moment :) *note, it doesn't seem to be capable of playing the same thing simultaneously in different rooms - no whole home stereo effect. It can play different things simultaneously though.

The google home mini does everything we want it to...controls lights, the tv, the google chromecast, etc. Within minutes of unboxing we were using it to make life easier. Honestly we have been trying different approaches in different areas of the house, google n the bedroom, Apple in the keeping room and Alexa in basement just to see which works. So far google is making my wife happy because it’s so easy. Ultimate verdict yet to come.

I am using google home to control my living room lights and Nest thermostat and when ever I feel bored I ask few questions which is great to get an answer rather than opening a phone and typing. Very easy to install and connect all the devices. Good to have one in each floor so they talk to each other from one room to other. Google is still in a process to advance lot of information on this device, lot of work to do from their end.

Setup is a breeze. Works with LOTS of different products including Hue lighting and Harmony remotes

I love how its so small but very loud .did you know if your phone is dead you still can play music

Sounds profile is good for a small speaker. Picks up voice detection really well. Very inexpensive

Both my wife and I got our own Easy to use Nice to listen to music just by a simple voice command.

Plays music, easy to setup, and fun to play with. Even understands what I'm saying when I'm drunk.

This goes great with the google home or even by itself! It's the must have device for your home!

I have both the Google Home Mini and the Amazon Echo Dot. They really are pretty similar and do basically all the same things. I'm left with a feeling of what's the real purpose of them though. They do several things well, but nothing that there aren't other avenues to do the same thing. I fell for the hype that because this device was part of the Google network it would be so much better at answering questions. Maybe a bit, but not enough to buy it over any other just for that possibility. It's still pretty danged easy to stump it and be told it's working on learning how to do that.

We've had so much fun with our Google Mini. It's amazing how fast she is to respond to our questions (even from a long way across the room Mini can catch our voice). My youngest has a speech impairment yet Mini can make out generally everything he is asking. It makes us have a good sense of humor to his impairment sometimes when Mini gets his question a bit misunderstood, innocent little giggles from time to time. On the other hand it helps him to stop then use his speech therapy skills to enunciate better. I think some days that is why he is using it... so he can keep improving. There's very few questions that are unanswerable that we've asked so far. Pretty easy and straightforward to set up. I definitely recommend getting the product. We lucked out and bought it on Black Friday for a great price. Also bought several more for my siblings. I can't wait to find out how their families are enjoying them. Hope as much as my own has enjoyed our new tech gadget.

Read that the mini may have fewer “skills” than Alexa, but it looks so much better than the Dot. Sound is impressive from such a small package. Easy to setup.

It's a great compact device that has decent enough speakers to fill up a room with music, news, or hear broadcasts. It's definitely a wonderful addition if you already have some other Google home/devices around. Can easily make your home into a smart home.