Customer Ratings & Reviews

I use this home mini as my alarm, also to control my Phillips hue bulbs, vizio tv, and it's a good sounding speaker. Sometimes you have to repeat the command multiple times and sometimes it's not accurate but it does evolve over time. Overall it's a great price point at $29 it's a fully functional speaker and Google Home assistant. The only thing is that it's a stationary station. Meaning it does not have a portable battery feature, it has to be plugged in at all times.

Takes up so little desk space, sounds great and easy to setup!

The Google Mini was a great addition to the Home family. For being as small as it is the speaker is pretty good. I have the Google Home as well and the thing the mini is lacking when playing music is bass. If you are looking for this to be your main music speaker in the room you are putting it in I would definitely consider getting the Google Home instead. However if you already have one of those this is a great extension to expand in to other rooms of your house at a reasonable cost. Also if you have multiple you can use them to broadcast messages throughout your home similar to a intercom. For example you can say "Hey Google, broadcast It is time for dinner" It will then play that message on all your Google Home / mini devices. To note the functionality of the Google mini is identical to the Google Home. They both use the same app on your phone and both can process all of the same commands. The major difference is the speaker.

We have had the Google home since it first came out and loved it. These mini's are perfect for placing in kitchens and bedrooms to use as alarm clocks, timers or just listening to music. They are not as robust sounding as the larger Home devices but have great sound quality nonetheless. For the price, placing these all around the home and creating a small group for all allows you to listen and not miss a beat when going from room to room. Definitely recommend these!

I haven't mastered many commands, but it's really convenient to set the alarm, and re-set it to snooze a bit longer without getting out of bed. Setup was easy, and re-setting up when I changed my wi-fi was also very easy. I wish the description of my commute was a little more detailed (i.e. google only tells me which route to take and approx how long it will take. It doesn't give locations of road accidents or other relevant info). And I don't use pandora or spotify. So it will play a specific song or artist in my library or Google Play, but if I ask for a playlist (say most popular pop songs), it's often stumped if a playlist with that specific name doesn't already exist in Google Play. I assume its AI will improve over time. Still very pleased with it for $30.

I'm a big-time fan of internet radio - and I've got a few Squeezebox Radios in my collection - but as of late, IHeart Radio stations have blocked their streams via Squeezebox - and IHeart streams a substantial number of stations I listen to. I searched for alternatives to the Squeezebox so I could listen to as much as possible that's being streamed out there - they're becoming more difficult to find - and in my search I came across the Amazon Echo Dot and Google Home Mini. They both allowed access to services such as IHeart - TuneIn - Pandora - and more. And at a much more affordable price than any of the alternate internet radios on the market. My Squeezebox has a 6-station memory - while the Home Mini allows pretty much a limitless memory - based on how much my own memory can recall when asking it to 'Hey, Google, play ..... ' Beyond the radio capabilities, the other features it offers to answer questions and all the rest - it's a pretty amazing little item. Sounds quite nice - offers plenty of features - and tunes in a ton of stations - if you want an internet radio that keeps up with the advance of where radio conglomerates are to be found, this is a very sound choice.

great product very easy setup , loud speaker and easy to use

I love this little guy. It's a lot cheaper than the original Google Home or even the original Amazon Echo and it has no trouble understanding me or my grandfather for the most part. I mostly use it to plan out my day such as asking it for the weather, but it can even tell me what Pokemon evolve into and silly things like that. The speaker isn't the greatest and I wish it could aux out to a better speaker or at least bluetooth to one. Overall, a great purchase!

Ok, so i bought this because a guy at work had one and i thought it was pretty cool that he was checking on sports scores and weather reports and playing his spotify on etc.. i downloaded the app on my phone which was quick and painless then synced it with my gmail and spotify account while checking and adjusting settings for the device. About using the google mini, I like that you can check the weather, time, set a timer, ask simple questions and do mad libs etc.. I dont like that a long question gets a "i can not answer that right now, I am still learning" answer from the device. Also i didn;t like that another android user can pause or start the song you were playing via their phone. Hopefully just a missed setting on my part. Hopefully that will change in time. It seems to answer basic math questions easily and can answer info on places around town like hours of operation etc. We were sitting around one night just talking and all of a sudden the google home mini just said "Cool" out of the blue which was pretty odd so i unplug mine when not using it. The kids like asking it to play songs which i am kind of confused about. I was under the impression it only answered to the owners voice but maybe this is a setting i missed somewhere. All in all its a pretty cool device and i am still figuring things out about it so i would recommend this item to a friend. Hoping in the future it can answer longer questions like talking to google on your phone does. If not i will just use it to play spotify on at work and check simple answers like i originally intended it to be used for. There is quite a bit you can do like chrome casts and lighting in your house settings but they require other adapters etc which i just havent got to explore as of yet...

This is a fantastic item, especially for the price. Much louder and clearer then the Echo Dot with more helpful responses thanks to the google artificial intelligence. We already owned a regular Google home and this works exactly the same with a smaller speaker, We now have one in each bedroom in the house. Very happy with the purchase.

This speaker is great. The price point is a bargain. The sound is small, but robust for the form factor. The Google Assistant is fairly intuitive and answers most questions and commands correctly on the first go around. Simple to set up and fun to use. Good starting point for anyone looking to dip their toes into the smart speaker pool.

We love it for search! We have had Alexa (echo dot) for about a year and use this to control are home and integrate a lot of skills, but let's face it she is terrible at search. We love just to be able to ask what we normally would google and for the price you can't go wrong. A couple of other real nice things are the fact the weather is simple unless you ask for more detail and when asking for detailed information like recipes it will walk you through allowing you to say next or go back. Alexa just sends it to your app. If your serious about a smart home you need both, if you want home automation go with alexa (also she has a better sense of humor) but if you want information and a better speaker and a small profile you must have google mini.

Take this with a grain of salt because I'm pretty heavily invested in the Amazon Alexa system. I picked the Home Mini up when it was on sale over the Thanksgiving weekend so it was $30 and Best Buy tossed in a $10 gift card. Call it an extremely nerdy impulse buy :) The setup was easy as could be and as compared to when I set up my Alexas, the Home is much easier. It only took a minute or so and I didn't have to change the WiFi on my phone which is always nice. My first complaint is "Ok Google". Say it out loud. My tongue fumbles over it every time. I don't use it on my Samsung phone for that very reason. The Alexa has a few alert word options - Alexa, Echo, and Computer, all of which are much easier to say. My house is also overflowing with Philips Hue lights, all of which I can control through the various Alexas I've got. I tried setting up home automation with the Home and things sort of ground to a halt. To date I haven't had any luck with it but to be fair it's the pre-holidays so things have been hectic and I haven't really given it any additional time. I'd say that if you're already an Alexa user that the Home may be too late for you. If you're dipping your toes into smart speakers and home automation it's worth a look. Especially if they let you change it from "Ok Google" :)

The google home is far superior to the echo devices. More functionality, integrates well with google services (calendar, traffic, shopping lists, etc). I'd like to see more cellular services (text messaging, answer calls) and alarms and timers across all speakers, not just the one you start them on. Sound on the Google Home speakers is a bit better than the Mini, but we're using a combination of both to play music throughout every room in the house.

The google home is far superior to the echo devices. More functionality, integrates well with google services (calendar, traffic, shopping lists, etc). I'd like to see more cellular services (text messaging, answer calls) and alarms and timers across all speakers, not just the one you start them on. Sound on the Google Home speakers is a bit better than the Mini, but we're using a combination of both to play music throughout every room in the house.

This one is simple: If you already invested in a few Amazon products like the Fire Stick and Echo and Echo Dot/Show/Spot, then keep using those products. If you use Google products like the Play Music subscription, Chromecast and the Google Assistant, then using the Google Home might be a better solution. I previously had 3 Echo dot around my house but found my self wanting to make the most use out of my Chromecast and Music subscription. Seeing as only Google supports their own music service, I replaced the Dots with some Home Minis. Setup was very easy. Use the Google Home app and it will find the Home Mini like a Chromecast. You can then set up additional features and link other accounts. If you do home automation, this is when you link your hub and create rooms and place your switches and sensors in each rooms. The Home is better than Echo dot at understanding what you want. It also can recognize your voice a lot better that the Echo. While Amazon, has had their products for a long time, Google clearly wins when it comes to being the best assistant. The speakers on the Home mini are much louder than an Echo Dot. And I mean much much louder. The difference is incredible. I used to run the Echo do on max volume and it was pretty disappointing. With the Home mini, even at half volume, it is kind of loud. It'll do much better at playing music. I do wish that the Home Mini would take a USB-C to power but since the power supply is included, it doesn't really bother me that much. Overall, this is a good device for use with home automation and playing music and being loud in general. I prefer it a lot more over the Echo Dot and I will probably get a 4th one for the guest room.

Love my Google Home Mini! It's comes in handy and helps me wake up in the morning (alarms). It's convenient because I don't have to keep walking towards my phone that's charging while I'm at the other side of the room. Instead, I can talk to Google and ask my question. The sound quality for the music is great, too. No complaints.

great price knows what your asking small easy to setup

Great speaker to use for group listening. Easy to set up and use. Cheap for price and compatible with many devices. Can be used with older and newer models

I did not know how simpler life becomes once I started transitioning my home to a Smart Home. From turning the Christmas Tree on to changing the house thermostat temperature by a simple voice command. I highly recommend this nifty inexpensive speaker. The Google Home mini is a great gift for any family member or friends!!!