Customer Ratings & Reviews

does what it suppose to do, have it connected to my lights and if want to listen to music. It plays it and if you don't have your cellphone on you. You can let Google call for you.

Fun to have around the house. Does some useful and handy things. Hopeful that other devices will come on board that will communicate with this like the Amazon Echo. So far, pretty limited. Speaker is decent sound and it blends into the decor.

I love this smart tech that I added to my home. absolutley love it!

One of the best items we bought for ourselves in a long time.

I have one in the living room and this one is in the bedroom.

Impressed with the sound of speaker. Especially the bass. It's as I expected after reading reviews and articles. I love the overall design too. White, simple and sleek. Thanks Google for great speaker that also smart technology beyond Bluetooth.

good tool to have for everyday life. New toy for the new year

Google home is great, especially if you have a GMAIL account.

I love google home. Its the latest addition to my smart home suite.

For what it is, the Google Home is a decent voice activated speaker using the Google Assistant. Set up was easy. Plug in the cord, download the Google Home app on your phone or tablet, open it, and it sets itself up. This is the same Google Assistant that is found on the pixel phone. If you're familiar with that, then you know to say “Okay Google” to begin querying the Assistant. The Assistant is excellent at performing searches, but that is expected since Google was first developed as a search engine. It was able to tell me about the events I had in my Google calendar, the local weather forecast, the traffic, and news. I was able to create a shopping list, set an alarm, and set a timer. I had the Assistant tell me some jokes, riddles, and poems. I got it to translate phrases into several foreign (French, German, Spanish, Mandarin, Korean) languages. I'm sure it can translate more languages, but those are the only ones I tried. I had the Assistant spell words, define words, perform math functions like simple addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. It was also able to handle some math functions I threw at it such as the square root and cube roots of a number, squaring a number, and trigonometric functions. There are some things the Assistant cannot help with such as providing detailed directions to get to a location, making reservations at a restaurant, checking and reading your g-mail to you; but I'm sure that given enough time and technology these things will be integrated into the Assistant in future iterations of the Google Home. Presently, the Google Home is able to play music from Google Play, YouTube, Spotify, and Pandora. I had it play music from Pandora. It was able to change stations upon my voice command. I also had the Assistant raise and lower the volume from my voice. The speakers on the Google Home are tuned more toward the mid-range frequencies. Bass is very good for a speaker this size, but it is clearly lacking in the highs and treble. Volume is able to fill a medium size room. This is not a bluetooth speaker. There is no bluetooth connection. It can connect to Google Chromecast, Nest, Philips Hue, IFTTT to take advantage of the full capabilities of the smart home. I do not have smart devices in my home yet, so I was unable to test out this feature. The Google Assistant can also play some games. It can play madlibs, lucky trivia, spin the wheel, and crystal ball, which would be great entertainment when you have guests over at your home. Overall, the Google Home is a very useful device to have around in the home when you don't feel like reaching for your smart phone or for situations around the home where it is not convenient to hold your smart phone. For example, you may be in the kitchen in the middle of preparing a meal and your hands are messy, and you want to turn on some music or control your smart thermostat, the Assistant can do that for you. Or if you want to jot down a shopping list and don't have a pen and paper handy, just dictate it to the Assistant. I can see myself using the Google Home more and more everyday. I just have to get used to talking out loud to myself!

It responds well to my voice and others in the house. You can ask it to answer questions and perform a number of functions but so far its rather limited. I really just want it to work with netflix and I understand that is coming soon.

It gets some time to get used to using it but once you do it's fun.

This is one of the great offers given by best buy.i loved the item.

My wife and I couldnt be more happier with this purchase. Offers comprehensive answers to most question. Has excellent sound quality for music and can even connect to any speaker with blue-tooth technology.

I had a Google Home Mini, which I moved to another room and now use this smart speaker as my primary Google Assistant device. Music sounds great and it provides funny jokes on demand.

This is a cool gadget to play around with. It's basically just running your tablet through voice commands instead of with icons. My one complaint is if you want to play specific YouTube content you need to subscribe to their paid service.

Google home's first attempt into the voice market is off to a good start. I like the speaker and as time goes on you will be able to integrate more of you techy home projects. I also own the Echo and will do a better comparison as time goes on.

I gave this to my 87 year old mother for Christmas, and she absolutely loves it! Mom is very tech-savvy and lives alone, and "Hey Google" is an easy way to find out just about anything, and it's a fun companion for her.

We love having any song, and I mean "any song", on the kitchen counter. All we do is ask Google to play it and she does. And we and our grandkids have a complete reference library at our fingertips. A great addition to our home.

This works great! Would definitely recommend this to anyone!