Customer Ratings & Reviews

I got this on sale at Christmas, and it sounds better than the first generation Home Mini that my daughters have. However, we cannot both play music from the same Google Play music account at the same time even with music that I own. They say that this is industry standard, but it still seems crazy to me since if I owned multiple CDs and two CD players, I could definitely listen in more than one room at the same time. Also, if you don't have a YouTube Music subscription, you can't request particular songs even if you own them. If I ask it to play "Hot Blooded" by Foreigner, it will reply with something along the lines of, "That song is only available for YouTube Music subscribers, but here is a playlist based on Foreigner." I can, however, use a phone and the cast feature to send a particular song to the Nest Mini, but then it becomes a little less useful than a Bluetooth speaker in the sound department since not all apps support this feature. In other areas, it excels, though. You can ask it for weather, news, or other any information that you would ask Google Assistant. Still, if I have to have my phone handy to cast music, I could just use the phone to ask questions...

Great sound, easy and fast setup. Speaker groups works way better than Alexa. No sound drop outs like I was getting with Echo and finally I can do Youtube Music to speaker groups!

Great product at a great price. Simple and reliable to use. Sound quality very good from a small speaker. I purchased it as a gift. I already have 3 in my own home. I highly recommend this product.

This was easy to set up and connect to my music streaming services, which I use it mostly for. Google easily recognizes my voice and made it simple to do everyday things.

Easy to setup and use. Loud for a small speaker and has good bass. Feels a bit heavier than the 1st generation. The soft touch plastic or rubber used for the bottom half of the speaker feels more premium than the previous Mini.

I bought two of these Nest Mini Smart Speakers. I love their sound and the ease of use. We keep one in the kitchen and another in the living room. Our Hub is in the bedroom. Great product

Love this thing - we have them all over the house. Controls our thermostat, robotic vacuum, plays music, answers questions, trivia, and we broadcast to get the kids out of bed!

Small yet powerful. Easy such with home app. Using as desktop speaker and does great job

I am enjoying my new Google Nest Mini more and more such that I have bought 2 more. The sound on this 2nd generation mini is much improved over the 1st generation version, and I have four of those. (Those 4 are retired, just like I am). I use my minis mostly for listening to music in my two bathrooms and in my dining room. I have one problem with them however. I have being using the new "Move Music" command as I move around my apartment. I can move music to my mins with no problem, but I can't move music from the minis. I don't know if I have a setting set wrong or if the mins have not been updated to execute this command. I think it is more likely a software problem. Hopefully this will be fixed soon. It is just a little frusrating. This coomand works just fine with my other Google devices. It is not the end of the world that the minis have this problem. I am working around it in the meantime.

This is the 4th mini we have in our house. We love being able to send messages to our kids using them and setting it to play music on 'whole house'. We also use them for timers, alarms, and turning Philips hue lights on/off.

Sounds great. very clear and loud when playing music

We purchased three of these as part of a home internet upgrade. As part of our Google Nest WiFi we’ve achieved whole home sound system that sounds great. Easy to set up and use. Would recommend to anyone.

Easy to install and use. Small and takes up little space.

I already had one, so I wanted another to pair to get stereo audio in my bedroom since setting up a true set of speakers or soundbar wasn't really an option. These work great for my purposes, but I do wish Google would do something to enable me to match the lag between audio and video on youtube so these wouldn't be up to 2 seconds behind videos. I've also noticed when I try to stream youtube content to the stereo pair that the pairing can fail without warning. Switching to Pandora, I never see that issue. Why would Pandora be seamless and a Google owned App break their own product? Beyond me.

Awesomely device, great for music, alarm, searching, easy to set up and manage.

Awesome little speaker that works so well with my home automation. It can play music with great sound and also change my lights, lock my door and work as an alarm clock and calendar. For the price point it’s a great buy!

Bought for the offices at work for everyone and they were a hit! The setup was super easy (even for those who had to create a google account) and the sound quality is great considering the price!

I have this hooked up in the bathroom and is great for listening to music or podcasts while getting ready for work or bed. Doesn't take up that much space as it's pretty small. Clear sounding speaker.

Works great for voice control of smart lights and thermostats. No more stumbling around in the dark or getting up to turn off the forgotten light. Has good sound when playing music and google assistant works well. I grouped with our google hub to provide room to room music. Thinking about a couple more for home wide music.

You're only limited by your imagination (and Matter/Google's ecosystem, and software library maintenance, and the tech economy's hardware offerings). Anyways, the point is: yes, voice activation and automation for various things does improve your quality of life if you set it up properly. For me the biggest three things have been: Google Newsstand, Spotify, and voice-activated lights, and setting reminders for the next morning has been nice, too. That said, you can get all that with your phone using the Google Home and Google Assistant apps, so what's the big deal? Not fussing with your phone or keeping it in your pocket all the time, and having a nice enough speaker with no bass channel so you don't annoy your neighboring apartment or roommate. So, who should buy it? Anyone with a small amount of disposable income and 600+ sq ft residential area, and anyone with a smaller residential area who also wants an okay speaker but doesn't really know what to get and doesn't want to do a lot of research or pay more for a JBL. Bad things! Doesn't hold a conversation even with Gemini, doesn't work with Audible because of Amazon being a doof about Echo/Alexa, and you will have to train yourself to make use of it and commit to giving it a task once a day at first just so that you don't forget about it for months or longer.