Testseek.com have collected 198 expert reviews of the Google Home Mini smart speaker and the average rating is 79%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Google Home Mini smart speaker.
October 2017
(79%)
198 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
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983 Reviews
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The editors liked
The Google Home Mini is a stylish-looking speaker with surprisingly strong sound quality. The Google Assistant is a capable Alexa competitor
Especially thanks to its ability to search out detailed answers to a wide variety of questions
Access to Google Assistant
Compact
Inexpensive
The Google Home Mini puts all of the smarts of Google Assistant into a small and affordable package. The Mini sounds surprisingly good for its size and features a colorful design that can blend into your home's decor
Quality Google Assistant speakers from Googles
The editors didn't like
There isn't much the Home Mini does that Alexa can't do
Too. It also lacks a line out jack
And requires Chromecast Audio in order to connect with at external speaker setup
Underwhelming music sound quality
No audio line-out
The Mini's touch controls aren't intuitive
It doesn't have a line-out jack like the Amazon Echo Dot
And the built-in Google Assistant still doesn't have quite as many features as the Dot's built-in assistant
The Google Home Mini puts all of the smarts of Google Assistant into a small and affordable package. The Mini sounds surprisingly good for its size and features a colorful design that can blend into your home's decor
The Mini's touch controls aren't intuitive, it doesn't have a line-out jack like the Amazon Echo Dot, and the built-in Google Assistant still doesn't have quite as many features as the Dot's built-in assistant, Alexa
The Google Home Mini stands tall as one of the best affordable smart speakers out there, along with the Amazon Echo Dot, but it doesn't do enough to supplant the Dot at the top of the list...
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Published: 2018-04-26, Author: Ray , review by: gadgetguy.com.au
The audio isn't great, and there's no headphone jack to easily connect better speakers. But if you have Chromecast-connected speakers, or if you're mainly interested in getting voice assistant, the Google Home Mini is great value at $79 – or less if you s...
Abstract: In its latest preview update, Google has re-enabled touch controls on its miniature smart speaker, Google Home Mini, after disabling the function just before to its launch following privacy concerns. Android Police's, Artem Russakovski, noticed that the...
"The Google Home Mini would be a nailed-on five-star product if Google had only spent a couple of quid putting in a 3.5mm headphone jack in every unit."...
Truth is, the $US50 ($65) Echo Dot and the $US50 ($65) Home Mini are more alike than they are different, which makes it tough to determine a clear winner. The extent to which you'd buy one over the other also depends on your current setup. If you already...
Published: 2017-10-24, Author: Jason , review by: ausdroid.net
Abstract: It's been a year since Google introduced the world to Google Home, one of the company's first physical hardware products and generally the best way to interact with the then-nascent Google Assistant.Google came quite late to this party, with Amazon's Echo...
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Published: 2017-10-13, Author: Erik , review by: gizmodo.com.au
Abstract: It's almost unfair that most of the world met our voice-controlled future in the form of an Amazon Echo. Sure, the gadget works, but damn is it ugly. The Google Home was better but still sort of silly-looking. That's why the sleek, minimalist Google Home...
The Google Home Mini is a stylish-looking speaker with surprisingly strong sound quality. The Google Assistant is a capable Alexa competitor, especially thanks to its ability to search out detailed answers to a wide variety of questions
There isn't much the Home Mini does that Alexa can't do, too. It also lacks a line out jack, and requires Chromecast Audio in order to connect with at external speaker setup
The Google Home Mini is a great device, and a no-brainer for existing Google Home users -- but it isn't the Echo Dot-killer Google probably needs it to be...
