Testseek.co.uk have collected 103 expert reviews of the Google Home Max bluetooth portable speaker and the average rating is 81%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Google Home Max bluetooth portable speaker.
December 2017
(81%)
103 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
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The editors liked
The Google Home Max builds the convenience of Google Assistant into a plus-size speaker that can fill a room with excellent sound. The microphones respond well
Even when you're blasting music
Maximum sound
Easy to setup
Built-in Google Assistant
Google Assistant is great
Multi orientation
Loud and punchy
Can always hear you
Bluetooth and analogue in
Native Spotify and multiple other music services
Adaptive sound
Granular volume control via percentage
Good touch controls
Lots of bass
Excellent smart features
Wi-Fi
Bluetooth and 3.5mm playback
Seriously deep bass
Plenty of power and volume
Great mic sensitivity
Simple design blends in
Truly powerful
Separates the lows
Mids
Highs with a knife
Gloriously full and detailed sound
Google Cast multi-room
Lots of ways to play to it
Powerful sound with gobs of bass
Can pair with multiple devices
Assistant is as useful as ever
Supports many music streaming services
Stunning sound
Google Assistant is better than Alexa
Native support for multiple streaming services
The smart sound feature will automatically tweak the sound to make sure it sounds good no matter which room you put the speaker in
The Google Home Max can hear you across the room
Even while your music is playing
You can use the Google Home app to crea
The editors didn't like
The sound can be a little too revealing
And guitar lines in particular can sound a little too piercing for comfort. If you mainly want background music
You should spend half as much on the Sonos One
Expensive
Heavyweight with a massive footprint
US-only
Variable volume in playlists
Not much good for a nonGoogle user
Smart speaker privacy concerns
Better for some music genres than others
Less well balanced sound than Apple HomePod
Not as refined as the Sonos Play
5
More expensive than HomePod
Quite heavy at 11 pounds
Some minor connectivity issues with the app
Can't work as a wireless TV sound bar
£400 is a bit steep and £800 for separated stereo is just stupid
Gloriously full and detailed sound, Google Cast multi-room, Lots of ways to play to it
Some minor connectivity issues with the app
This does the ‘speaker' part of smart speaker better than the rest, thanks to top sound as well as versatile inputs. The only downside is that it's less useful if you're tied to Alexa...
The Google Home Max is a huge lump of a speaker so you'll need to have space for it. Dual orientation will help but bear in mind that standing it upright switches audio to mono.You'll also need the budget but the Max sits in a pricing sweet spot between t...
Published: 2018-09-18, Author: Chris , review by: Theinquirer.net
Stunning sound, Google Assistant is better than Alexa, native support for multiple streaming services
£400 is a bit steep and £800 for separated stereo is just stupid, bulky design, Rating:
A stunning bit of kit at a slightly over-premium price...
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Published: 2018-09-13, Author: Andrew , review by: stuff.tv
Seriously deep bass, Plenty of power and volume, Great mic sensitivity
Not as refined as the Sonos Play:5
If you want a smart speaker that can blow the doors off a party, the Google Home Max is the best you can get right now. All the smart of the cheaper Home speaker are here, naturally, and the larger drivers offer much more powerful bass, better sound quali...
The smart sound feature will automatically tweak the sound to make sure it sounds good no matter which room you put the speaker in, The Google Home Max can hear you across the room, even while your music is playing, You can use the Google Home app to crea
It's expensive, Heavy and not very very compact
The Google Home Max is a powerful smart speaker. As well as sounding clear and crisp, the speaker also has Google Assistant built-in. It's expensive but ideal for those that want room-filling sound or already have other speakers with Google Assistant buil...
Published: 2018-09-10, Author: Alan , review by: alphr.com
Abstract: The Google Home Max lives up to its name in many ways. As anyone who has ever been seduced by zero-calorie caffeine hit of a Pepsi Max should know that the word "max" at the end of a product is more a guarantee of brand budget than quality. All the same...
Maximum sound, Easy to setup, Built-in Google Assistant
Expensive, Heavyweight with a massive footprint
Google Home Max offers maximum sound, but it also has a maxed-out size and price tag. If you're tied to Google's ecosystem and want premium sound then it's a potentially perfect fit.But can Google really demand Sonos-level pricing on its first large-scale...
Published: 2018-08-30, Author: Samuel , review by: theguardian.com
Google Assistant is great, multi orientation, loud and punchy, can always hear you, Bluetooth and analogue in, native Spotify and multiple other music services, adaptive sound, granular volume control via percentage, good touch controls
variable volume in playlists, not much good for a nonGoogle user, smart speaker privacy concerns, better for some music genres than others, expensive
The Google Home Max is one big sound upgrade for Google Assistant, producing powerful, room-filling sound and booming bass.While Google Assistant is the best voice assistant available right now, with the widest range of music services and most capable voi...
