Testseek.co.uk have collected 272 expert reviews of the Google Home bluetooth portable speaker and the average rating is 78%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Google Home bluetooth portable speaker.
January 2017
(78%)
272 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
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776 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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One thing's for sure
You might never appreciate just how much music is on YouTube without buying a Google Home. While some of the biggest music streaming services in the world boast libraries of 25
30 and even 40 million songs
They're far from complete
Cheaper and arguably more attractive than Echo
Better at answering questions than Echo
Built in voice control of Netflix and Chromecast
Simple to use
Works with Chromecast
Multi-room capability
Stereo pairing
With Google Assistant built in
The Google Home integrates with Google Calendar
Maps and Chromecast
So it gives you personalized answers. Say the word
And the Home can also control your smart home gadgets or send music and video to your TV and speakers
Customizable base
Massive song library
Expanding hardware ecosystem
Six
Month YouTube Red trial
Actions make it better
Chromecast casting
Contextual conversations
Supports Google Cast
Minimalist design
Good-looking design will integrate anywhere around the home
Touchpanel controls
Future potential is great
In-depth conversational and search-based results
Supports up to six users
Great Design
Excellent Voice Recognition
Constantly Evolving Skill Set
Connects With LOADS of Third-Party Devices
Easy To Use
Great Price
Cheaper than Echo
Wide IoT support
Easy to use
Cheaper than the Echo
Chromecast support
Great design
Decent sound
Reasonable price point
Conversational assistant
Easy setup
It can be personalized to you
Giving you info on your commute
Weather
And calendar
Answers questions and follow-ups fairly well
Lots of choices for music
Great understanding
Can answer lots and lots of questions
Good sound
Small
The base of the speaker is interchangeable and can be swapped for different colours and finishes to suit your home decor bases cost £18 for fabric or £36 for metal
Google Assistant can answer questions
Give navigation or translations and even set timers
The editors didn't like
Clearly the lack of integration into Google's own services is a huge issue. The fact that it can't shoot an email to someone in your contacts or help you schedule events through Google Calendar are massive oversights that vastly reduce how useful the Home
Less good as a music speaker than Echo
Does less overall than Echo
Average sound
Limited smart home capability
The Home's integrations with other Google services still don't allow a lot of give and take -- you can't create reminders or make a to-do list
Missing Google's own services
Phrasing needs to be precise
No Bluetooth
Assistant hampered by wake-up words
App navigation sometimes unintuitive
No Bluetooth for music
Doesn't respond to commands at times
App support for India is limited
Less third-party app support than Amazon Echo
Assistant doesn't sound as good as Amazon Alexa
Microphone pick-up limited when music is playing
Sound Isn't Great
No Call Functionality In UK Just Yet
Some features unavailable in UK
Voice recognition and speech capabilities are slightly lacking
Limited smart home compatibility
Speaker isn't very loud
Needs to be plugged in at all times
Can only link to one Google account for now
Limited smart home control
Variable volume makes control difficult
Can't always hear you
Not much good for a nonGoogle user
Privacy concerns
There's no way of playing music from a device that doesn't have WiFi
You can't change the wake phrase (it has to be 'Okay
Google' or 'Hey
Google')
To play music via Spotify or Google Play you need to pay for the Premium versions of those services
Published: 2016-11-03, Author: Jordan , review by: venturebeat.com
Abstract: The Google Home is off to a solid start. It's a fine wireless speaker with full, loud sound. Its build quality is good. It's easy to set up.It lets you play fun games. It understands what I'm saying and then answers random questions with ease, just like m...
Published: 2016-11-03, Author: Ron , review by: arstechnica.com
The "OK Google" hotword performance is absolutely incredible. It always answers, and all your other hotword capable devices hive mind together to intelligently pick a single device to respond to you, A great media product. For audio there's a loud, crisp
Most of my favorite voice commands from the Google app don't work—no reminders, messages, or creating calendar events, Do you want to know exactly what voice commands are supported for each service and function? Nobody knows! Comprehensive documentation f
Attractive design, “conversational” search, backed by Google's immense database
Large power brick, conversational search is still limited
There's little question that some sort of voice response device that controls a home tech ecosystem is inevitable. Google Home is the best of them today: The best physical design, the best database behind it, the most "natural" because it can retain the c...
Published: 2016-11-03, Author: Vincent , review by: slashgear.com
Abstract: The Google Assistant has been bundled into the browser, added into Android, and squeezed into Android Wear: now, it's getting a sleek object d'art for the smart home. Google Home is the search giant's take on the smart speaker space, a direct challenge to...
Abstract: Reviews for Google's new smart home speaker system, Google Home, have released this morning, bringing a collection of opinions about the newest entry in the wireless Bluetooth speaker category, which Apple is rumored to be entering in the future. Google o...
Attractive design, Removable color bases, Well-rounded sound, Multi-room audio
Cloud service is incomplete, Doesn't work as a standard Bluetooth speaker
Google Home is a great-looking speaker that promises powerful voice assistance, but its cloud service needs a lot of work to catch up to Amazon's Echo platform...
Looks great, sounds great, Category-leading microphone performance, Google Assistant is hyper-intelligent, Packed with surprise-and-delight features
Plays catch-up to Amazon in third-party device support, Still has some learning to do
In a two-device race to rule table-top A.I, Google Home bests Amazon Echo in terms of audio quality, microphone range, design aesthetics, and basic intelligence...
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Published: 2016-11-03, Author: David , review by: wired.com
Home looks like a gadget you'd actually want in your home. Assistant does all the basic things really well, plus a few remarkably cool things too. It's an impressively good speaker, for such a tiny package
Not much of the Googleinfused personalization or intelligence seems to be here yet. Google doesn't have many thirdparty partners yet, so you're stuck in Google Land
With Google Assistant built in, the Google Home integrates with Google Calendar, Maps and Chromecast, so it gives you personalized answers. Say the word, and the Home can also control your smart home gadgets or send music and video to your TV and speakers
The Home's integrations with other Google services still don't allow a lot of give and take -- you can't create reminders or make a to-do list
While the Google Home shows a ton of potential, it's currently not as versatile or useful as Amazon's Echo -- though we expect it to improve in the days and months ahead...
Published: 2016-11-03, Author: Michael , review by: tomsguide.com
Integrates with your Google tools, Controls Google Cast-enabled devices, Booming bass
Limited add-ons at this point, Lacks balanced sound, especially on vocals
Google has made the smart speaker race interesting with Google Home. It can do many of the same basic things as Amazon's Echo can, yet it costs less and has more visual appeal. The Echo delivers better sound, and it connects to far more smart devices, but...
