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Reviews of Google Home Mini smart speaker

Testseek.co.uk 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.
Award: Recommended October 2017
October 2017
 
(79%)
198 Reviews
Users
(92%)
983 Reviews
79 0 100 198

The editors liked

  • Affordable
  • Stylish design with touch controls
  • Integrated Google Assistant and speaker
  • Attractive design
  • Google Assistant delivers good responses to questions
  • Growing support for third-party devices
  • Great companion to Home Hub
  • 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
  • Affordable price point
  • Stylish design
  • Touch controls
  • Fluffy
  • Friendly design
  • Sounds better than an Echo Dot
  • Just as knowledgeable as bigger Home
  • Strong smart home support
  • Recognises the voices of up to six people and gives personalised replies
  • Good value
  • Affordable Google Assistant
  • Chromecast compatibility
  • Fine sound for speech radio
  • Cheap entry to Google's ecosystem
  • A design that blends in
  • Platform is always improving
  • Good looks
  • Looks Good
  • Google Assistant Is Very Impressive
  • Voice Recognition is Great
  • New Features Added All The Time
  • 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
  • Compact and cute design
  • Google Assistant is excellent
  • Works with many apps and devices
  • Cheap
  • Well designed
  • Compact
  • Individual voice recognition gives tailored responses
  • Seamlessly integrates all the features of the Google platform
  • Improved AI that responds quickly
  • Compact and attractive
  • Full Google Assistant
  • Relatively discreet
  • Bluetooth in
  • Sounds decent for a small speaker
  • Relatively loud
  • Can hear you very well
  • If you've got an Android smartphone
  • Just ask the speaker to find your phone and it will make your phone ring
  • The circular shape offers 360degree sound so no matter where you stand in the room you get the same sound quality
  • Google Home Mini can recognis

The editors didn't like

  • No 3.5mm jack output
  • Fabric won't clean easily
  • No audio output
  • Sound quality isn't great (but then it's not designed as a speaker for music
  • Really)
  • 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
  • Speaker lacks bass
  • Doesn't have a 3.5mm line-out or have Bluetooth out
  • Touch buttons on the top have been disabled
  • Still favours Google services over others
  • Echo still more versatile for music and shopping
  • Sound quality is average for music
  • No aux or Bluetooth output
  • Device support could be better
  • Sound quality still lacking
  • No 3.5mm jack
  • Alexa better for smart home devices
  • No 3.5mm or Bluetooth audio output
  • No top touch controls besides volume
  • Sound Quality (For Music) Isn't Great
  • 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
  • Audio quality is limited
  • Very Google-centric
  • Average sound quality
  • Fiddly to mute
  • No speaker output
  • Poor hands-free calling sound quality
  • Spanish-speaking feature needs improvement
  • No 3.5mm jack or Bluetooth out
  • Fabric could get dirty in a kitchen
  • LEDs a bit dim to see from across the room
  • No 3.5mm auxiliary port
  • So you can't play music stored on devices that don't have Bluetooth through the speaker
  • The sound quality lacks punch and bass
  • You can only summon Google Assistant by saying 'Okay
  • Google' or 'Hey
  • Google'
  • And there's no way to

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  Published: 2017-11-02, Author: Matt , review by: wired.co.uk

  • Cheap, well designed, compact
  • Average sound quality, fiddly to mute, no speaker output

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  Published: 2017-10-26, Author: Samuel , review by: theguardian.com

  • full Google Assistant, relatively discreet, Bluetooth in, sounds decent for a small speaker, relatively loud, can hear you very well
  • no 3.5mm jack or Bluetooth out, fabric could get dirty in a kitchen, LEDs a bit dim to see from across the room
  • The Google Home Mini is all the functionality of a full-sized Google Home shrunk into a small fabric-covered pin cushion.It doesn't sound as good, and isn't as loud, as the bigger Home, but sounds better and is louder than Amazon's Echo Dot.It's a great l...

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  Published: 2017-10-25, Author: Ced , review by: trustedreviews.com

  • Good looks, Affordable
  • No 3.5mm or Bluetooth audio output, No top touch controls besides volume
  • An affordable way to have Google everywhere, but it's far less flexible than the Amazon Echo Dot...

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  Published: 2017-10-21, Author: Chris , review by: ergohacks.com

  • Abstract:  The last few years have had an explosion in virtual assistants. The two big contenders on the market have been the Amazon Alexa/Echo and the Google Home. Amazon has had one big advantage – it's had a cut price version available with the Amazon Dot. Google...

 
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  Published: 2017-10-20, Author: Marie , review by: techadvisor.co.uk

  • We're clearly big fans of the Google Assistant, and any device that makes it more accessible to the masses is well worth a second look in our book. If budget was no option then the standard Google Home offers significantly better audio quality, but for mo...

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  Published: 2017-10-19, review by: expertreviews.co.uk

  • Affordable, Stylish design with touch controls, Integrated Google Assistant and speaker
  • No 3.5mm jack output
  • Google's compact smart speaker is great, but is missing one crucial feature...

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  Published: 2017-10-19, review by: expertreviews.co.uk

  • Affordable, Stylish design with touch controls, Integrated Google Assistant and speaker
  • No 3.5mm jack output
  • Google's compact smart speaker is great, but is missing one crucial feature...

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  Published: 2017-10-18, Author: Marie , review by: techadvisor.co.uk

  • At $399 it would be irresponsible of us to recommend the Google Home Max without having tested its audio quality. In any case, we expect the Max will appeal to only a select group of users with particularly keen ears, and that for most users the standard...

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  Published: 2017-10-13, Author: Hugh , review by: wareable.com

  • Cheap entry to Google's ecosystem, A design that blends in, Platform is always improving,
  • Sound quality still lacking, No 3.5mm jack, Alexa better for smart home devices
  • The Google Home Mini is a handsome little smart speaker that packs a punch for its size, and with Google's platform getting better by the day it's come at a good time. But if music is your thing, the Mini isn't going to deliver. Instead, see it more as a...

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  Published: 2017-10-06, Author: Caleb , review by: Digitaltrends.com

  • Individual voice recognition gives tailored responses, Seamlessly integrates all the features of the Google platform, Affordable, Improved AI that responds quickly, Compact and attractive
  • Poor hands-free calling sound quality, Spanish-speaking feature needs improvement
  • Yes. At $50 and with voice match and improved artificial intelligence capabilities, the Google Home Mini is a wonderful assistant that seamlessly puts the Google platform at the tip of your tongue...

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