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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: 2017-12-07, Author: Jesse , review by: cgmagonline.com

  • The Google Home Mini is a great device if you want convenient access to Google's assistant. As an individual home assistant, it might be lacking...

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  Published: 2017-10-24, review by: mobilesyrup.com

  • Affordable, Sleek and small, Voice control works great
  • Sound quality is poor, Lacks Alexa's skills, just like the Google Home, No direct competitors in the Canadian market
  • "If you're looking for a device that's capable of controlling your disparate smart home products, then the Home Mini is a viable alternative."...

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  Published: 2017-10-18, Author: LinusTechTips , review by: thunderbaylive.com

  • Abstract:  Smart speakers like Google Home and Amazon Echo haven't really seemed worth it to me. until now? My hands on review of Google Home Mini!For your unrestricted 30 days free trial, go to and enter in “Linus Tech Tips” in the how you heard about us section.C...

 
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  Published: 2017-10-14, Author: AndroidAuthority , review by: thunderbaylive.com

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  Published: 2017-10-13, review by: canadianreviewer.com

  • Abstract:  Google Home is particularly strong in Canada because is it the only smart speaker that's built for Canada. It can receive English and French queries and understands various nuances that only Canadians would get. It helps, of course, that a lot of the work...

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  Published: 2018-06-01, review by: cnet.com.au

  • 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

  • Quality Google Assistant speakers from Googles
  • Google Home

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  Published: 2018-03-09, Author: Staff , review by: bit.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...

 
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  Published: 2017-12-11, Author: Roma , review by: channelnews.com.au

  • 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...

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  Published: 2017-11-15, Author: Alan , review by: pcauthority.com.au

  • "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."...

 
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