Google Home Mini (page 4 of 6)

I purchased this hoping to awake to a specific song as my alarm as stored on a connected device to the Google Home Mini... but no joy. I tried all the 'Spotify single song playlist' and similar workarounds suggested online without success.I'm hoping they will release functionality to allow this is a future software upgrade.

My husband and I have always been a fan of Google products. I find it useful when entertaining my toddler. It is easier to simply give commands to Google verbally while doing other tasks. Google home mini can play songs, cast news, advise about the weather. Google sometimes don't understand what I say and I have to repeat it multiple times so it is sometimes irritating.

If you have both hands full (or like me, just lazy), you don't have to type just ask your question.
Me: what is the value of bitcoin, how far from here to Brisbane, opening hours of Bunnings, where is the closest Doctor, Hospital, Pizza place, Bus stop, ANZ branch or from my car I broadcast to the Google Home I am 10 Min away is dinner ready?
Her: What is a good chicken dish, where is the closest chemist, what are the opening hours of various shops
6 Year old: what sound does an elephant make, what is 4*4.
Replace faulty items in the house...

I thought the Google Home Mini would be fun to use but bottom line I feel it is just a toy. It sometimes can understand my question and other times it just says things with an almost random act.
It reminds me of the clapper to turn lights on and off. At first a bit of fun then a bit of a pain/ waste of time and money.
well maybe once it can understand me it may be better. Other people I've spoken with say it works fine for them but lucky me it has issues.

I wasn't really sold on things fandangled contraptions, especially I already have Google now on my smartphone, so I was like whats the use!?

But I received this product as a birthday present so I decided to give it a go and then some.
I love it now, I bought some smart bulbs on ebay its handy to ask google to turn, dim and changle colour whenever i ask. I've yet to figure out how to connect my existing bluetooth products without having to fork out for smart products just to add to my Home Mini, but already, when i've had my hands full and ...

Great little gadget and syncs with all the phones well. It makes for some fun times arguing with it as to what you ask and what it does especially when you ask it to play music. Overall great little time saver in doing google searches and faster than grabbing the phone to type it in yourself. Makes a great little Bluetooth speaker too.
I do wish it synced with the phone properly and that one could make calls or creates SMSes with it so they really need to do a lot more work if they want people to really use this device effectively as right now apart from Google searches and playing music it is basically a toy

The Google Home Mini makes so many little things easier - ask it the time, check your calendar, set a timer or an alarm, broadcast messages to other Google Homes, add items to a shopping list, play music, turn lights on / off all with voice control. To be honest, any of these things can be achieved in many different ways, but this is a hassle free, hands free and pretty cool way to do do them.

Audio - the sound quality is acceptable for regular questions or commands, but below par if you are playing music. The larger Google Home devices woul...

Really like it for the price. Handy to check weather, set alarm and play music. It is similar to being able to use your phone but it’s a cool gimmicky item. I think the speaker is great for sitting around having a bbq. It’s not a boom box but loud enough.

The google assistant is helpful and usually knows what you are talking about. I got the google home with a Woolworths rewards deal, so can't complain if I got it free! The speaker could be improved for playing music. Overall, the google home is a good gadget at a much cheaper price than apple home pod. Would go for this any day!

We first got our Google home mini free with a Woolworths rewards deal. It was very easy to set up, having already been familiar with the Google home app and also a user of Chromecast.
It integrates very well with the few smart devices we have around the home. I was worried when reading the specs that the voice recognition would be poor, when compared to the Google home model but it does surpsingly well. It does struggle at times if there is a lot of loud background noise, but this is very rare I've found and we are a family with 4 loud childr...

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It is a really cool gadget, with a real potential for helping around the house but it has a very limited usage in our house.
We got the buy one get one free so actually we got 2 in the house.
It was very easy to set up, install the google home app on your phone or tablet, we have android and iOS so we got them all the app, then connect your GHM to your wifi and you are pretty much done. If you have a google account, set it up, record you voice for voice recognition... to be fair, it’s easy, just follow what is aske...

amazing gadget, makes life very easy. good speaker for the size and really clear. very sensitive with voice recognition. however features are a little limited when it is compared to USA. we can't make calls or send text yet. will give it 5 stars when tat happens. also can't specific songs unless you have spotify premium. so a little annoying con there.

Great device - has changed my life at home. It's now my go to when i cook and keep track of how long things have been heated for. It's my alarm clock that wakes me up in the morning and let's me tell it to "snooze for 10 minutes". But i really wish they would enable the phone call function on it where i can call someone simply by asking it to, and use it as the speakerphone - "hey google.. please enable this function asap!"

Bought few of these during xmas when it sold for under and 50 by most of retailer. It functions as my alarm clock, kitchen timer, music player, calculator, home control via Xiaomi smart light bulbs and my personal weather man. Use of these devices are limitless but I am very impressed with the quality and loudness of speaker. For such a small size it's every effective. I have it in my all rooms.

While the device itself does connect quite well with my pixel 2, they do not synchronize very well. The number one feature i would have liked to use is for using voice recognition to play songs rather than having to change it myself. However the speakers are quite low quality.

Google is working continually to add more features and hooks to other smart home IoT devices. They've recently added Broadlink integration with Google Home which allows you to control any Infrared / RF devices using a Broadlink Hub.

The voice recognition is extremely accurate and it can differentiate between different users.

Sound quality wise, the mono speaker on this unit plays loudly and clearly but bass is basically non-existent. If you're looking to play music around your house, it may be worth spending the $50~60 or so on Google's Chromecast Audio, or buy speakers that feature Chromecast built in.

Small stylish, though the fabric cover probably will accumulate dusts easily over time. Fairly easy to set up, simple and straight forward, require a google account, particular easy if set up with Google Pixel & Chromecast. Enable to play music through Spotify even don't have a premium account which is definitely an advantage over Amazon Echo Dot. Most of all, the quality of the speaker is clearly superior than the Echo Dot if you want to use it to play music. When paired with Chromecast, it's extremely smooth to stream Youtube or any other str...

I use it every day for news and weather, also hooked up to a chromecast is a great use case to launch media like Spotify and Youtube.
The response time after a command varies regularly, it regularly answers in less than a second, but can sometimes take a few seconds.

Perfect to get your foot into turning your home into a smart home or expanding on your smart home! The google assistant is extremely useful for every tasks such as creating timers, getting the weather or simple trivia. When paired with other smart home products, the value of this little donut sized speaker is shown. For example, I've paired it with all my smart light bulbs and can now turn on the lights from any room. It is surprisingly loud for such a small device and makes for a great speaker. Additionally, the look of the Google Home Mini matches well in any setting with its simplistic design. For the price it is at, it is a great product and would highly recommend!

I bought 2 Google Home Minis during the Christmas sale season and kids love them. This is a good toy for my kids in primary and high to ask weather and something funny. It was easy to set up and play with. I particularly liked the speaker feature that I use when I use TuneIn radio on my iPhone.

We have 4 Google Homes in our house & they are fabulous!
We love that we can play our music so easily and without having to change CD's when we want a different Genre or artist.
Google Home is learning so much as we continue to talk to her daily.
The kids love the things we can ask it.
The nieces love using it too!
One day we will automate the house with it.

I bought one because it was on sale. Mainly to see what i can do with it. I find that i got myself more into home automation. I bought lights that i can now voice command to turn on and off and worka well paired with the chromecast. Most pf the time its pretty smart but still a long way to go

What I always felt missing was the missing top button that has been disabled due to privacy concern would have made this a little perfect device. It's abit awkward to shout over the alarm/timer/whatever to tell it to stop. it picks up your voice amazingly over great distances, and works as expected. It's a little handy companion in the kitchen and in the bedroom.

If you have a google centic environment already these are pretty good. Setup with a Android phone was fairly easy for anyone. Spotify multiple room audio set up works a ok. Setting up voice control and home automation is also fairly straight forward other than controlling Android tv which is extremely limited.

We use this one in the bedroom. There is nothing like falling to sleep with the sound of rain... coming from my Google Home Mini. We also turn off the bedroom lights without even rolling over.
The sound quality is not as good as the Google Home. but it is pretty close and we really can't tell the difference. For nice background music, it is more than acceptable. For a party, get the Google Home.