Today we are going to talk about a very interesting product that has arrived in the city a few months ago, the Google Home Mini. This beautiful design object can help you at home on various occasions, such as listening to good music, turning on the lights or simply clarifying all your doubts.
Bottle
I usually don't spend too much time on the packaging of the products I test. But for this Google Home Mini I can make an exception. Home Mini is located inside this very Google Style cardboard cube, with very minimal design and lettering. In addition to him inside we find:
- The USB / Micro-USB power cable
- Instruction and welcome booklets
Design
It is no coincidence that in the introduction I talked about a beautiful design object. In fact, this Google Home Mini will surely match perfectly in your home environment. In terms of design it is very minimal and discreet, neither too big nor too small.
Basically it consists of a plastic part, the base, with the Micro-USB connector and the slider to disable the microphone. The highlight, however, is the upper part made up entirely of hard but pleasant to the touch fabric. Maybe some of you are wondering how to check. I can tell you that the fabric top is also a touch surface for complete control in which we also find four RGB LEDs that tell us when the Google Assistant is working or the volume level. Furthermore, if a Black Google Home Mini does not fit in your home environment, a white version is also available.
A serious lack of this Google Home Mini is certainly the Type-C port that should be a must in 2018, especially for a company like Google.
Audio
The audio sector of this Google Home Mini is really great when you consider the size. The audio is nice loud but not of quality. In any case, for what it has to do it's just fine in a medium-large room like a studio could be. If, on the other hand, you intend to use it in the living room, then I recommend you orient yourself on the big brother Google Home. This is not to say that it is not a powerful speaker, in fact, comparing it to other even bigger competitors, the audio quality of the Google Home Mini remains superior.
Obviously for reasons of size the Google Home Mini is equipped with only one central speaker and some microphones that surround it that work really well. In fact, even with the volume at maximum by saying "Ok GoogleThe Google Assistant is up and running.
operation
The heart of the Google Home Mini is the Google Assistant that finally arrived in the city last November. The version we find on this device is the same that we all have on our smartphones. The Google Assistant can help you in any situation, such as asking him "Hey Google, what's the weather like?" or "Hey Google, add a reminder to tomorrow?". And if you have a SmartTV or a Chromecast device connected to your TV, you can also ask them “Hey Google, show me Stranger Things on TV” or “Hey Google, put on some Pop music from Spotify”.
Obviously if you want you can stream music on the Google Home Mini without going through the Google Assistant but directly from your smartphone with services like Spotify. The integration is great, in fact you can choose to transfer the music to the Google Home Mini directly from the app.
In addition to controlling the TV or music, this Google Home also allows you to manage all your home automation accessories that you have at home. Like thermostats, electrical sockets but also light bulbs. In this case I tested it together with the Xiaomi Yeelight lamps.
Unfortunately it is sometimes slow to execute commands, but this could be caused by the network speed of your Wi-Fi connection. Google Home Mini has full compatibility with Android devices but also Apple, so even if you have an iPhone you can have fun asking it questions but also listening to music and watching movies. Very convenient function of this Google Home Mini if you put it in the bedroom is the alarm clock.
Google Home Mini can be fully managed from the Google Home app available in Google Play and the App Store. From the application you can set the equalizer, the volume or more simply the name of the device or the brightness of the LEDs.
Price and conclusions
This Google Home Mini is offered at a price of 59 euros on the Google site, however you can find it on offer on other stores as shown below.
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