#Google home mini for free#
To be totally frank, I got it for free as part of a YouTube Premium promotion sometime in 2020, and it spent a good amount of time sitting in the box before I even did anything with it.
The Nest Mini isn’t a gadget I expected to fall in love with. Its audio quality is also impressive for a device of its size, amplifying the bouncy bass, sharp guitars and soaring vocals of my favorite rock songs with enough clarity and volume to keep me singing along (probably much to my neighbors’ chagrin). I primarily use Google’s speaker while in the shower, and it has no problem picking up my requests to skip songs, play a specific album or turn the volume down even when I’m talking over the sounds of falling water. More importantly, the Nest Mini’s voice recognition has worked consistently well in my testing. It’s the kind of smart home functionality that’s become standard these days, but it’s still pretty handy for a device that often costs less than $40. And if you have any Google-compatible smart lights or thermostats, you can ask the Nest Mini to turn the lights off or change the temperature. You can have it read your daily schedule out loud, look up random information on a celebrity and check the time in different parts of the world - just to name a few. Most of my daily use consists of the basics - asking it to play music, checking the time and getting up to speed on the weather - but Assistant can do a whole lot more than that.
#Google home mini for android#
But as with any Nest product, the Mini really comes to life when you use it hands-free with Google Assistant.Įver since spending a few minutes getting my Mini set up on my Google Home app (available for Android or iOS), I’ve been able to ask it to do everything from set timers to put events and reminders on my calendar. There are also a total of six white LEDs, which do a good job highlighting the speaker’s tappable areas and indicating things such as volume level while quickly disappearing when you don’t need them. The Nest Mini has reliable touch controls, which have made it easy for me to pause and play tracks by tapping the center or adjust the volume by touching the sides. My Sky blue model adds a nice colorful pop to my bathroom, but there are also Charcoal, Coral and Chalk options to pick from. One of my favorite things about the Nest Mini is its mesh fabric design, which makes it look more like a fashionable accent piece rather than a geeky piece of tech.
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