Google Assistant can now control almost all the major smart home brands, so you shouldn't see a big difference between Google and Amazon there. They'll also work as a home intercom system: You can say "Broadcast," and if you have multiple Minis (or a Mini and a Max, or any other combination) scattered throughout your house, they'll all say your message. The Home Mini can function as part of a whole-home coordinated audio system, and if you have multiple speakers, only the closest one will respond. That said, this is still a secondary speaker if you want to kick back and enjoy music, you need to get the larger Google Home. The Google Assistant's voice sounds considerably more natural and human than Alexa's does. At arm's length, it can be up to 10db louder than the weak little Dot, with a much rounder sound that at least it suggests bass.
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Compared with some of our favorite Bluetooth speakers (even small ones), you could say that the Mini's 40mm drivers sound tinny and harsh. Tiny speakers typcially don't sound very good. (Opens in a new window) Read Our Apple HomePod Review Audio and Features You were initially able to play/pause music or activate Google Assistant by tapping the top panel, but Google has since disabled this feature (Opens in a new window) due to a bug on some units that registered phantom touches, so the speaker was always listening.
You can tap the sides of the speaker to change volume. On the bottom, there's a microphone off switch. There isn't much here in the way of ports. Still, the Home Mini is super cute and measures 3.86 inches in diameter, 1.65 inches high, covered in chalk, charcoal, or coral fabric. Google's speakers are generally more attractive than Amazon's, although the new $99 fabric-covered Echo is a step in the right direction. Google's demand that its speakers play only with other Google-compatible equipment continues to be the platform's weakest aspect, and the primary reason the Echo Dot remains our Editors' Choice. That would be great, except for the fact that a lot of Echo Dot owners don't use their Dots alone -they connect them to bigger, better-sounding speakers using the audio-out port, which the Home Mini lacks. Google's cute $49 Home Mini, is a better standalone voice-activated speaker than the Amazon Echo Dot.
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