Testseek.com have collected 272 expert reviews of the Google Home bluetooth portable speaker and the average rating is 78%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Google Home bluetooth portable speaker.
January 2017
(78%)
272 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(88%)
776 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
$50 cheaper than Echo
Base is customizable
Responsive voice controls
Google Assistant is way smarter than Alexa
The "OK Google" hotword performance is absolutely incredible. It always answers
And all your other hotword capable devices hive mind together to intelligently pick a single device to respond to you
A great media product. For audio there's a loud
Crisp
Attractive design
“conversational” search
Backed by Google's immense database
Excellent audio quality
Amazing far field microphones
Google Assistant
Hands free casting to all Google Cast devices
Phenomenal customizable design
Great integration with Google Services
Multi-room audio playback
Great tie-ins with Google account a
Removable color bases
Well-rounded sound
Multi-room audio
Discrete design that blends nicely with furniture
Incredible audio quality
Controls connected devices
Swappable bases
Excellent voice recognition
Affordable price
Lovely customizable design
Customizable base
Supports virtually every major smart home brand
Hardware Reviews
Google Home review
After nearly two years
Is it still worth it?
By
Jason England
September 12
2018
Google Home is the original Google Assistant enabled smart speaker. When it launched competition didn't exist. If you wanted an A
Looks great
Sounds great
Category-leading microphone performance
Google Assistant is hyper-intelligent
Packed with surprise-and-delight features
Excellent design that looks great in any room
2.5-inch circular screen is bright
And doubles as a clock
Camera can be completely disabled
Great sound in a compact package
Powerful voice-recognition capabilties
Fantastic Alexa integration
Wit
ZigBee smart home hub onboard
Large
Vibrant
Higher-resolution display
Vastly improved user interface
Home looks like a gadget you'd actually want in your home. Assistant does all the basic things really well
Plus a few remarkably cool things too. It's an impressively good speaker
For such a tiny package
With Google Assistant built in
The Google Home integrates with Google Calendar
Maps and Chromecast
So it gives you personalized answers. Say the word
And the Home can also control your smart home gadgets or send music and video to your TV and speakers
Integrates with your Google tools
Controls Google Cast-enabled devices
Booming bass
Unobtrusive
Stylish design
Audio output ranges from just a whisper to pleasingly loud
Longrange microphone works wonderfully
Tight integration with Google accounts and associated services
Affordably priced
IOS compatibility in addition to Android
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Skiing or training for a maratho
He’s probably using the latest kitchen gadget
Tasteful design
Access to Google's massive knowledge graph
Google Assistant is conversational and context aware
Chromecast integration has the potential to be a killer feature
The editors didn't like
Only connects to three major smart home brands
Doesn't sound as good as an Echo
Most of my favorite voice commands from the Google app don't work—no reminders
Messages
Or creating calendar events
Do you want to know exactly what voice commands are supported for each service and function? Nobody knows! Comprehensive documentation f
Large power brick
Conversational search is still limited
Not portable/has to be plugged in at all times
Only a few supported non-Google services like Spotify or Pandora at launch
Only a few supported smart home devices at launch
Cloud service is incomplete
Doesn't work as a standard Bluetooth speaker
Limited selection of supported apps and connected devices from the onset
Can still sound robotic with its responses
Sound quality limited
Not total smart home compatibility
Google Cast issues
$30 more than the second-gen Echo
Doesn't sound as good as Echo
Hardware Reviews
Plays catch-up to Amazon in third-party device support
Still has some learning to do
Hefty cord somewhat limits where it can be placed
Videos are truncated in full-screen mode
You can't use voice commands to stream music from your own local server
You can use voice commands with only a handful of the 80+ streaming services Sonos suppor
No Z-Wave support
Not the best smart speaker for music
The power plug can be a little tricky to hide
Lack of visual search can be frustrating
Plays catch-up t
Not much of the Googleinfused personalization or intelligence seems to be here yet. Google doesn't have many thirdparty partners yet
So you're stuck in Google Land
The Home's integrations with other Google services still don't allow a lot of give and take -- you can't create reminders or make a to-do list
Limited add-ons at this point
Lacks balanced sound
Especially on vocals
Feature discovery can be less than intuitive
Absence of certain features (like Play Music library support) is confusing
Additional investment needed to take advantage of smarthome control
Speaker quality is only so-so for music
Limited third-party app support compared to Amazon
A handful of expected features aren't available at launch
Simple to use, Works with Chromecast, Multi-room capability, Stereo pairing,
Average sound, Limited smart home capability,
You probably shouldn't buy Google Home as your primary music system, but fortunately there's much more to it than that.If you want a basic plug 'n' play voice control assistant which takes charge of your smart home and doubles as a simple, affordable mult...
Abstract: Sign up for our daily newsletter The sci-fi vision of a connected home is quickly becoming a reality: both Amazon and Google have launched smart assistants, with an Apple offering based on the company's HomeKit system is rumoured to be on the way. These...
Google Home is already a better device than was the Amazon Echo when it launched, and it has a huge amount of potential for future development. Sure it has room for improvement, but even today we love Google Home - it answers all our questions, keeps us e...
If you haven't already splashed out on an Echo, Google Home is an essential purchase. Aside from a handful of teething problems it's a remarkable little home helper, and one I can't recommend highly enough. Amazon's Echo just isn't as all-encompassing as...
Published: 2017-04-06, Author: Matt , review by: wired.co.uk
Abstract: Google's home speaker and personal assistant, Home, has landed in the UK. From April 6, the small cone-like device that wants to be your voice-controlled personal assistant is available across the country and online.Google Home debuted in the US in Novem...
Cheaper and arguably more attractive than Echo, Better at answering questions than Echo, Built in voice control of Netflix and Chromecast
Less good as a music speaker than Echo, Does less overall than Echo
Google Home is a small miracle of modern technology that, at the moment, is not as useful as its main rival, Amazon Echo. In a year, that may no longer be the case...
If you haven't already splashed out on an Echo, Google Home is an essential purchase. Aside from a handful of teething problems it's a remarkable little home helper, and one I can't recommend highly enough. Amazon's Echo just isn't as all-encompassing as...
The base of the speaker is interchangeable and can be swapped for different colours and finishes to suit your home decor bases cost £18 for fabric or £36 for metal, Google Assistant can answer questions, give navigation or translations and even set timers
There's no way of playing music from a device that doesn't have WiFi, You can't change the wake phrase (it has to be 'Okay, Google' or 'Hey, Google'), To play music via Spotify or Google Play you need to pay for the Premium versions of those services, whi
Simple to set up, Google Home aims to make your life easier. Need to set a timer when you're cooking but have greasy hands? Just ask Google Home rather than worrying about washing your hands and setting the timer manually. In our tests, the dual microphon...
Good-looking design will integrate anywhere around the home, touchpanel controls, future potential is great, in-depth conversational and search-based results, supports up to six users
Less third-party app support than Amazon Echo, Assistant doesn't sound as good as Amazon Alexa, microphone pick-up limited when music is playing
Does two decades of search experience give Home the upper hand over Amazon Echo? In terms of search results, yes. But is it the better product? Not always. Home might be better looking, but it's not as well rounded. yet.That's largely because Home is in...
Great design, Decent sound, Reasonable price point, Conversational assistant, Easy setup
Limited smart home compatibility, Speaker isn't very loud, Needs to be plugged in at all times
The Amazon Echo and Alexa maintain their crown for now, but the cheaper Google Home and the powerful Assistant have the potential to be better over time...
