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
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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
Published: 2016-11-03, Author: Jordan , review by: venturebeat.com
Abstract: The Google Home is off to a solid start. It's a fine wireless speaker with full, loud sound. Its build quality is good. It's easy to set up.It lets you play fun games. It understands what I'm saying and then answers random questions with ease, just like m...
Published: 2016-11-03, Author: Ron , review by: arstechnica.com
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
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
Attractive design, “conversational” search, backed by Google's immense database
Large power brick, conversational search is still limited
There's little question that some sort of voice response device that controls a home tech ecosystem is inevitable. Google Home is the best of them today: The best physical design, the best database behind it, the most "natural" because it can retain the c...
Published: 2016-11-03, Author: Vincent , review by: slashgear.com
Abstract: The Google Assistant has been bundled into the browser, added into Android, and squeezed into Android Wear: now, it's getting a sleek object d'art for the smart home. Google Home is the search giant's take on the smart speaker space, a direct challenge to...
Abstract: Reviews for Google's new smart home speaker system, Google Home, have released this morning, bringing a collection of opinions about the newest entry in the wireless Bluetooth speaker category, which Apple is rumored to be entering in the future. Google o...
Attractive design, Removable color bases, Well-rounded sound, Multi-room audio
Cloud service is incomplete, Doesn't work as a standard Bluetooth speaker
Google Home is a great-looking speaker that promises powerful voice assistance, but its cloud service needs a lot of work to catch up to Amazon's Echo platform...
Looks great, sounds great, Category-leading microphone performance, Google Assistant is hyper-intelligent, Packed with surprise-and-delight features
Plays catch-up to Amazon in third-party device support, Still has some learning to do
In a two-device race to rule table-top A.I, Google Home bests Amazon Echo in terms of audio quality, microphone range, design aesthetics, and basic intelligence...
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Published: 2016-11-03, Author: David , review by: wired.com
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
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
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
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
While the Google Home shows a ton of potential, it's currently not as versatile or useful as Amazon's Echo -- though we expect it to improve in the days and months ahead...
Published: 2016-11-03, Author: Michael , review by: tomsguide.com
Integrates with your Google tools, Controls Google Cast-enabled devices, Booming bass
Limited add-ons at this point, Lacks balanced sound, especially on vocals
Google has made the smart speaker race interesting with Google Home. It can do many of the same basic things as Amazon's Echo can, yet it costs less and has more visual appeal. The Echo delivers better sound, and it connects to far more smart devices, but...
