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
Published: 2017-08-01, Author: Stephen , review by: techguide.com.au
Easy to set up, affordable, decent audio quality, amazing source of information, gets better the more you use it
Took a while to link smart devices
Google Home is a handy and affordable smart speaker that will become an indispensable part of your life to keep you informed and entertained.User Rating Be the first one! Related PostsBose Soundlink on-ear headphones reviewBraven Mira – the speaker you c...
Its intelligent assistant isn't as good as the Amazon Echo's but, overall, Google Home is a superb smart speaker and very good value at under $200. It's ideal for those who have invested in Google's ecosystem, it's particularly good at streaming when pair...
Abstract: The Google Home personal assistant goes on sale in Australia today, marking the serious start here of home control by the technology giants. Home officially costs $199, but if you shop around you can buy it for tens of dollars less.Rival Apple HomePod lau...
Abstract: Though there are multiple options for voice-activated smart assistants available in the US, this week marks the first official entry into Australia: Google Home.This cute little $199 speaker essentially acts as a hub for all things Google in your house, p...
Yes, the Google Home is a new device, and as a platform it has a long way to go to be great in its own right and reach its full potential, not to mention catch up to the amazing lead Amazon has with both Alexa's skills and degree of 3rd party integrations...
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Published: 2016-11-22, Author: Mark , review by: gizmodo.com.au
Abstract: All images: Alex Cranz/GizmodoIt's late, I've just plugged the Google Home voice assistant in, and I've got a fridge full of pumpkin and pie crusts and Thanksgiving is three weeks away. "OK Google, how do I make a pumpkin pie?" Google Home happily answers...
Customizable base, Massive song library, Expanding hardware ecosystem, Sixmonth YouTube Red trial
Missing Google's own services, Phrasing needs to be precise, No Bluetooth
Both wildly intelligent and supremely versatile in the ways in which it can be used, Google Home is farther along in its first week than Amazon Echo was in its first six months. It still has a ways to go to catch up – starting, perhaps, with better integr...
Abstract: OK, now this is clever. That was my reaction when I asked Google Home , “What's the temperature inside?” and it replied, “It's currently 73 degrees, but the Nest is set to 65.” Google's hyper-aware, voice-activated speaker dishes up a lot of surprising an...
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 t...
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...
