Cheap; well designed; compact

Average sound quality; fiddly to mute; no speaker output

This device is brilliant. Keeps both kids and hubby entertained. So easy to set up and use. Sound quality excellent. Not imposing in the room so blends in well. Can answer 90% of questions put to it also. A brilliant addition to the family...the hubby now has someone else to argue with!

I wasn't sure I would find the Google mini useful and had my doubts it would live up to the hype. My only other experience with "smart" assistants is using/ trying to use Siri on the iPhone which is next to useless and a horrible experience.

I have had it for a couple of weeks and use it every day its very easy to use and helps me not to forget things (i have memory problems) and great for finding out about what ever you want to know just ask it and it tells you the answer .will be getting a Google Chrome to use with it as you have to...

For someone who's very busy, always on the move, and doesn't quite have time to faff about with a radio and alarm every morning, the Google assistant is your best friend. Whether it's asking my assistant for a recipe, setting a timer, asking for a specific radio station, setting alarms or even...

Help with recipes and timings when cooking

Not a lot of free music options, has trouble linking to some types of data, says 'still learning' but not where it will pick that new info up from; Had ours for 2 months and it still can't some simple news related questions

has been one of the best combinations of hardware and technology that I have happily adopted into my home and into my family's life. The device is used mostly to play back podcasts and music from Spotify and Google Play subscriptions but it has since expanded in many ways.

Talkative smart speakers are jostling for position at the heart of Australian smart homes, with the tiny Google Home Mini making it easier than ever to bring Google Assistant to life.

Access to Google Assistant; Compact; Inexpensive

Underwhelming music sound quality; No audio line-out

Google is not used to being second. And yet, that's uncomfortable the position it finds itself in within the smart speaker space.

It's almost unfair that most of the world met our voice-controlled future in the form of an Amazon Echo. Sure, the gadget works, but damn is it ugly. The Google Home was better but still sort of silly-looking. That's why the sleek, minimalist Google Home Mini feels like a revelation.