The speaker might be small – it's a shade over 14cm tall – but it can be a big help every day. Think of it like a friend that knows everything that's constantly on call. You can ask questions, get it do things, play your music, keep you up-to-date and get you ready for your day.

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

Between the Google Home and Amazon Echo, the race to get a smart assistant into your home is blazing hot. Across different form factors and price points, the idea is to get you onboard the Alexa or Google Assistant ecosystem.

The future is coming, and fast. There was a time when we would imagine having a robot or an assistant that would do what we ask them to. These were things that existed only in sci-fi movies. But present technology has brought JARVIS from Iron Man to life… Well, almost.

I absolutely LOVE Google Home. We are going to purchase the larger one and more of the smaller one for gifts

At first I was regretting it (not knowing what it could really do) but with time I got to learn all the features it has and now I use it multiple times per day. Really good for its price although not all features are available in NZ yet, Change the region to English US if you want all the latest...

Buying this product I knew you had a power cable that needed to be connected however I didn't know that you needed to connect it to your network via Ethernet cable. If you are purchasing this as you can not grab a connection in one part of your house then you need to buy at least 2 pods (3 if you...

I love this Google home, wow im so surprise, i can ask anything from my google home friend,

awsome great in the kitchen daughter loves it also

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 context of the last couple of exchanges.

Attractive design; "conversational" search; backed by Google's immense database

Large power brick; conversational search is still limited

At £129, Google Home is a more personalisable connected speaker than those from its leading rivals; Swapping out the ability to buy stuff online using your voice for a better understanding of general queries out the box.

Great microphone performance; Customisable design; Expansive skill set; Effortless setup; Unobtrusive