Voice-activated speakers are hitting the market hot and heavy with everyone vying to be the only system you'll invest in. Amazon is hoping you'll pick Alexa, and Cortana is hoping to get some traction in the market. Once you're a Google family, odds are you'll stay there.

The JBL Link 300 offers great audio quality and tons of smart features but it's too expensive for us to recommend.

Great audio quality; Google Assistant and Chromecast built-in; Streaming via Chromecast provides multiple advantages (see below; Far-field mics do good job of picking up commands

Expensive; No hands-free calling feature; Big and bulky

For all my grumbling about switching from Android to iOS, it's really not so bad. The one thing I really missed was Google Assistant, but the JBL Link 20 is doing an excellent job of filling that gap.

If you don't care too much about portability, the Sonos One sounds significantly better. However, the JBL Link 20 is still a solid smart speaker with better sound than some, and is worth considering if you see it sold at a good price.

Fully portable; Has Bluetooth as well as Google Home; Good mic array; Full sound

Not as dynamic of exciting sounding as the best; Constrained soundstage; No aux input

When I'm not traveling around NYC rocking some sweet audio cans I tend to do a great deal of music listening at home. As you seen this year has been pretty big for smart speakers particularly with those from Alexa such as their variety of Echo speakers while Google's size has been Home and recently...

JBL's Link 20 is one of the world's first on-the-go devices powered by Google Assistant, and it'll likely remain the best voice-activated portable speaker for most of 2018. The audio company figured out that the smarts of Google combined with its own award-winning engineering makes a near-perfect...

Just as the JBL Link 10 presents a very strong alternative to the Google Home, the JBL Link 300 is a solid foil to the Google Home Max , or the Amazon Echo Plus . It doesn't have the benefits of portability or ruggedness that the Link 10 offers, but it's significantly less expensive than the Home...

Google Assistant voice control; Reasonably powerful, balanced sound; Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and Google Cast

Not portable or rugged; Mono

JBL's new Google Assistant-powered Link smart speakers are appealing alternatives to Google's own Home line. The Link 10 is comparable with the Google Home in price, with better audio and a portable, rugged build. The Link 300, reviewed here, is closer to the Google Home Max in size, but its $249.95 price tag is a lot more wallet-friendly. You don't get quite the power or stereo audio of the Home Max or the larger Link 500, but you do get a reasonably loud speaker that works over Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, and provides a very balanced, enjoyable sound. Design The Link 300 ($249.95 at Walmart) is a fairly plain-looking speaker, measuring 5.6 by 9.4 by 5.9 inches (HWD), with an all-black fabric-and-rubber design and a wide barrel shape reminiscent of a large clock radio. The sides are covered in black grille cloth, interrupted by a large, circular bass resonator on the back and a small, silver JBL logo on the front. The top surface is black rubber with membrane buttons for play/pause, vo...

The JBL Link 300 is a balanced, fairly powerful Google Assistant speaker that falls comfortably between smaller smart speakers and larger, pricier options.

Google Assistant voice control; Reasonably powerful, balanced sound; Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and Google Cast

Not portable or rugged; Mono

I received the Jbl Link 300 as a review and enjoy it during all the holidays with all my family members and we're amazed how I did the magic of just saying OK goggle and we were just entertained by casting any family movie to my TV.it Just a perfect and most susprising is all in one casting OK...

garage tunes!! used on a 1 car garage. sounds full, compact, good bass and having blue tooth/ google assist helps with not needing to go over to it to mute it or adjust the volume. sound will vary with location on the device. cant say for long term yet. so far happy!

sound compact cool looking feels like great quality

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