Google Home Mini review. Life makes simple

The Google Home Mini was launch on October 4th, 2017 at the #Madebygoogle event. The device will actually make life simple for you and your family. It works with Android and iOS gadgets. The Google Home Mini can help you do tasks you may not expect. The price is $49. That is approximately N16,000.

You can ask this donut looking smart speaker some interesting features, like

Hello Google, what is the speed of light?

Hello Google, how is the traffic situation in mainland?

Hello Google, what is the weather condition today?

And many more. This is powered by Google assistant. It can also serve as your home Secretary. Ask Google if you have when is your first meeting today? What is the latest news in Washington Post and more as long as you have schedule this event on the Google Home mini. You can ask it to translate a word or sentence in another language.

If you have a Chromecast, you can connect your Google Home with the TV so that you can stream shows, movies and music on your TV or speakers. You can also use your voice on the smartspeaker “to control lights, thermostats, and more from your compatible home automation devices.”

 However, the smartspeaker do not work with all apps and gadgets. Here are the compatible devices and apps it can work with for now, probably more may be added to it.

For Music and Audio; YouTube Music, Spotify, Pandora, Google Play Music, tune in and iHeart Radio.

For smart home; Philip, nest, tp-link, Wemo, SmartThings, IFTTT, Alarm.com, ANOVA, August, AWEIR, chk-in, D-link, deako, emberlight, Fireboard, Onelink, Frigidiary, geeni, Hive, HP, LG, Logitech, Light wave and more.

For Entertainment; YouTube, YouTube TV, YouTube Red, CBS, Google Photos, Netflex and the CW.

For Fun and Games; MAD LiBS.

For streaming devices; Google Chromcast, Toshiba, Mi, Sony, nvidia Shield, Bang and Olufsen, Philips, Vizio, Google Chromecast Audio and Bo Play.

For News and Publishing; Washington Post, NPR, Reuters, CNN, WSJ, WIRED, CNBC, NBC, Slate, New York Times and more.

Specifications

Dimensions & Weight 3.86 in diameter 1.65 in Height

Colors & Materials Chalk Charcoal and Coral

Supported Audio Formats HE-AAC • LC-AAC+

WirelessWi-Fi  Bluetooth® support

Speaker 360 sound with 40mm driver

Mics Far-field voice recognition

Power 5V, 1.8A

Ports & Connectors Micro USB port

Operating Systems Its support Android and  iOS

What’s in the box Google Home Mini, Quick start guide, Power adapter and cable