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in my last video when I review Sony's first Google assistant interpreter smart speaker I mentioned how I really like the Google home Mini and the Google home acts but I'm not really a big fan of the original Google home and the longer I've owned my Google mini the more I've grown to like it especially because it just keeps evolving so here's a pretty little review on the Google home Mini and a few new features you might not know I actually picked on my Google home Mini during the holiday season for 30 bucks but the Google home Mini usually retails for $50 and I haven't seen a go back to that $30 range since Christmas a lot of people might still be a little nervous of bringing in a smart speaker into their home because they don't want to be spied on but either way if you use any of Google's services in any way shape or form or any other form of social media like Facebook or Instagram these companies already have a lot of information on you whether you know it or not so my reason and when I first got my smart speakers was if these companies already have a ton of information on me anyways might as well get a smart speaker so they can foster my laziness even more now here's a quick rundown of the Google mini regarding hardware it's tiny it's slightly bigger than hockey puck and I think that if you get the black version it's going to disappear in most rooms the top is covered in fabric and there's a lot of rubber on the base so this thing isn't going to be moving a lot on the back doors to make USB port for power and make news to it unfortunately there's no object so you can't hook up the mini to a better speaker and play music and this is shame because even though the 40 millimeter upward firing speaker is decent for passive listening I would really like to be able to hook up my mini to my JBL boombox but I guess Google needs a reason to sell youth or Google home Max or a chromecast the mini also comes with a premium feeling power cable which has a pretty small plug and it's a very decent length when smart speakers first came out there were really only good for asking them arbitrary questions like how tall is the president what's the weather like and controlling your smart light bulbs if you had them but as these speakers have progressed you can ask them to do more complex tasks like talk to other applications or hang stuff online making phone calls and their voice recognition can even tell different people apart personally I really like talking to crypto prices so I can either cheer myself up or get really upset for a few minutes and I really like the call function because after all long editing session I could just have mini call my local deli so I can get a takeout order already without having to stop what I'm doing on the computer hey cool talks are crypto prices sure here's crypto prices high which cryptocurrency would you like the price for like coin the current price of light coin is one hundred sixty four dollars and 34 cents hey what's 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you press and hold on either side you can play or pause your music but unfortunately you can't manually skip a track or activate your voice assistant all this has to be done through voice commands I want the credit Hey roleplay and set volume to 75% obviously if you're picking up a Google home Mini you're not looking for an amazing sound quality but here's a quick little sound test yeah the many cell quality is amazing but if I'm doing research I might ask it to play something for background music what I really do like using my mini for though is how do they play white noise while I'm editing my videos it really helps cut down on distractions but many also helps make me more efficient while I'm getting my work done I can ask it for unit conversions up fly I can ask it to spell or define a certain hoard and I can also have it's a timer so I can better manage my time and even for me someone who talks pretty fast the mini doesn't have a problem hearing me or understanding what I said even when I wake up in the morning and I'm just mumbling my words the mini clearly understands when I tell it's just news my alarm it's not like the Xbox one where you really have to enunciate your words in order for it to understand you and still it's only good 50% of the time and even if you're talking very softly at a distance the Mini has no problem hearing you that's why I made my own routine for when I get up at night to use the bathroom or if I say night late to my mini it'll set my lamp to 50% brightness and I don't have to worry about disturbing anyone else in the house like I mentioned in my last video I really don't see a need for the original Google home since it doesn't sound good for listening to music it's really just a plus size will go home many to me because I strictly use it for voice commands so if you're trying to decide between the two I highly advise you just get the mini and avoid overpaying I really feel Google needs to release a second generation Google home with a much better sound quality for fifty dollars the Mini is great for what it is and the convenience it offers but I would really like to see an ox check so I can plug in my own speaker and I would like to get rid of my curious B port and throw into USB C ports one for power and one so I can charge up my future pixel 3 Excel hey if you enjoyed the video please like and subscribe and helps out more than you realize for more product reviews and deal alerts check out Jim Kennedy that net if you want us to port the channel pick up a shirt and I'll catch you next time