![]() We found that the Nest audio picked up our commands with ease, and Google Assistant is quick to respond as well as loud and clear. ![]() If you're looking for a smart speaker with Google Assistant built-in, the Google Nest Audio is currently the best Google-manufactured smart speaker you can buy we liked the Google Home Max speaker, but Google has stopped making it. It's just a shame that Siri feels like it's lagging behind rival assistants. ![]() The bass isn't too heavy, vocals aren't lost in the mix, and when you pair two minis the stereo experience is really immersive. It's excellent for a speaker that's so small, and it really feels like the right mix of price and sound quality. There's also a much smaller number of compatible smart home devices that work with the smart speaker, compared to the range available for Alexa and Google Assistant-enabled smart speakers.įor us, the audio performance is the key reason to buy the HomePod mini. You can't ask the HomePod mini to play anything through Spotify – that can only be enabled through AirPlay, and requires using your phone rather than the simpler method of asking Siri to play tunes with your voice. And if you don't have Apple Music, you're quite limited in what you can listen to. Siri also seems to struggle with accents. Siri isn't as good as other digital assistants and seems rather buggy too: we've slept late a few times because alarms we asked Siri to set, and which Siri confirmed setting, didn't go off. We've tested these speakers over a very long time and while we love their sound, we don't love everything. Despite their small size these smart speakers pack a powerful punch: if you're committed to Apple's ecosystem and services such as Apple Music, you'll love the way these speakers sound – and their comparatively low price. Since Apple discontinued its original, amazing and rather expensive HomePods, this smaller version is the only Apple-made smart speaker in town – or at least it is for now, as we're hearing rumours of a larger version coming soon. ![]() Small number of compatible smart home devices
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