The new Google Home Mini suits this use perfectly. Google's latest smart speaker emphasizes smart over speaker: it's a small pebble of a thing, about the size of a crosswise slice of a softball.

The Google Home Mini is an AI assistant that’s far more capable than its small size would suggest. With Voice Match capabilities and smarter than the Echo Dot, you'll like this impressive little ...

Google swears the Home Mini sounds better than you think, but if you disagree, you can hook it up to any Chromecast-enabled speaker and play music wirelessly. It's not a complicated strategy, really.

The Google Home Mini stands tall as one of the best affordable smart speakers out there, along with the Amazon Echo Dot, but it doesn't do enough to supplant the Dot at the top of the list.

That said, the Home Mini does not appear on Best Buy or Target online stores today. Google and other companies gave them out very widely over the years, including a $9.99 promotion via Assistant.

Google Inc. Home Mini 2 and Home Max 2 smart speakers sit on display during the Made By Google 2018 ... More launch event in New York, U.S., on Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2018.

A software rollout caused a small percentage of older Google Home (2016) and Google Home Mini (2017 1st gen) devices to stop working. The issue has been resolved for future updates.

As part of the new 1.29 Google Home Mini software update, you’ll now be able to long-press the side of the smart speaker in order to activate its functionality.

Because the Google Home Mini ($49) doesn't officially launch until next week, no paying customers have been impacted. Meanwhile, it appears the new larger-sized Google Home Max smart speaker ($399 ...

The top touch functionality of the Google Home Mini looks to be permanently gone. Google disabled the feature this October after a privacy issue was reported in which the Mini was registering ...

How to set up a Google Home Mini or Google Nest Mini. 1. Plug in your Google Home Mini or Google Nest Mini. The device will light up and play a chime, indicating you can go to the next step. 2.