GOOGLE Home Hands-free Smart Speaker Reviews

Review score: 8.6 / 10 – Updated April, 2024

Latest Price: £39

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Overall Customer Rating

Overall rating

8.6

8.6 average based on 962 reviews.

How customers rate GOOGLE Home Hands-free Smart Speaker

Design

Entertainment / Fun

8.7

Value for money

8.5

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Features
Quality
Price
Reviews
Brand – Google
Videos
Summary
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GOOGLE Home Hands-free Smart Speaker features

	GOOGLE Home Hands-free Smart Speaker
Type	Smart Home Voice Assistant
Compatibility	iOS & Android
Works with	– Chromecast
Connectivity	WiFi
Power	Power adapter
1	Get weather, traffic, finance, sports and more information and answers from Google
2	Play tunes from Google Play Music or streaming services
3	Control your smart devices
Colour	White
Box contents	– Google Home
Dimensions	142.8 x 96.4 x 96.4 mm (H x W x D)
Weight	– Google Home: 477 g
Manufacturer’s guarantee	2 years
Price	£39
Number of Reviews	962
Review Score	8.6 / 10 Average score in category: 8.7 / 10
Buy	Find Best Price

Quality

As with any electrical items, it’s particularly important to study the quality of a product before you buy it. This is especially important for Smart Voice control assistants. But when we’re buying online, what can be done to get an idea of a product’s quality?

Our first area to study is normally the features. We’ve given a full list of features for GOOGLE Home Hands-free Smart Speaker above. This should give you a good idea of how good the product is in terms of features and functionality.

You’re also going to want to know how durable the product is, so here we’d advise taking a look at the materials that the Smart Voice control assistants are made from.

There is also a lot of benefit in checking out the brand of the Smart Voice control assistants. Some brands are known for manufacturing much better quality products. As I’m sure you’re aware, brands like Google are really well respected for making great Smart Voice control assistants.

It’s also important to have a good idea of your expectations in terms of quality too. You may not actually be looking for the best quality product if your main goal is to get cheap Smart Voice control assistants. So spend some time considering what’s important to you and think about the areas that you’d be happy to compromise or not.

Comparing Prices

That leads us nicely into price, where we’re going to spend some time looking at the price of GOOGLE Home Hands-free Smart Speaker and seeing how that compares to other Smart Voice control assistants and also looking at the sort of price you can expect to pay for products from Google.

It’s really good at this stage to spend some time just getting an idea of the sort of price you can expect to pay for your Smart Voice control assistants. When you’re spent a bit of time looking at the prices, consider setting yourself a budget.

Setting yourself a budget will really help you to narrow down your search. It can also help you to avoid the slippery slope of buying a really expensive product that perhaps had advanced specifications that you didn’t need or couldn’t actually afford.

The price that we found GOOGLE Home Hands-free Smart Speaker cheapest in our most recent search was at Currys and cost just £39.

Customers are obviously impressed with the value of GOOGLE Home Hands-free Smart Speaker as they’ve rated it in terms of value for money at: 8.5 out of 10.

How much do Smart Voice control assistants cost on average?

We searched for all of the Smart Voice control assistants that we could find at Currys. In total we found 25 different products available.

The average price of Smart Voice control assistants was £111.95, which makes GOOGLE Home Hands-free Smart Speaker below average in terms of price.

We also thought it would be useful for you to know how much the price of Smart Voice control assistants can vary. Of the 25 products we found, the lowest cost that we found was £39.00 and the highest price we saw was £308.99.

In the Smart Voice control assistants category, 24 products cost more than GOOGLE Home Hands-free Smart Speaker and 0 cost less.

How much are Google Smart Voice control assistants?

Next up we thought it would be useful to narrow down our search a bit more and only look at Smart Voice control assistants made by Google. We managed to find 7 options at Currys.

The average price of these 7 products was £75.28. With the cheapest coming in at £39.00 and most expensive currently showing as £199.00. Based on this price analysis it shows that GOOGLE Home Hands-free Smart Speaker is below average against other Google Smart Voice control assistants.

GOOGLE Home Hands-free Smart Speaker Reviews

Reviews are without question your best piece of information when researching a product to buy online. We love customer reviews especially, as they’re not incentivised and just written by genuine customers.

We also love customer reviews because many of them will be from customers who have been using the product for some time. We found 962 reviews for . So we’d strongly recommend you head over there and take the time to read plenty of the reviews to get a real feel for whether GOOGLE Home Hands-free Smart Speaker is just what you’re after.

GOOGLE Home Hands-free Smart Speaker has a customer review score of 9 and our review score is 8.8 out of 10. The average review score in the Smart Voice control assistants category is 8.7 with an average of 239 reviews for each product. The average customer review score for products from Google is 8.7 based on an average of 274 reviews per product. So you’re definitely going to be in safe hands if you do choose to buy GOOGLE Home Hands-free Smart Speaker

The other useful source of reviews is expert reviews. Whilst these won’t give you as much user feedback as the customer reviews, it does mean that you’re getting some expert opinions on the Smart Voice control assistants. Companies like TechRadar are really well known for providing great reviews.

It’s also worth exploring other product options and reading their reviews. Just some of the products that we liked are LENOVO 7″ Smart Display with Google Assistant reviews, LENOVO SMRT CLK BLK, Black reviews or LENOVO Smart Clock with Google Assistant reviews. Or something a little different could be a product like LENOVO Smart Clock Essential with Google Assistant reviews or even FACEBOOK Portal reviews.

Buying Google branded products

Brand, as mentioned earlier, is another really important factor to consider for buying Smart Voice control assistants.

It looks like you’ve already got some idea of the sort of product you’re inserted in, as you’ve landed on this GOOGLE Home Hands-free Smart Speaker review. However, if you do want to consider other brands just make sure you spend some time reading lots of reviews. If you decide to stick to Google then you’ll not be disappointed, judging by the customer reviews.

YouTube Video of GOOGLE Home Hands-free Smart Speaker

Another fantastic source of information and great for reviews is video content. Below we’ve run a search for GOOGLE Home Hands-free Smart Speaker on YouTube if you wanted to check out some of the video reviews that may have been created by customers or expert reviewers.

Summary

Based on the amazing reviews shown at the top of this review, we’re really impressed with GOOGLE Home Hands-free Smart Speaker and wouldn’t hesitate to recommend it as one of the top options if you’re looking to buy Smart Voice control assistants. This is only highlighted by the great customer reviews and our review score of 8.8/10 overall.

All that’s left now is for you to head over to Currys to check out the 962 customer reviews. Simply hit the green button at the bottom of your screen to start.

Further product details

- Product ID 1: 3872529839

- Product ID 2: 10161441

- Brand: Google

- Model number: 10161441

- RRP: £89

- EAN: 811571019434

- Description: Our experts have some serious techsperience, and they think you’ll love this Google Home. It all starts with ‚ÄúHey Google‚Äù. Listen to your favourite music, podcasts, radio stations, and audiobooks on the Google Home. You not only get Hi-Fi quality sound from a small speaker, but with Google Assistant built-in all you need to do is ask. Get answers, tackle your day, play music, control your smart home, and more.Get weather, traffic, sports updates and moreGoogle Home is powered by the Google Assistant that helps you turn your home into a smart home. Using just your voice you can talk to Google to get answers to the questions you want including the latest on the weather, traffic updates, finance, sports news and more. The far-field microphones pick up your voice reliably.Getting started is as simple as saying “OK Google”.Enjoy music from streaming servicesWith a simple voice command Google Home will play music from streaming services such as Google Play Music, Spotify and more. It’s as simple as literally telling Google Home to play your music. All that’s needed is your voice. No remote controls, no complicated buttons – just enjoy your music through the integrated high excursion speaker, offering Hi-Fi sound quality.Enjoy radio, podcasts and more, or use even more compatible services when you stream from your Android or iPhone devices using one of over 100 Chromecast-enabled apps.Manage alarms, timers and get flight informationGoogle Home can help you with everyday tasks. Ask for the latest flight information, and get it to set alarms, start timers, or add items to your online shopping list.You can ask what the nearest shop is and follow it up with “What time does it close?” to get all the information you need.Ask Google to stream videos to your TVAsk Google Home to stream videos to your TV. With Chromecast you can stream shows from your mobile to your TV. Or ask Google Home to turn up the temperature on your Nest thermostat.Support for multiple usersGoogle Home supports multiple users. That means it can give you a personalised experience by differentiating your voice from other people in your home. Just say ‚ÄúOK Google‚Äù and enjoy your own unique benefits from Google Home.Please note:- Google Home is optimised for selected music and audio services only. Subscriptions/payments may be required.- Controlling your TV requires a Chromecast.- Remember that even if you’re using Multi-user and Google Home should recognise your voice, a voice similar to yours or a recording of your voice might cause it to incorrectly identify someone else as you.