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 Johnson, J. (2019, October 18). Nest Mini vs. Amazon Echo Dot (3rd Gen): Which should you buy? Androidcentral. 

https://www.androidcentral.com/nest-mini-vs-amazon-echo-dot-3rd-gen



Google Nest Mini is a sustainable multipurpose speaker which connects to the smart homes, utilizing Google Assistant (Pino, 2020). Users are able to control it by speaking to it or connecting their phones through Bluetooth. It’s made of 100% recycled plastic bottles and comes in a variation of colours such as “Chalk (off-white) or Charcoal (grey-black)”. A fabric mesh for the top, it covers three buttons; two for volume and the last for play/pause. A microphone mute button can be found near the power port, by the rubberized base. Users can also hang the speakers on the wall easily. To switch to the Google Nest Mini to a smart device that connects to smart homes, users would be required to set up and use Google Assistant. With a simple command from the user, in the range of the device, the action will be carried out. That being said, the Google Nest Mini truly stands out compared to its competitors with its affordable price, improved voice recognition, and "great mid-range clarity". 


Despite these amazing features that Google Nest Mini offers, users faced an issue regarding "maintaining a Bluetooth connection without dropping out" (Tambini, 2020). This issue had been reported to Google for over a year but only addressed by Google recently. However, Google had not provided follow up actions to the negative feedback. Tambini mentioned that the disconnection occurs ranging from 2 minutes to 15 minutes after connecting the speaker via Bluetooth. In addition, the article, "The most common Google Nest Mini problems, and how to fix them", Lacoma (2020) offered temporary solutions to problems faced by users regarding the Google Nest Mini, one of which would be the connectivity. Lacoma mentioned, "My Nest Mini keeps unlinking from my Google Home account" with the elaboration that it is caused by "a bug in the software". The solution given to users was to reboot and reconnect the device. However, if the problem still persists, nothing can be done but to wait for Google's update.

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