Dear Meh, sell me on which Google home to buy?

@sohmageek Groupon is having a flash sale and there is one on there I think it was $20

@ambershirley1 Thuper! I got one.

@CaptAmehrican I bought one of those. I just need to set it up before the credit expires.

@CaptAmehrican One note on the credit. It is through Google express and I can’t see a full line of stuff for Walmart. I can still find stuff to spend the credit on but several things I had in mind where not available that way.

@Sohmageek You can download the Google express app and order the mini from Walmart. There was a $10 off first your first order through the app. I have seen different % off codes, too. I was not able to combine codes so read through what is available. I tried to use the $10 off and the mini $25 credit and no dice.

I did the deal with Walmart but have not figured out the $25 credit to Walmart on Google Express.

@sohmageek the mini (especially at $29) is a great deal. The speaker sounds surprisingly good for its size, much better than the unaided Echo Dot for music. The speaker in the full size Google Home is capable of being even louder and with more bass, but the mini is fine. As far as bang for the buck goes, I’d say the mini is your clear choice at 1/3 the price unless you want to really crank up the music.

Other than that unless you do things in the Google universe a lot of the benefits of Home like adding things to your calendar are lost on you. The only real benefit I can immediately think of is the ability to ask more follow on questions in a conversational style.

@djslack Did you connect your walmart account? The offer popped up on the screen when I set up my mini asking if I wanted it. I got a confirmation email within minutes.

@speediedelivery I believe I did but I’ll go though it again. Thanks for letting me know what to look for.

@speediedelivery @CaptAmehrican

The best deal on the Google Home Mini was right after they announced that joint Walmart - Google $29-25 promo.

Apparently they did not realize you also could stack the “Get $10” referral credit available in the left panel on Google Express ("$10 credit for the referer and referee).

So they were paying you $6 to take the Mini off their hands! ($29-10-25)

So they changed the deal to require you buy the Mini directly from Walmart rather than via Walmart Google Express.

I got the deal before they shut it down.

@CaptAmehrican it is true the range of stuff available in the Walmart Google Express store is limited.

But it is not severly limited. And even tho the prices are not all that great, even if you overpay by $5, look at it this way… you effectively paid $9 instead of $4 for that Google Home Mini.

Still a very nice deal.

@therealjrn well if you use the walmart credit it is 4 clams.

@CaptAmehrican That does make a yuge difference. OK, I’ll change my vote to “get a WalMart mini for a net 4 smackeroos.”

@sammydog01 oooh ooooh so we can buy an in house commercial just for fun?

@sammydog01

It is written
Never trust Jeff Bezos

@RedOak
Please do, Alexa does a lot of great stuff, but she’s not the brightest bulb in the chandelier. I’m wondering if google is better at answering questions.

@RedOak I will be awaiting that post also!

@lseeber @mtb002 ok… assembling some thoughts in my head for a conversation starter post…

@RedOak Great!

@sammydog01 Dot has both! I just bought 4 Home Mini’s for xmas because they don’t have Amazon Prime. (for music)

@medz I have a bunch of Dots. The $25 credit hooked me. I’m not sure what I’ll use this thing for. I can’t even figure out how to turn the volume down.

@sammydog01 Me too! Dots rule! I even have one hooked up to a splitter that will play through a Zune dock and/or the surround sound.

@medz I use my Dots every day. Love them.

@sammydog01 Yeah. We’re so cool.

@medz @sammydog01

@therealjrn Those Dots are excellent as well.

@sammydog01

How to Add Headphone Audio Port to Google Home Mini:

@mflassy Sure, I’ll just run out and buy a voltage divider, soldering iron, solder, that special screwdriver, the port thing, and a tube of epoxy to fix my four dollar mini. Sounds like a plan.

@sammydog01

Can’t wait to see how it turns out.

@sammydog01 tap the left side of the mini (power jack towards the back) to turn it down.

@thismyusername

At least they enabled some of that functionality in 1.29, although it’s in a different sense.

Although it doesn’t restore what was lost.

@Yoda_Daenerys or the last one. Or one made on Monday. Or one made on Friday.

@therealjrn of course