The Google Nest Mini Is a Cheap Gateway to a Smart Home Speaker System

For ambient background listening, a multi-speaker Nest Mini setup is the ultimate value-for-money choice.

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Behold the Google Nest Mini in light grey. Courtesy Google

If you want to buy one great speaker, Google’s Nest Mini smart speaker is not a good choice. It lacks stereo separation, doesn’t get loud, distorts at higher volumes, has basic equalizer controls, and has no line-out or 3.5mm port for physical connection to other speaker systems. Most importantly, it doesn’t sound great.

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