David Priest is an award-winning writer and editor who formerly covered home security for CNET. Amazon's Echo Dot is impressive as ever. Its 1.6-inch speaker is half an inch larger than the previous ...

In 2016, Google showed off its first smart speaker, the Google Home. A year later, its puck-size sibling the Google Home Mini arrived. Small but mighty, this speaker came with all the smarts of Google ...

“We added object-oriented audio processing from Dolby and DTS,” said Michael McCole, senior product marketing manager at Sound United in a press release, “and designed a clever driver layout so the ...

Better sound, especially playing music. Onboard machine learning should speed up Assistant response times. Built-in wall mount eliminates the need for accessories. Recycled speaker fabric. Still $49.

Unlock to see our ratings and compare products side by side The Google Nest Mini (2nd Gen) has overall fair sound quality. What little bass there is has little impact is subdued and deep bass is ...