Google has finally launched the Google Nest Mini smart speaker in India under its smart home products. The device has reached the Indian market a month after its launch. The new Google Nest Mini will succeed the Google Home Mini that was launched in the year 2017. As per Google, the Google Nest Mini brings about some significant improvements over Google Home Mini and that’s what we are about to list down in this article. Let’s have a look at the price and the features of the latest smart speaker by Google.
Google Nest Mini: Price
The Google Nest Mini is priced at INR 4,499 in India. It is currently being sold via Flipkart, Google’s own online store, and various offline retailers.
Google Nest Mini: Specifications and Features
The Google Nest Mini, as claimed by the company, is “smarter and faster than the original“. Well, more on that later. Speaking of connectivity, the Google Nest Mini comes with Bluetooth 5.0 connectivity and supports Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n/ac. We get a 1.5m long cable with the Google Nest Mini. Furthermore, the Nest Mini comes with a groove that can be used to mount the device on a wall. The smart speaker comes in two color variants – Charcoal and Chalk. The device measures 3.85 inches x 1.65 inches and weighs in at 181 grams.
Owing to the fact that the Google Nest Mini has a new custom driver added by the Mountain View company, the device is being claimed to offer two times stronger bass than the Google Home Mini.
Speaking of the resemblance of the Google Nest Mini with the Google Home Mini, the new smart speaker still retains the embedded indicator lights and microphone mute switch. The 3.5mm stereo jack, however, is missing out on the Google Nest Mini.
The Google Nest Mini comes with native Hindi support. It is compatible both with Android and iOS devices. You can stream content from almost all the major streaming services in the country including the likes of YouTube Music, Gaana, JioSaavn, and Spotify. As a matter of fact, the Google Nest Mini comes with a free Gaana subscription (up to March 2021).
Coming back to the speed and the performance of the Google Nest Mini, Google has incorporated a new machine learning chip with one TeraOPS of processing power that has helped the company to move some of the Google Assistant experiences directly to the Google Nest Mini. This would provide for much faster response time as claimed by the company.
Nest Mini can now learn your most common commands and process them on the device for much faster response time
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