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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nThe Google Nest Mini speaker is more than just a speaker. It is actually a connected speaker that acts as an assistant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It allows you to listen to music, set an alarm, know the weather, get information on current events and also control the connected objects of the house, if they are compatible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In terms of characteristics, this speaker has three touch buttons: Volume Plus, Volume Less and Play \/ Pause. The enclosure is 42 mm high and 98 mm in diameter, weighing 181 g. It has indicator lights which are used to know whether the Assistant is active or not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Google Nest Mini has a Quad-core ARM 64-bit 1.4 GHz processor, three ultra-sensitive microphones and a physical button on the side to enable \/ disable the microphones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is available at 59 euros on the Google Store (link to product sheet)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Google offered one to its Premium Youtube subscribers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After several days of testing, I must say that I am not disappointed with this speaker. I didn't really know what to expect before using this product, so I was guided by its functionality to test it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The enclosure is rather well studied, despite some slight faults. Here is the summary of the positive and negative points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the box you will find the speaker, the power cable and a quick user guide. <\/p>\n\n\n\n To configure and use your new speaker, just follow the steps below<\/p>\n\n\n\n More information : Set up the Google Nest Mini & #8211; Step by step (article to come)<\/a> So that you can get a better idea of this speaker and what it offers or so that you can discover new functions offered by the Google Assistant, I have tested several varied commands for you. Here are the ones that work, and the ones that don't work yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Orders related to: Volume<\/a> | Music<\/a> | Radio<\/a> | Calculator<\/a> | Various<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2714<\/span> Turn the sound on<\/em> \u2799 This puts the sound at 100%<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2714 <\/span>Set the volume to 25%<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2714 <\/span>Set the volume to <\/em>7 \u2799 You can adjust the volume with a number from 0 to 10. In our example, 7 corresponds to 70% of the maximum volume.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2714 <\/span>Turn down the sound of 50%<\/em> \u2799 This cuts the volume in half<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2718<\/span> Multiply \/ Divide the volume by 3<\/em> \u2799 "Oulalalala, I pass my turn for this time, but I learn from my mistakes".<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2718<\/span> Increase \/ Decrease volume by 20 decibels<\/em> \u2799 "This is not in my strings, but I learn from my mistakes" <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2714<\/span> Change music<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2714<\/span> Make me listen to Bob Marley<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2714<\/span> Stop \/ Resume music<\/em> \u2799 It stops \/ resets the music<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2714<\/span> Put on some music that I like<\/em> \u2799 It works in my case. I imagine this only works if Google has already learned your musical preferences from using the Google Play Music app.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2714<\/span> What is the name of this music?<\/em> \u2799 "You are currently listening to (name of music) from (name of artist)"<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2714<\/span> I like this music<\/em> \u2799 "I noticed that you like this type of content"<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2718<\/span> What can I listen to?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2714<\/span> What is the result 14 times 2<\/em> \u2799 "14 times 2 is 28"<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2714<\/span> Are you a dangerous person?<\/em> \u2799 "I would rather describe myself as someone useful and helpful"<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2714<\/span> Can you read books?<\/em> \u2799 "There are no audiobooks in your Google Play Book library, you can buy one from the Google Play Store"<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2714<\/span> Why do you exist?<\/em> \u2799 I'm here to help you<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2714<\/span> Can you repeat?<\/em> \u2799 "No problem", then she repeats what she said last<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2714<\/span> Do you like someone ?<\/em> \u2799 "I like to remember this advice from William Shakespeare: Love everyone, trust very little; don't hurt anyone.<\/em>"\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2718 <\/span>What is the ideal distance to speak to you?<\/em> \u2799 "I don't see how you help, to tell you the truth"<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2718 <\/span>How far should you speak?<\/em> \u2799 "And there is the bug"<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2718 <\/span>Can I unplug you?<\/em> \u2799 "Ouch ouch ouch, you put a glue on me"<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Google Nest Mini is fascinating and bodes well. She is an extraordinary assistant and rather practical. It is already full of potential despite some small gaps. The enclosure repeats it when it has not understood a question: "I am not perfect, but I am improving day by day". It is very practical for listening to and controlling your music, as well as for doing other tasks without having your eyes fixed on your phone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Despite all these positive points, one thing bothers me in this type of enclosure: it is the total intrusion into privacy. To function properly and offer so many features, the Google Nest Mini must be anchored in the home and in the daily life of the user. She must constantly listen to what is around her, so that she can respond to you when you speak to her. Note that only voice commands said after "OK, Google" are saved in your personal history. You can deactivate or delete voice backups on myactivity.google.com<\/a>, by unchecking the option "\u00a0Include voice and audio recordings<\/em>".<\/p>\n\n\n\n The more she knows about you the more it will be functional and relevant. But without this intrusion into our personal space, all the services offered by the speaker would not be functional and the Google Nest Mini would be just one speaker among many others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I rather trust Google and I do not think that the data collected will be used for bad purposes. However, even if Google is very secure and transparent with regard to the data collected and their use, zero risk does not exist. If a hacker or a government succeeds in accessing its data, you might as well be exposed. All this data collected provides enough information to trace your life and know who you are: habits, history of voice commands, preferences, history of GPS positions, etc. & #8230; <\/p>\n\n\n\n Tell me what you think of the concept of this speaker in the comments \ud83d\ude09<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Following a promotional offer from Google, like millions of people around the world, I was able to get the Google Nest Mini connected speaker for free. Here is my feedback, as well as my tips to properly configure this speaker. In this article, I give you my opinion on this speaker that Google has managed to impose [\u2026]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4369,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[869],"tags":[94,747,190,744,280,746,742,745,546],"class_list":["post-4185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technologie-internet","tag-avis","tag-commandes-vocales","tag-donnees-personnelles","tag-enceinte-connectee","tag-google","tag-google-home","tag-nest-mini","tag-objet-connecte","tag-test"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/currenttrends.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/currenttrends.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/currenttrends.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/currenttrends.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/currenttrends.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/currenttrends.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4185\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/currenttrends.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/currenttrends.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/currenttrends.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/currenttrends.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}My feedback<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Good points<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Negative points<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Unpacking and first configuration<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Subscribe to the newsletter at the bottom of this page to be informed when the article is ready \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n\n\n\nBonus: suggestion of voice commands<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Volume control<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Music and Radio<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Calculator<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Miscellaneous functions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Technical characteristics<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n