Google Home Mini
It is so hard to shop for teens. I should know, I have 3 teens in my home right now. Finding the perfect gift for this age group is not easy. My 13 and 16-year-old sons share a room, and finding something that they both enjoy is close to impossible. The Google Home Mini was one piece of electronics that they both use every day. If you are looking for a unique gift, check out the Google Home Mini.
Top 6 reasons your teen needs a Google Home Mini in their room:
- Listen to music on Spotify or other music streaming websites: The Google Home mini is a small but powerful speaker. It has an intelligent Voice Match feature so it knows who is speaking. My two teens each have different playlists and the Google Home mini automatically plays each of their playlists when asked. How cool is that?
- Plays YouTube videos on a TV using a Chromecast: My teens have a TV in their room with a Chromecast. With the Google Home Mini, it can act as an intelligent remote control without needing a remote. The Google Home mini can change the volume, pause and play, FF, rewind, find new YouTube videos, and much more. All you have to do is say, Ok, Google play (name of specific YouTube video) on (Name of Chromecast) and it starts to play. No need for a computer or remote control to enjoy all that YouTube has to offer.
- Can help with homework: The kids have asked the Google Home Mini some crazy questions over the past few months. Many of the questions are easily answered by this smart device. Math homework is a good place to start asking questions of the Google Home Mini. You can also have it look up the meaning of a word or use it as a thesaurus. Obviously, you should not rely on the Google Home Mini to do your homework, but it can make a nice calculator while you are working on a more complicated problem.
- Can stream Netflix movies and TV shows on a TV with a Chromecast: If you link your Netflix account to the Google Home mini (by using the Google Home app) you can simply say Ok, Google watch “Person of Interest” and it will play on the TV (through the chromecast). You can also easily change to a different show, pause it, or even find some new series to binge watch.
- Sets a timer and an alarm to help your teen budget their time. My teens use the timer and alarm feature daily. This works so effortlessly and keeps the teens on track.
- So many more things you can do with the Google Home Mini including: Make a phone call, order a pizza, set reminders, look up the weather, get the latest news, get a translation, find places nearby, manage a calendar, and remind you about important information.
The Google Home mini is a really amazing device. At only $49.99 on the Verizon website, you have a useful gift that anyone would love. Every home can benefit from this intelligent speaker. Each day we find something new that the Google Home Mini can help us with. Gotta run, the mini just ordered us a pizza for dinner.
What do you think is a perfect gift for a teen?
This post was sponsored by Verizon and VerizonDC. All thoughts and opinions are 100% our own. My teens love the Google Home Mini and think it would be a great gift for other teens.
For kids? I’d like to have one for myself as well! Housework is not as tedious when the music’s playing. I like that it’s more than just a music speaker.
The Google Home mini is so much more than just a speaker! It is a great gift for anyone!
We’ve been talking about getting one of these for our oldest. She’s been talking about it ever since she saw it.
It is such a great gift for teens! You should definitely get one for your oldest.
My husband has one of these and loves it. I think it is a great gift idea for any music lover. I love a good dance party!
It really is a great gift for anyone who loves music! I hope your hubby shares his with you.
I would love a Google Home Mini speaker! My kids would love to be able to play music when they do their chores!
Playing music while doing your chores is a fun way to get your work done!
My teen would LOVE these speakers! I LOVE that it can be connected to Netflix! That is such an awesome feature!
You will not believe how many things this small speaker can do! We figure out new tricks every day!
What a cool gift! I know my nephew and niece would absolutely love it! I will have to pass this on to my sister-in-law to have her check it out.
Thanks for passing this along! I think it is a fabulous gift that is really useful!
Wow! This sounds like an awesome device. I think my husband might even like getting one. Father’s Day, maybe?
It would definitely make a perfect father’s day gift!! Love that idea.
This is such a fun gift idea. I know my 12 year old would love it. I love that it can help with homework… that’s a huge plus for me.
It really can help with lots of homework. My son is not a great reader and he has it look up words he does not know!
I love that there’s a mini version of the google home. It looks really cool and as usual, the features are definitely amazing! I love every single bit of what it can do!
This Google Home mini is a bargain at under $50! I love the features as well. We find out new things it can do for us almost every day!
This does sound like a great gift for teens and even adults too. How cool that it has so many functions. Definitely a piece of tech to check out!
My sons lose the remote for the tv all the time. The Google Home mini has turned into their new remote. They can be working on their homework and changing the TV channels with their voice. It is pretty awesome!
I’ve been thinking about getting something like this for around the home, we live in a small bungalow but thought it might be nice to have in the kitchen or something when we are doing jobs.
The Google Home mini makes a great timer! I love to use it for recipes.
Yes! I love the assistants! We have Google and Alexa and it helps reduce the amount of odd questions my kids ask me all day long because they know they can reliably go to the device for fast information. It’s so helpful for everyone! The look is great too, I love the colors and the shape. Fits with any decor!
Haha! You are lucky that your kids do not mind asking the Google Assistants instead of you! 🙂
I would love to get this for myself. I know my girls would love it too, but I think I’d love to have one more. I would probably use this often when I’m cleaning. I love listening to music while I’m cleaning.
You can have your favorite playlist going while you do your cleaning. It is pretty awesome!
I got one of these for Christmas. I absolutely love it. There are a few things I wish it did that it doesn’t but wow, I’m ok with what it does currently.
I would love to hear what you would like the Google Home to do that it does not do yet.
Oh this is a perfect gift idea for teens. And for me i would have to love this for myself too. I will definitely have this for my son’s graduation gift.
It would make a perfect graduation gift!
This is the first time that I’ve heard about Google Home Mini speaker. Love the features. I think that would be a perfect gadget to have in the house.
The Google mini speaker is great to have in the house! It can help you in so many ways.
I’ve never heard of this speaker! Sounds like a great option for young ones! Love it!
Teens will love the Google Home mini speaker!
This sounds like the perfect gift for my son. Thank you so much for sharing!
Your son would love this gift!
I’m sure my preteen would be all of over this if I got him one. He would love it!
Your preteen would love a google home mini!
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