You may want to restart Google Home Mini smart speaker if it behaves erratically, becomes non responsive to questions and commands, locks up, emits strange noises, breaks up, chirps unexpectedly, and so on. Always try a speaker restart first, as this often clears up many problems, and avoids the unnecessary action of hard resetting your … Continue reading Google Home Mini Restart Instructions
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How to Use Google Home Mini as Bluetooth Speaker
The Google Home Mini smart speaker, pictured above, may now be used as a Bluetooth speaker due to firmware and Google Home app updates in the last few years. In this article, we show how to use your tablet or phone to drive this speaker via Bluetooth. You indeed can send audio to the Mini, … Continue reading How to Use Google Home Mini as Bluetooth Speaker
How to Connect Google Home Mini to a Different WiFi
You may lose the WiFi connection when booting your Google Home Mini smart speaker. Or, your speaker may not show up in the Google Home app. Both problems occur when the speaker no longer connects to your WiFi. To see it and use it, the Mini Google Home must be connected to WiFi with internet … Continue reading How to Connect Google Home Mini to a Different WiFi
How Do You Connect a Google Home Mini to WiFi
You may lose the WiFi connection when booting your Google Home Mini smart speaker. Or, your speaker may not show up in the Google Home app. Both problems occur when the speaker no longer connects to your WiFi network. To see it and use it, the Mini Google Home must be connected to WiFi with … Continue reading How Do You Connect a Google Home Mini to WiFi
How to Turn Down Google Home Mini Volume
There are many ways for how to turn down Google Home Mini volume. These depend on the app(s) you’re streaming from mainly. But the speaker itself has two touch pads as well, for volume control on its left and right edges. Plus, you can set volume with the native Google Home app. Finally, the Mini … Continue reading How to Turn Down Google Home Mini Volume
Google Home Mini Unboxing, Step by Step
Here, we show Google Home Mini unboxing. Just avoid opening the box bottom side up, so that the speaker inside does not fall out and become damaged as it hits the floor. We also suggest unpacking any sensitive electronic device close to or on the floor, preferably a carpeted floor. Therefore, this virtually eliminates the … Continue reading Google Home Mini Unboxing, Step by Step
How to Set Up Spotify on Google Home Mini
If you’re a Spotify streaming service subscription holder, you can now listen to your playlists and request songs from the Spotify library to play on your Google Home Mini smart speaker. But the Mini will not play Spotify recordings until you set it up with a (free, at least) Spotify account. Indeed, with a few … Continue reading How to Set Up Spotify on Google Home Mini
How to Adjust Volume on Google Home Mini
There are many means to set Google Home Mini volume on the Google Mini smart speaker. Here, we discuss all of them. The methods you use depend on the app(s) you’re streaming from mainly. But the speaker itself has two touch pads as well, for volume control on its left and right edges. Plus, you … Continue reading How to Adjust Volume on Google Home Mini
How to Pause Google Home Mini
You can pause or play of the Google Home Mini talking smart speaker by touching it as follows. You might pause it to stop it from playing audio when ready for bed or when taking a phone call. When paused, the speaker waits indefinitely for you to resume it. But it forgets the paused content … Continue reading How to Pause Google Home Mini
How to Connect Google Home Mini as Bluetooth Speaker
The Google Home Mini smart speaker, pictured above, may now be used as a Bluetooth speaker due to firmware and Google Home app updates in the last few years. In this article, we show how to connect your Google Home Mini to a tablet or phone to play audio on it just as you would … Continue reading How to Connect Google Home Mini as Bluetooth Speaker