Google Nest Mini

[Chrisgr31]

Not sure if this is the right category or if it should be in the Computers thread.

However I have to say that if my Google Nest Mini had not been supplied free of charge by my energy company I would have been demanding a refund from the supplier.

It is the most useless bit of kit known to mankind. All it has to do is control 2 Philips Hue lights which it spectacularly fails to do. At least twice a week it loses its connection to the wi-fi and has to be set up again.

Are they all this useless? I assume not.

[alorotom]

Nope.

I’ve got 3 minis, 2 home hubs and 1 home hub max and have zero issues with any of them disconnecting. They all control everything without issue.

Is your router working with separated bands?

[Chrisgr31]

with what?

[White-Noise]

I got a home mini free with my nest cam, I already had an alexa, but the nest is just not in the same league on many fronts

[s2kjock]

I've got a few and while a bit flakey a few years ago, they work much better now. Having a decent WiFi mesh system seemed to help, as did successive updates to Hue and Google Home so I would check your apps are up to date.

They often don't listen to my OH when controlling lights, but I think it's good that I am not the only one in the household with MSD.

[AJB88]

I've got 5 mini's (all gen 2 now) and a home screen work well with Lifx bulbs etc, the only thing they dont play well with is Spotify if play it from website.

I had a gen 1 mini which broke after 2 years, it wouldn't connect.

[AlexC1981]

My Nest Mini lies hidden adhered like a limpet to the underside of one of my kitchen cupboards. Very rare to get a disconnection and if it does it will be up and running again in a few minutes. Never needs setting up again. I can't work out why you would need to do that.

I really would not be without it now. It's handy in the kitchen where you frequently have wet or sticky hands. I use it for timing food, calculations, reminders, alarms, Spotify/radio, news and asking all sorts of cooking related questions. Being powered by Google it's actually surprisingly good at answering random questions, but I haven't got an Alexa unit to compare it with.

[ARHarh]

got 2 gen i minis and a google home, never had an issue with them, never reset them. Never had to interfere with them at all since i installed them. The integrate with lots of stuff in my house. Had the for nearly 3 years now.