ISSUE 44 • ANDROID ADVISOR 71REVIEWif not mids and lows. You might actually prefer its
smaller footprint and new fabric covered design, too.
It also lacks Google Home’s customizable bases,
which are available at extra cost, but the Mini comes in
a choice of three colours: Charcoal, Chalk and Coral,
better known as black, grey and pink. Surely one of
these will suit your home decor.
Originally both devices offered a touch interface
as well as their always-on mics. On the standard box
there’s a capacitive button on top that can wake the
assistant, pause and resume playback, and a capacitive
dial that controls volume.
You can adjust volume on the Google Home Mini
by tapping the left side of the device to turn down
volume, and the right side to turn it up. But the top
touch-sensitive area has been permanently disabled
by Google because it was over-sensitive and listening
in on conversations when it shouldn’t. That’s a shame,