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Google’s AI responds the same way it would on any of your devices that have a Google Assistant. It’s fast, easy, and very smart for smart home automation. Activation of the butler who never sleeps is the magic words ‘Ok Google’ that can be shouted from a decent distance depending on ambient noise and the music from the speaker itself. We could activate Google at full volume. Depending on how far away the speaker is and how loud the music is, you may have to move around and yell accordingly. At full volume, yelling from room to room is not going to help. You may want to put yourself in the loudspeaker firing line and then give it a try. That being said, the microphones are capable and quite efficient.
At full volume, the speakers tend to squeak a bit. It’s not much, but it’s enough to send audiophiles looking elsewhere. Speakers don’t pick up power when playing Diving in by Dave Matthews Band. Maximum volume may be the enemy here, but as soon as you pull the reins, the speaker starts to behave. Clearly these flatter vocals but also keep your toes grooving for songs with a lot of bass like Super sick by Maydien. You do not know Leon Bridges is equally met with rhythmic fun. However, it lacks the full-body sound and richness that we’re used to seeing from other smart speakers (read as pricey too). Regardless of how the bass-friendly Mi smart speaker sits, it does the job delicately for its price category. Bass is fine. We could give more credit here, but when we play Feel good By Poolside, it becomes clear that sophistication is not your virtue.
You can feel the lack of energy and excitement here in Lewis Capaldi’s voice on Someone you loved But expecting something more than what the Mi Smart Speaker can offer is not fair due to the price at which it offers such sound quality. Judging from those metrics alone, the Mi smart speaker offers simple sound quality that can possibly be surpassed by Ultimate Ears’ Wonderboom 2, but that doesn’t have a talking AI, does it?
