Google Home and Home Mini India launch highlights: Price, Flipkart sale and everything else to know

Google Home and Home Mini India launch: Follow Google Home, Home Mini India launch live blog for all the latest updates. The Assistant-powered Bluetooth speakers will make a debut in India today.

Written by Shruti Dhapola
New Delhi | Updated: April 10, 2018 07:36 PM IST

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Google Home, Home Mini India launch LIVE Updates: Follow Google Home, Home Mini India launch live blog for all the latest updates. The Assistant-powered Bluetooth speakers will make a debut in India today.

Google Home and Home Mini Bluetooth speakers have been announced in India. The Google Assistant-powered speakers will be made available via Flipkart online and across 750 retail stores offline. Google Home price in India is Rs 9,999 while Home Mini costs Rs 4,499. To recall, Google Home and Mini were unveiled at the company’s I/O 2016 conference and this is the first time that the search giant has launched its speakers in India. Both the devices were launched alongside Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL smartphones.

Google Home and Home Mini can be activated by saying ‘Ok Google’. Google Home works with Android TVs as well and can be used to control Netflix. Google Home and Home Mini ship with six months of ad-free music experience by Saavn and Gaana. Users can ask Home things like how long will it take to reach a place, horoscope, weather, and more. Google has partnered with NDTV, Times of India, Aaj Tak and Dainik Bhaskar in India for news content. One can also connect their Google Home to the Google Chromecast. Google Home also works with YouTube.

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Below are highlights for Google Home Live event

Live Blog

Google Home, Home Mini India launch LIVE Updates:

16:22 (IST)10 Apr 2018

Google Home and Home Mini Reliance Jio offer

People who purchase Google Home or Home Mini via Reliance Retail Limited Store will get a free JioFi device. Jio customers will also get instant 100GB additional data. The company will give out 10 vouchers of 10GB data, which will be credited to the user's My Jio account. The validity of 100GB additional data will be one year from the date of credit.

12:23 (IST)10 Apr 2018

Google Home First Impressions

Google Home is cylindrical smart speaker, not larger than regular Bluetooth speakers these days. Half the speaker’s body is the grille covered by a fabric which might be a bit of an issue in the dust bowl that is India. The one feature we were really impressed by was the music quality of the speaker. Read first impressions of Google Home here.

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12:15 (IST)10 Apr 2018

Google Home: How to activate, other things it can do

Google Home and Home Mini can be activated by saying 'Ok Google'. Users can ask Google Home things like how long it takes to get to a place, trivia and fun facts. You can also ask Google Assistant for the horoscope of the day and play latest news. Google Assistant can be used to control Netflix, provided you have a chromecast on the TV. Of course, it will work with Android TVs as well. The list of supported devices in India is not yet confirmed

12:01 (IST)10 Apr 2018

Saavn, Gaana ad-free on Google Home

Google Home works with Saavn, Gana, Youtube and Netflix for streaming. Of course, Google Play Music is also supported. Saavn is ad-free for six months on Google Home along with Gaana.

11:49 (IST)10 Apr 2018

Google Home and Home Mini price in India

Google Home and Home Mini will two microphones and four LEDs. The devices are available for starting today and will be Flipkart exclusive online. Google Home price in India is Rs 9,999 while Home Mini will cost Rs 4,499. Google Home and Mini will also be made available at 750 other offline retail stores. The speakers come with six months free access to Google Play music and special offers from Gaana and Saavn. Hindi support for Google Home and Mini to come later.

11:42 (IST)10 Apr 2018

Things Google Home can do

Google Home gives real-time answers to a lot of questions. Google Home can also be used to dim the lights. Of course, these need to be Smart lights. Google Home can be used to locate your phone as well.

11:37 (IST)10 Apr 2018

Google Home to have four news partners

Google Home will also have four News partners In India - Ndtv, Times of India, Aaj Tak and Dainik Bhaskar. One can also connect their Google Home to the Google Chromecast.

11:34 (IST)10 Apr 2018

Google Home and Home Mini announced in India

Google Home and Home Mini announced in India. Google conducting on-stage demo for Google Home. The speaker can apparently be used to call up recipes. One can also use Google Home to check if their local store is open or not. Users can ask for step by step instructions for recipes on Google Home.

11:31 (IST)10 Apr 2018

Over 4.5 lakh marriage proposals to Google Assistant from India

Rishi Chandra VP of Product Management on stage now. "Voice is becoming an increasingly common way for computing. Google Assistant goes further than search. It can understand context. Google Assistant is available in India in Hindi and English. It has one million capabilities in India. We have 4.5 lakh marriage proposals to Google Assistant from India," says Chandra.

11:30 (IST)10 Apr 2018

Google Assistant now on 400 million devices globally

Rajan Anandan is on stage. He is VP India and South East Asia. “Voice input covers more than a 1 billion consumers in 119 languages all around the world today," he says. "This voice input feature is available on a large number of devices, even budget phones. In India, voice input is exploding. Users prefer to rely on voice, instead of typing in India," says Anandan. "Google Assistant was launched two years ago. It is a way to get things done. It is now available on 400 million devices globally," reveals Anandan. "We are expanding the Google Voice assistant capability to India."

11:05 (IST)10 Apr 2018

Google Home and Mini launch event to start in some time

Google is set to announce its two Assistant-powered speakers in India. Expect the launch event to start at any moment now. Google Home and Mini price in India will also be announced by the search giant at the event. The device will be exclusive to Flipkart online. Whether Home and Home Mini will be made available offline is unclear at this point.

10:41 (IST)10 Apr 2018

Google Home and Home Mini: How to register interest on Flipkart

Google Home and Home Mini launch in India will take place today. Users can register their interest in the speakers by heading to Flipkart, which has already listed the devices. Google Home and Mini can be used to control Smart Home, play music, cast video, ask for weather, and more. Of course, Google Home will be priced higher, while the Home Mini price in India could be below Rs 4,000.

Google Home, Home Mini India launch LIVE Updates.

Home and Home Mini are Google's answer to Amazon Alexa-powered Echo speakers, which were recently made available in India. Amazon Echo is priced at Rs 9,999 while Echo Dot Mini sells for Rs 4,499. Google Home and Home Mini users can give the devices voice commands to play music, ask for weather, and more. Those who have smart lighting in the house can ask speakers to turn on and off the light as well. Google Home Mini is a button-sized speaker covered in fabric, while Home is a cylindrical speaker. The Home has a touch-enabled panel on the top that can be used to change the volume, play and pause music or activate the Assistant with a tap.

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