# Google Home Speaker 评测：音质出色但操作繁琐 - 来源：The Verge：AI（RSS） - 作者：David Pierce - 发布时间：2026-06-24 21:00 - AIHOT 分数：54 - AIHOT 链接：https://aihot.virxact.com/items/cmqs4e7om002yslv6y59olvle - 原文链接：https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/955537/google-home-smart-speaker-hands-on ## AI 摘要 Google 新款 Home Speaker 售价 99 美元，体积小巧但音质饱满，低音优于同尺寸的 UE Wonderboom，清晰度和响度均超过 Amazon Echo Dot Max。配备三个麦克风，唤醒词识别灵敏，即便在淋浴中也能响应“Hey, Google”。外观呈彩色毛线球状，无可见按键；音量可通过点击左右侧调节，但触控区域小且方向不直观，顶部播放/暂停触控正常。灯光环隐藏于底部，反馈不够明显。不支持标准蓝牙，可通过 Google Cast 串流或与 Google TV Streamer 配对。内置 Gemini 智能助手，可用于控制家居、规划日程和查询信息。 ## 正文 The Google Home Speaker sounds good and looks great — but it’s finicky For such a small speaker, Google’s $99 device packs a punch. But ‘speaker’ is only the beginning of the job. For such a small speaker, Google’s $99 device packs a punch. But ‘speaker’ is only the beginning of the job. by David Pierce Jun 24, 2026, 1:00 PM UTC The Speaker comes in four colors… but red is the way. Photo: David Pierce / The Verge David Pierce is editor-at-large and Vergecast co-host with over a decade of experience covering consumer tech. Previously, at Protocol, The Wall Street Journal, and Wired. Right out of the box, the new Google Home Speaker passed a couple of important tests. Even with the volume at 100 percent and music blaring out of the speaker, it quickly ducked the audio and listened every time I said “Hey, Google.” In fact, in two days of testing, the speaker’s three microphones haven’t missed a single wake word — except for the time I stage-whispered to it from the other room while trying to avoid waking up the baby, but I’m not sure that’s a fair test. I set up the speaker in the bathroom and chatted with it from the shower; Siri hardly ever hears me over the running water, but Google did pretty well. These are the sorts of things any smart speaker should do well, but the basic interactions aren’t always a given. They’re incredibly important for the Home Speaker, which Google designed not just as a way to control your music and your smart home but as an ambient way to do all things Gemini: plan and manage your day, access information, even get stuff done. My colleague Jen Tuohy and I both have Home Speakers in our houses right now, but we’ve only had a day or so to really test them; our full review, of both the speaker itself and the AI assistant inside it, is coming soon. Here’s what I can already tell you, though: The Home Speaker is a pretty good little speaker. It pumps big, rich sound out of its mesh body, and gets plenty loud for such a small device. If you’re using it as a kitchen speaker or for background music, I suspect you’ll never need to hit full volume. (I don’t have Google’s previous speaker, the Nest Audio, handy for testing, but if memory serves, it was both louder and better than this one. And also much larger.) My go-to small speaker has for years been a UE Wonderboom, and the Home Speaker holds its own against the similarly sized Bluetooth dynamo. The Wonderboom gets a bit louder, and has a little more emphasis on vocals and higher, while the Home Speaker brings out more of the bass. (To be clear, I do mean “more,” not “a lot.” Small speakers, small thump-thump.) A song like “Sugar, We’re Goin Down” by Fall Out Boy is a fun test: The bass and drums drive the song on the Home Speaker, whereas it’s all vocals and lead guitar on the Wonderboom. Which you choose will be mostly personal preference. Compared to something like the (also similarly sized) Amazon Echo Dot Max, though, there’s no comparison: The Home Speaker is cleaner, louder, and just sharper in all areas. It makes the Dot Max sound like a really big phone speaker. I really like the look of the Home Speaker, which presents more or less like a very colorful, softball-sized ball of yarn. It comes in four colors, but I got it in red, and I can’t recommend it enough. Because there are no visible buttons or controls, and in fact nothing marring the look other than the white USB-C cable running out the back, the extra pop of color really works — and manages to avoid screaming “look, a speaker!” The downside of all this minimalism is that it’s not remotely intuitive how to use the Home Speaker. You can raise and lower the volume by tapping on the right or left side of the speaker, but the touch targets are small, and it’s not even particularly obvious what’s right and what’s left. It’s round! (Tapping the top of the speaker pauses and plays music, which works fine.) The Home Speaker’s light ring, which glows when Gemini is listening or responding, is also somewhat hidden underneath the speaker, such that you won’t see it at all unless it’s up above your eyeline. That bit of visible feedback is really important for a smart speaker, and Google probably should have made it more prominent. I’d also rather have the Echo Dot’s volume controls, which are just plain ol’ buttons. You can’t use the Home Speaker as a standard Bluetooth speaker, but you can use Google Cast to stream from other devices. You can also group a bunch of them together for synced audio around your house, or pair a couple to a Google TV Streamer and use it for better TV sound. A bunch of Home Speakers certainly won’t replace your Sonos setup or your soundbar, but I’d wager they’re better than whatever’s coming out of your TV speakers right now. So far, I’m impressed with this little speaker, especially for $99. But audio is only part of the Home Speaker’s story. Google made this thing to get Gemini in your house, to bring a new way to control your home and run your life through its AI assistant. Google hasn’t shipped a smart speaker in six years — whether this one’s worth the wait will be all up to Gemini. And we have a lot of testing left to do. Follow topics and authors from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates. 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