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Google Home Mini 1st Gen Smart Speaker w/ Google Assistant (Chalk) Expired

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Lowe's has Google Home Mini 1st Gen Smart Speaker w/ Google Assistant (Chalk, GA00210-US) on sale for $12.99. Shipping is free on $49+ orders.

Thanks to community member GeoffreyK24 for finding this deal.

Note: Ordering a quantity of 4 will qualify for free shipping.

About this product:
  • Get hands-free help in any room with Google Home Mini. It's powered by the Google Assistant. You can ask it questions. Tell it To do things. It's your own personal Google. Use your voice To quickly find information about the weather, news, sports and more. "Hey Google, will I need an umbrella today?" get help with things like your schedule, commute, travel information and more. "Hey Google, wake me up at 6:30 AM tomorrow." Google Home Mini comes in two unique colors, Chalk and Charcoal. Select the right color that matches your room and personal style.
  • A powerful little helper - Get hands-free help in any room with Google Home Mini - It's powered by the Google Assistant
  • Get answers from Google - Use your voice to quickly find information about the weather news sports and more
  • Manage your day from breakfast to bed - Get help around the house with things like your schedule commute travel information and more
  • Play pause and rewind hands-free - Control your favorite music movies and shows using only your voice
  • Control your smart home - Use your voice to control your compatible lights thermostats and more
  • Fun for the whole family - Learn something new play fun games and listen to stories with the Google Assistant

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  • About this deal:
    • Offer ends September 29th, 2021 while supplies last.
    • Matches our extremely popular Frontpage deal for the Charcoal model posted in late June here.
    • This deal is $36 off (73.47% savings) the retail list price of $49.
    • Our research indicates that this offer is $7 lower (35% savings) than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting from $19.99 and higher.
  • Ratings & Reviews:
    • This product has a 4.5 out of 5 star rating based on 640 customer reviews on Lowe's.
  • About this store:
    • This product qualifies for Lowe's 90-day return / exchange policy (see details).
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Randomly found this when I googled something related to Google Home Minis. It's the 1st gen but still a very good device. Before people chime in with how they get these for free all the time, maybe just don't unless you feel like sharing a link where you can get them for free right now.
Color options at this price include:
- Chalk
- Charcoal *NO LONGER AVAILABLE*
Order 4 or more for free shipping QA Note: Seems to be OOS for shipping, so store pickup only now

https://www.lowes.com/pd/Google-H...lid=CjwKCA
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For those that like to tinker and are looking at getting more out of these devices, you can easily mod them to bypass the built in speaker and power a passive, external speaker. I have an abundance of sound equipment and not all of it is being used in my home theater. Since I tried this mod with a high end Klipsch bookshelf speaker and an old Google Home Mini, I've been BLOWN AWAY at how good these can be. I'm now in the process of going through a lot of my Google Home and Google Nest Minis and setting them up with bookshelf speakers around the house as a huge upgrade to my speaker groups.
Video tutorial for reference:
https://youtu.be/IzdjDVdPpYQ
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Yes, that's all well and good if you are on the Amazon Alexa platform. Some of us prefer the Google Assistant which is why I posted this method for upgrading a Google Assistant speaker
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Yeah, I get itSmilie I run both Google and Echo smart speakers in my house. The Echos stream all my music to my home audio systems and the Google devices answer all my stupid questions. They both control all my smart plugs and bulbs. I really wish Google would get with the program and add 3.5mm ports to their smart speakers cuz I could then get rid of all my Echos.
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For those that like to tinker and are looking at getting more out of these devices, you can easily mod them to bypass the built in speaker and power a passive, external speaker. I have an abundance of sound equipment and not all of it is being used in my home theater. Since I tried this mod with a high end Klipsch bookshelf speaker and an old Google Home Mini, I've been BLOWN AWAY at how good these can be. I'm now in the process of going through a lot of my Google Home and Google Nest Minis and setting them up with bookshelf speakers around the house as a huge upgrade to my speaker groups.
Video tutorial for reference:
https://youtu.be/IzdjDVdPpYQ
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08-15-2021 at 06:48 AM.
08-15-2021 at 06:48 AM.
Quote from GeoffreyK24 :
For those that like to tinker and are looking at getting more out of these devices, you can easily mod them to bypass the built in speaker and power a passive, external speaker. I have an abundance of sound equipment and not all of it is being used in my home theater. Since I tried this mod with a high end Klipsch bookshelf speaker and an old Google Home Mini, I've been BLOWN AWAY at how good these can be. I'm now in the process of going through a lot of my Google Home and Google Nest Minis and setting them up with bookshelf speakers around the house as a huge upgrade to my speaker groups.
Video tutorial for reference:
https://youtu.be/IzdjDVdPpYQ
oh noze! cats out of the bag for the larger google speakers.
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08-15-2021 at 07:06 AM.
08-15-2021 at 07:06 AM.
Quote from GeoffreyK24 :
For those that like to tinker and are looking at getting more out of these devices, you can easily mod them to bypass the built in speaker and power a passive, external speaker. I have an abundance of sound equipment and not all of it is being used in my home theater. Since I tried this mod with a high end Klipsch bookshelf speaker and an old Google Home Mini, I've been BLOWN AWAY at how good these can be. I'm now in the process of going through a lot of my Google Home and Google Nest Minis and setting them up with bookshelf speakers around the house as a huge upgrade to my speaker groups.
Video tutorial for reference:
https://youtu.be/IzdjDVdPpYQ
Nice Google Mini hack but I much prefer the 3.5mm port on the Echo Dots to a powered set of speakers. Even a set of decent computer speakers or old sound bar sound better then most smart speakers out there. 3.5 to a mini amp is another option if ya wanna use passive speakers.
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08-15-2021 at 07:11 AM.
08-15-2021 at 07:11 AM.
Shipping is $5.99, unfortunately. I could use a couple, but I'm not paying for shipping.
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08-15-2021 at 07:18 AM.
08-15-2021 at 07:18 AM.
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Shipping is $5.99, unfortunately. I could use a couple, but I'm not paying for shipping.

Order 4 or more and you get free shipping. I'll update the post
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Quote from fishyx :
Nice Google Mini hack but I much prefer the 3.5mm port on the Echo Dots to a powered set of speakers. Even a set of decent computer speakers or old sound bar sound better then most smart speakers out there. 3.5 to a mini amp is another option if ya wanna use passive speakers.

Yes, that's all well and good if you are on the Amazon Alexa platform. Some of us prefer the Google Assistant which is why I posted this method for upgrading a Google Assistant speaker
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Yes, that's all well and good if you are on the Amazon Alexa platform. Some of us prefer the Google Assistant which is why I posted this method for upgrading a Google Assistant speaker
Yeah, I get itSmilie I run both Google and Echo smart speakers in my house. The Echos stream all my music to my home audio systems and the Google devices answer all my stupid questions. They both control all my smart plugs and bulbs. I really wish Google would get with the program and add 3.5mm ports to their smart speakers cuz I could then get rid of all my Echos.
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Yeah, I get itSmilie I run both Google and Echo smart speakers in my house. The Echos stream all my music to my home audio systems and the Google devices answer all my stupid questions. They both control all my smart plugs and bulbs. I really wish Google would get with the program and add 3.5mm ports to their smart speakers cuz I could then get rid of all my Echos.

Agreed. Unfortunately, I think they will continue to avoid adding the 3.5mm, strategically, so they can market their better model Google devices at higher prices. Want better sound, usually have to spend up. I think that was probably their justification in killing off the Chromecast audio too. Unfortunate because you are exactly right. It is a big convenience to users that prefer better sound. I'm thrilled that I've finally gotten around to using this mod so I can upgrade all of the speakers and only worry about a single power socket.
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Thanks but I would be really surprised to learn that any B&M stores had any of these 1st gen models in stock. These are more than likely inventory leftovers that are found in Lowe's distribution warehouses from time to time which has resulted in these sporadic deals at this price over the last year or two from Lowe's.
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Agreed. Unfortunately, I think they will continue to avoid adding the 3.5mm, strategically, so they can market their better model Google devices at higher prices. Want better sound, usually have to spend up. I think that was probably their justification in killing off the Chromecast audio too. Unfortunate because you are exactly right. It is a big convenience to users that prefer better sound. I'm thrilled that I've finally gotten around to using this mod so I can upgrade all of the speakers and only worry about a single power socket.

I snagged a few of the Chromecast audio when they were getting cleared out a while back for this exact reason, they sync up awesome throughout the house on different audio systems.
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Quote from GeoffreyK24 :
For those that like to tinker and are looking at getting more out of these devices, you can easily mod them to bypass the built in speaker and power a passive, external speaker. I have an abundance of sound equipment and not all of it is being used in my home theater. Since I tried this mod with a high end Klipsch bookshelf speaker and an old Google Home Mini, I've been BLOWN AWAY at how good these can be. I'm now in the process of going through a lot of my Google Home and Google Nest Minis and setting them up with bookshelf speakers around the house as a huge upgrade to my speaker groups.
Video tutorial for reference:
https://youtu.be/IzdjDVdPpYQ
Was it just coincidence or is the link you added bad.
The link to me to a broken (none youtube.com) location.
Shortly after clicking the supplied link I had to reinstall my security software.


Note the youtu.be in the link.
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Quote from BraveFeather984 :
Was it just coincidence or is the link you added bad.
The link to me to a broken (none youtube.com) location.
Shortly after clicking the supplied link I had to reinstall my security software.


Note the youtu.be in the link.

Must be coincidence since I can't imagine why anyone would deliberately add a broken link. I just clicked on it again and it opened the YouTube video. The link was taken directly from the, "share" option on the YouTube page. Not sure why it isn't working for you
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