Google Home Max - Review!

Google Home Max

It is one of the biggest and expensive wireless smart speakers till date with a great quality sound systems.

About Google 

Google is an American based multinational technology company that provides Internet related services and products.   The services include online advertising, search engine, cloud computing, software and hardware.  The world’s most popular operating system of the smartphones “Android” is owned by this company. The impressive services of google like Gmail, Youtube, Google search making it one of the biggest internet companies in the world.

Over the past few years, companies like Amazon, Sonos, Google , Microsoft  are coming up with a smart, connected wireless audio devices.  Apple’s smart speakers are on the way.

  

So far, most of the early release of the smart speakers are less expensive. The usage of that would be more than listening music, accessing virtual assistant.  Sonos has made a mark on the brand on wireless speaker system that provide high quality audio ends.

Just say “OK GOOGLE” in quite a clear atmosphere, things happen, as the MAX is great at listening. It is made for the people who demand bigger sound with great quality systems.

Google Home Max comes with the price of $399. It is the biggest and the most expensive wireless smart speaker system so far. Though it has all the features similar to the Home an Home Mini, it produces a great sound quality.

It weighs almost 5.4 kg. One thing that Google Home Max misses is that, there is no provision for mounting in order to place it in the floor stands or wall mounts which are commonly found in all sort of speakers. There is no way to stick or attach the speaker to the surface.

It consists of 4 drivers – two 4.5 inch woofers, two 0.7 inch tweeters and 6 class D amplifiers. There are 6 far-field microphones for voice commands, a switch to disable the microphones, a USB Type-C port that can be used with an Ethernet adapter for wired networking and a 3.5mm input jack for other audio sources.

Google Home Max comes in two colors – chalk or charcoal. Thw front end of the speaker is covered in a grey cloth while the back part of the system is a smooth, matte plastic.

In contribution to its size, 13 inches wide by 7.5 inches high and 6 inches deep. The magnetic silicone base keeps the speaker stable in either orientations.

The top part of the speaker is incorporated with touch input controls – Swipe left / right volume, tap to play or pause. The volume can be controlled with voice commands or mobile devices. It is enabled with connectivity features like Bluetooth, Google’s very own Chromecast built-in.

The touch pad is made on the rubber pad that sits under the speaker to segregate the vibrations from the surface that is put on. The pad is attached to the Google Home Max through the magnets and works accordingly in a horizontal or vertical orientations.

In horizontal mode, the MAX provides a stereo sound, but on turning it in vertical mode, it switches to a mono output. Two Home Max speakers can be paired in a stereo configuration, as well, and both horizontal and vertical orientations work in this mode.

                                                                                                       

The MAX has a great quality and produces a loud enough sound. It is not designed to reproduce a flat sound. It sounds good for all kinds of music from soft acoustic to speed metals. It also performs well for podcasts and other vocal dominant tracks.

In a dual-speaker stereo configuration, the Max is even louder and more impressive. Google recommends to place the speakers about ten feet apart for the best stereo separation. Two MAX speakers are best than one in a huge space environment.

Google Home app let the MAX to group together with other Cast-enabled speakers for multi-room.

Google Home Max is quite similar to Sonos Play 5. Google Home Max differs by featuring an ability to automatically tune itself to the room it is placed in and the music being currently played using its on-board microphones.

Pros

·         It has a loud and great audio quality systems.

·         It has a Google Assistant Integration.

·         It Can be paired in stereo configurations or multi-room setups

·         Cast support enables playback from many streaming services

Cons

Expensive

Quite Heavy at 5.4 Kg