Google launches Google Home and Home Mini Speakers in India

Google has announced the latest addition to its #MadebyGoogle family of hardware products in India – Google Home and Google Home Mini. Powered by Google Assistant, Google Home and Google Home Mini are Google's voice-activated speakers that are customized for India.

Google Home and Google Home Mini will be priced at Rs.9,999 and Rs.4,499, respectively and will be available for purchase online exclusively on Flipkart, and in over 750 retail stores across the country, including Reliance Digital, Croma, Bajaj Electronics, Vijay Sales, Sangeetha, and Poorvika. According to the company, this offer valid until 30th April, 2018. Google Home Mini is available in two colours – Chalk and Charcoal, while Google Home will be available in Chalk. Coral will be coming soon.

The launch also comes with exciting new offers: when buying Google Home or Google Home Mini on Flipkart, users get a FREE JioFi router along with special offers on music subscriptions; when buying Google Home or Google Home Mini on Flipkart users get a FREE JioFi router along with special offers on exchange and streaming music subscriptions; when buying a Google Home at Reliance Digital or MyJio stores users get a FREE JioFi router with 100GB of high-speed 4G data (worth Rs.2,499), and at select Philips Hue and Croma outlets you get a Philips Hue + Google Home Mini at a special bundled price. Also ACT Fibernet retail customers subscribing to 12-month advance rental plans of 90Mbps and above, will receive a Google Home Mini. And above all, users get 10-per cent cashback when purchasing using HDFC Bank credit cards.

Speaking at the launch event, Rishi Chandra, VP of Product Management & General Manager, Home Products, Google, said, “We are delighted to bring our best-in-class Home products to India. These products have been customized to match the needs of the Indian consumer and you will see that Google Home is truly ‘desi’. It understands Indian accents, and will respond to you with uniquely Indian contexts. Another unmatched feature of our product is that the Google Assistant can work across all your devices, giving you a personalized Assistant experience in its truest sense.”