KIWI design Rechargeable Battery Base Compatible with Home Mini by Google (1st Gen), 7800mAh Portable Charger Accessories for Home Mini by Google (Orange)

Pros:Attractive design.Perfect fit.Unobtrusive.Protective.Long lasting battery.Seamless charging and portability.Built in charge status LEDs.Color matched to Chalk GH Mini.Makes the GH Mini fully portable when connected to your phone via WiFi HotSpot.Cons:Somewhat pricey, considering the GH Mini itself can often be found for under $30.Takes a long time to charge back up, so keep it plugged in when not used portably.Does not add an Audio Out jack, which would’ve made this perfect.

Update: the company got back to me, and although it seems like it's one piece the rubber can be separated from the plastic, and you can add tape to the LEDs from the inside. FYI if you do remove the rubber, don't pull it off all the way, just enough to access the LEDs, if you pull it off like I did, it's going to take a bit of massaging to get it back lines up. The light is way dimmer now. Although I still think on the next revision they should just have the lights shut off after a few seconds.The dock is great, the color matches Google home and build quality feels solid. The battery once fully charge will last you about the whole day with moderate use, I assume if you leave it playing music you'll probably get less battery life out of it. The CONS... it takes forever to charge, the device does not come with it's own charger, you have to use the home mini power adapter to charge the device, I wonder if a more powerful adapter was provided if it would charge faster, if you want to minimize charge time it's best to turn the home mini off. You lose access to the mute button. Worst of all the battery indicator lights never turn off, I remedy this by putting a piece of tape over it.Overall it's a great dock, very useful if you need to take your Google home from one room to let's say the bathroom, where power is limited, but considering this is almost the same price as the Google home, I'm on the fence if I should just buy another Google home, instead not carrying around the one.

I just got my Kiwi Google Mini battery base and I absolutely LOVE it! Easy to install (just plug in - fits perfectly!), then plug back into the Google wall charger cable! And since I leave my Mini outside on my porch, the rubberized part of the Kiwi battery base actually works like a case to protect the bottom part of my Mini from dust and humidity when it rains! Best part of all - I can leave it plugged in to charge all the time, and then when I have friends over to sit around the firepit in the back yard, I can just unplug the Mini and battery base from the cable and take it into the back yard or the garage or wherever I am in the house without disconnecting it from the network! I LOVE it and highly recommend it to all Google Home Mini lovers!

I ordered "KIWI design Rechargeable Battery Base Compatible with Home Mini by Google, 7800mAh Portable Charger Accessories for Home Mini by Google (Orange)" on May 18 2019 and it worked for a few weeks. Now when I plugin for charging to the wall socket, it does not charge anymore. I tested the charging cable and that seem to work fine when directly plugged in to Google home mini. So the battery base is faulty. It's just over a month and this product stopped working. Can I get a replacement or refund please?Update 7/5/19: I contacted the seller and they were apologetic about the defective piece and gave me 99% discount code to reorder another piece. Editing my star rating to 3 for now for good customer care. Will revisit after I use the second piece for some time.Update 1/06/20:I got the replacement unit and it worked for sometime. Now, while Google home is actively talking, it just hard shutsdown and reboots as if the powercord was yanked out suddenly. I tested and Google home itself does not face this issue when connected to wall socket. I feel this product is not really working as intended. I wish I could get my money back now.

Somebody mentioned to me that they would like to be able to walk around their house, backyard and garage with their Google Home Mini. I had thought about doing this myself many times. I finally decided to do what everyone does when they want to find out about something, I googled it. The Kiwi Rechargeable Battery Base popped up and I was smitten. I loved the larger battery size and that the colors match the Google Home Mini perfectlyWhen I looked at the competition, the battery and use time was half that of Kiwi and at a slightly higher price. My decision was easy and I could not be happier. The device is put together beautifully. All of the Google Home Mini touch functionality works.Though I originally hated that they put a strap on the unit I've learned to love it because if you try to grab the Google Home Mini/Kiwi to wander around you are very likely to touch the volume controls on the Home Mini. Grab it by the Kiwi strap and that doesn't happen.Overall a great design and great build. I've also found that the stated time to charge & time of usage was very accurate. Of course that leaves me with, not a criticism, but a wish that their next model would have an even larger battery. One can never have enough battery use time.Buy this. The first time you pick it up and carry you Home Mini around with you, you are going to ask yourself, "how did I live without this."

I love the product, but hate that I'll have to buy one for all my Google Home Minis now. It fits perfectly and makes it a little less likely to randomly change the volume levels by bumping it accidentally. The color is also a great match. It's been great to be able to take it to the bathroom to listen to music in the shower, then take it outside while I'm doing yard work, then carry it out by the grill while I'm cooking dinner. Battery life has been exceptional. It'll go 3-4 days of normal "hey google, how's the weather" type of stuff and is more than enough for a full day of music on the deck. I leave it plugged most of the time while I'm not using it and it hasn't died yet. Excellent product.

The media could not be loaded.  Some room in my house don't have the plug point in an open visible area, so placing a google mini in these rooms is a bit of a challenge to ensure your voice is heard. This seemed like a good solution.What you may like1. excellent build quality, the rubberized material feels strong and is non slippery on surfaces2. well designed so the mini fits snugly and is connected with the little micro USB cable3. Easy to place anywhere in the room4. Long battery life, can work as a speaker continuously for at least six hours5. can work as a wireless Bluetooth speaker, so great for camping etc.What you may not like1. Takes a long time to chargeOverall, if you don't want to deal with wires, or need a Bluetooth speaker, this works great.

The media could not be loaded.  I already own the kiwi branded google hone mini wall mount and because I love it so much, I decided to buy this to make my Google home mini even more portable.Like other Kiwi products, the packaging was very nice with good quality materials. Everything is well protected in the unit itself has a nice weight and does not feel cheap at all. Out of the box, it was very easy to set up. Plug your home mini into the battery pack and pop it into the “bowl”. Then using your Google Home power plug plug it into the battery and charge it. Mine only took about one hour to charge and then it was ready to use. I have not had it long enough to know how long it will last with each charge. I plan on using this when I sit outside when I am gardening and I can stream music. The unit itself is very well protected in the battery pack and in fact, looks like it actually came together. This would make a great gift and I’m actually thinking of taking it with me on my next vacation!

This worked fabulously all summer. We spent most of our time on the deck and this came in real handy while we entertained friends. I even recommended it to many of them.Then it stopped working a couple of days ago. I think there's an issue with the connection between this device and the Google mini. The device looks fully charged. It just won't connect and power the Google mini :(UPDATE: Kiwi's customer service is truly amazing. Despite it being past the return date allowance, they offered to replace my base. They've even followed up to see how it is working. I'm beyond impressed with their service and will certainly recommend them to everyone. Thank you Kiwi!This product really is fantastic. It expands the use of our Google mini beyond the confines of our house. Sometimes cables malfunction. That's probably what happened to our original purchase. But knowing you're backed with great customer service, you can feel confident with your purchase :)

Great battery for making the Google Home mini portable! It has a power button on the back so it doesn't have to be always on and there are 4 battery indicator lights letting you know how much charge is left. This Kiwi battery had 3 of 4 for battery charge right out of the box and it ran my Google home mini for 8 hours before dropping to 2.One of my Google Home minis I use out in the backyard, usually around the pool. Up 'till now I've been using a portable battery (one of the ones I have to charge my phones on the go as well), that setup worked well but is rather clunky when carrying them out to the pool. Now with this Kiwi Battery I can pull the mini out of the drawer, hit the power button and take it outside. I use this "Pool" mini as the remote to play music and control the volume on my Chromecast Audio which is connected to large speakers out in the backyard, as such the mini is in standby most of the time and not using much power. I'll need experiment a bit more but I'd say this battery should last at least a couple days with my usage.Very happy with this purchase.

The media could not be loaded.  Con este dispositivo, podrás hacer que tu Asistente Google, te siga por toda la casa.Es muy funcional por aquello que muchas ocasiones no reacciona el Google por estar lejos y uno tiene que estarle gritando, con esto simplemente lo mueves a donde estés (y que por supuesto le llegue la red Wi-Fi), pones tu música y lo llevas contigo.La carga dura bastante, pero no recomiendo que dependan de este aparato, solamente usarlo precisamente para moverlo en casos muy puntuales o ponerlo como bocina portátil un par de horas y regresarlo a su posición.Elijan bien el color que combine con el de su bocina, en las fotos era una prueba, y finalmente se colocó con una bocina Google color naranja y se ve muy bien.