Best Buy's portable Google Assistant speaker is just $25
The nightstand-friendly but also portable Insignia Voice once sold for as high as $150. It's an alarm clock and smart Bluetooth speaker.
This version of the Insignia Voice is portable, able to run for up to five hours once you unplug it.
Regular readers are now intimately familiar with the Insignia Voice alarm clock that regular pops up here for $25. Guess what? Its portable cousin is on sale for the same price: Best Buy has the Insignia Voice Portable Speaker with Google Assistant for $25 shipped. Regular price: $150!
At first blush, it's a fairly average-looking alarm clock. But smarts lurk beneath. It's also a Google Assistant-powered smart speaker. And it has a rechargeable battery, one that's good for up to 5 hours.
So for less than what you'd pay for a Google Home Mini, you get something that's portable and has a much more robust speaker. Oh, and a clock! Everybody likes clocks.
The nonportable version of this, the one that has no battery-power option, is routinely goes on sale for $25. But it's currently on sale for just $20, the lowest price I've seen. Read CNET's review of that model to get a feel for it.
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