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I have refused to purchase one, hoping a better speaker comes out as I have several rooms to replace google devices in.
I have seen cheap external computer speakers suggested several times, you can often find them dirt cheap at second hand and surplus stores.
If you have Google Nest Minis to replace: There is a project on GitHub which plans to replace the main PCB in these devices (Gen 1 and Gen 2) and make them usable e.g. for Home Assistant.
https://github.com/iMike78/home-mini-v1-drop-in-pcb https://github.com/iMike78/nest-mini-drop-in-pcb
I have some gen 1 devices but at this point the hardware probably is worth replacing I think the mics are going bad on a few I have.
There are 3rd parties that appear to be working on the LACK of music quality speaker with alternatives to the voice only PE.
Can I ask why you refuse? It's a decent quality product and supports (at least in my opinion) the efforts of an ethical company
As I said the PE has a bad speaker.. My existing devices are in 5 different rooms and mostly used for casual music listening. I have no intent on purchasing PEs + external speakers for every room. Particularly to clutter night stands.
I am waiting for something more like this.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5yNEhcAjWU
Or something like a amazon dot or google mini with an OK music speaker