Compared to the mostly plastic constructions of the Google Home and Amazon Echo, House of Marley’s new battery-powered Google Assistant speaker is pretty eye-catching. The Get Together Mini is made of a combination of bamboo and aluminum, and is wrapped in fabric made from cotton, hemp and recycled plastics. Combined, this creates what the company claims is the highest percentage of sustainable materials used to build any Google Assistant smart speaker.
The inclusion of Google’s voice assistant means you get voice control of all your music, as well as anything else you care to ask Google for. It’s not clear whether the speaker is always listening out for a wake word or if you’ll have to press the Google Assistant button on its top...