Smart speakers like Google Home Mini that can hear you and respond are kind of creepy, no? At least one Italian grandmother seems to think so.
YouTuber Ben Actis on Wednesday posted a video of his 85-year-old grandma learning to use the smart speaker. If you're in need of a good laugh, the video delivers.
"Goo-goo," the granny screams, in her thick accent, trying to get the digital assistant's attention. She then asks Google what the weather will be like tomorrow. When the device answers, giving her the forecast for Flagler Beach, Fl., the grandmother gets up out of her chair, looks at the device, and proclaims "I'm scared."
Check out the hilarious video below to see what happened next.
Turns out, a lot of people have gotten a kick out of the video. As of Friday, it was the No. 7 trending video on YouTube with more than 135,000 views racked up in just two days.
Google Home Mini, which received a $20 price drop during the holiday season, earned a "good" rating in PCMag's review. We like its inexpensive price tag, "nice design," and said it offers "better sound quality than the Echo Dot." But on the downside, we noted that it lacks an audio output jack and "still offers less support for third-party services than Alexa."
"The Google Home Mini smart speaker takes on Amazon's Echo Dot with a cute, fabric-covered design and Google Assistant smarts, but its lack of an audio out is a major bummer," we wrote.