Customer Ratings & Reviews

This is a nice little home hub for my nightstand. Controls all my Google Home devices via speech queries with Home Assistant SDK, tracks my sleep and via casting, I have the sounds of ocean waves lull me to sleep at night. Sometimes I cast the local TV news to the hub and that is rather enjoyable via HULU. Still waiting on Gemini while others have received that via software update. For the money this is a nice little hub for what it does

The perfect option for managing your smart home devices. Not only do you get the usual Google Assistant functionality, but you get much more! View your cameras, turn on/off your lights, watch YouTube, and so much more! Having a quick glance at the home screen saves me time and effort to check the time, weather, date, and any calendar events. One small downside I’ve encountered is the occasional lag/frame drops when initially switching through different screens. Other than that, everything works great. Find the perfect place for this and start creating the perfect home!

With lots of smart home tech I have loved using this device as a hub to control everything! The voice command picks up very well, I could be in a different room and not have to yell too loud and it’ll hear me. The speaker also gets loud and sounds great. I like using photos as the screensaver so it can be a digital frame when it’s not being used. There are some downsides to mention. Playing music from the device not work well, I use Apple Music and requesting a specific artist or song almost never works the way I want to since it’ll play something completely different that isn’t in my library that shares a keyword from what I requested. I also wish that the voice assistant was a bit smarter but it’s more of a simple interface and can answer / do more basic things (maybe I’m spoiled with AI now but having Gemini in this would be so much better). The screen can also be a bit laggy sometimes.

I've mainly looked at Amazon vs. Google products. If 2-way voice is important with your doorbell, Ring works better with Echo Shows and Nest works better with Nest Hubs. Similarly, there may be other integrations that work better by sticking to the same smart ecosystem. Where the Nest Hub shines: I like the Google Home app a little better. I think the Google Assistant is better for voice recognition and understanding commands than Alexa. Many think the Nest display looks more natural in different lighting. This may be a big factor if using it to display photo albums. If you like timers, I think the Nest Hub wins handily. You can display multiple timers at once, and it's easy to visually track where they're at. If timing multiple things in the kitchen, I think the Nest Hub is way better. Where the Echo Show shines: It's my impression that Echo devices have better audio quality then the corresponding Nest devices. They tend to have larger speakers, which probably plays a big role. I prefer my Echo devices for music. For my uses, this is the main thing Echoes have going for them. Where the Nest Hub falls short: It's not obvious, but there's a separate volume for alarms. This alarm volume is what controls the timer volume. I've had a couple jump scares when I set the media (main) volume to 1 and a timer went off. The media volume controls the volume of a camera feed, but muting does not mute the feed. This seems like a bug. If you zoom in on a camera feed, it sometimes (seemingly randomly) will zoom back out. Sometimes it'll stay zoomed in for hours. Other times it'll reset after a couple minutes. This seems like a bug. The timers will add clipart to the timers based on the name, which I kind of like for greater visual clarity. However, the images cover portions of the timer numbers, which is silly. I'd consider this a visual bug. I've had a bunch of issues trying to play and navigate YouTube videos on the Hub. I get the impression this would work better on an Echo Show, which is absurd. I had a situation where I played a YouTube video from the Hub browser, and 2 videos started playing. It wasn't easy to stop both videos. Casting from a phone works fine. Aside from casting, YouTube on the Hub seems highly buggy. Overall being able to watch/see camera feeds is great, and the Hub has better integration with my Nest Doorbell. I love the timers on the Hub way better than the Show. Those are my main uses for the Hub. I use my existing Echoes for music and lights. I'd give this 5 stars if it weren't for all the sloppy/buggy behaviors I described.

The lack of camera makes duo calls with video option unnecessary. Google seems to be having lots of bugs and you may have a difficult time trying to register for the sleep sensor feature to be enabled. The media interaction leaves a lot to be desired as you can't see your playlists to choose from only the recommendations list (speaking for Spotify, I don't use any other music apps) Improved sound and mic means better interactive experience. I greatly enjoy the dim screen and nighttime schedule options. As with most of Google products, sometimes the foundation of Google itself is what let's down the items that depends on Google network improvement and software updates. Overall not a bad purchase but as compared to Amazon products, Google is a bit behind the curve.

I haven’t had this hub very long. I’m sure I’ve only scratched the surface. I bought it to go along with my Google Security system. So far it doesn’t do much with the security system and it has a male voice that I haven’t found out how to change. I do like the way it connects to my tv, but you have to be Very Specific in your instructions. I only found this out when I was “hey googling” it, and the tv started responding. Very frustrating in the beginning. As I played around with it, I found the response time was very slow. That’s why I gave it a 4. I’ll have to give it more time to find out what else it can do for me.

Overall great experience, it responds very well and the sound output is excellent, it could use a better software interface and a better variety of Lock screens.

I love the sleep tracking functionality, I also have an Apple Watch but I prefer to charge it at night. I do find that the UI lags sometimes, which is the main reason I won't give it 5 stars. Also, on the odd occasion it accidentally thinks I said Hey Google when I didn't.

I love best buy they have discounts and best buy is the best I mean that’s why it’s called best buy and the Google hub is great I love it too I mean I is so useful I use it all day everyday Best Buy and Google and Apple are the best Companies.

Cool device. Very convenient Sometimes hard of hearing

This product is great for converting all your smart devices withing your reach of voice. The screen is not super big but enough to see the basic things, I wish I could have gotten a bigger one but again, at this price this is a great product.

Nice convenient way to listen to any music watch any video weather check front doorbell siding camera display gesture signal was new surprise for me good input but u have to be near the google hub to stop the with hand gesture.

Google home features good speakers for playing music but also makes interactions with other devices like nest thermostat or other displays with ease. Only problems are connecting G-Suite accounts and not having a browser app.

This combined with the doorbell camera is great. If the software was a little better I'd give it 5 stars.

So far so good - fairly easy to use if you’re familiar with apps. Pairs well with other google devices. Clearly understands my requests and can be programed for routine automation.

I love my Google Nest! I’ve set multiple routines up through the app. It’s able to turn my lights on/off, play ocean sounds when I sleep, and tell me the daily news. It’s set it up in my kitchen so it functions as a music speaker as well. The interface could be more user friendly and sometimes commands aren’t understood, however it’s an overall great product.

Great for making a routine or cooking in the kitchen. Good display quality.

Nice product. But sometimes it hangs and then works fine only after restart. Audio is good.

Product is good, but Best Buy price is not Best Buy :)

Does it's job but picks up a lot of feedback just from normal household conversations. Would be nice if Google could expand its capabilities to that of alexa. My entire home is google and i just don't feel that it holds up to its standards.