Nest Hub 7” Smart Touchscreen Display with Google Assistant (2nd Gen) - Charcoal
Model: GA01892-US
SKU: 6450818
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Customers commend the Nest Hub 7” Smart Touchscreen Display for its sound quality, ease of use, and convenient screen size, frequently praising its seamless setup and helpful Google Assistant integration. While some users noted occasional slow response times, the positive feedback on features like sleep tracking and smart home integration outweighs these concerns. Many appreciate the device's value for its price point.
I used to own the Google Home Mini 1st Gen for a few years until recently. Compared to those, I can confidently say that the audio from the Google Nest Hub 2nd Gen sounds significantly better. Since it's still the same google assistant, it didn't get any smarter or anything. I faced the same issues that I did previously, but at least the screen would provide some information rather than it annoyingly sending a link it found to my phone. Speaking of the screen, it's really nice despite it being small. It being small is advantageous since I like having my smart device sitting by the window next to my bed. I feel the 10" one wouldn't have fit as well. If you haven't touched the sceen in a while, it's laggy but once it gets going, it moves at a sufficient speed. I talk to it more than I touch the interface so it's not an issue I run into too often. I wish I could download apps onto the device, or remove some of them since I don't use Sling. It's a bit hard to use youtube on it as well. It's nice that it's easy to cast to it. I often cast twitch steams or audiobooks to it and it works out really well. It makes calls easily, and it can be helpful for routines or controlling your smart home. It's sleep sensing is surprisingly really good. I've been using it for about 2 weeks now and if you use the sleep sensing, I recommend that you download google fit so that you can view your sleep data easier. The sleep sensing on the google nest was able to provide pretty much the same data as my galaxy watch 7 when it came to detecting sleep. It might not be that interesting, but I thought it was cool since the google nest uses motion sensing rather than making direct contact with my body while I sleep. You can also search websites on the nest hub, but I wouldn't recommend it since it would be slower than on your phone, and it doesn't really have much of a practical use, at least to me anyway. All in all, I really like this device. It's nice being able to control the dim of my light from my bed, but without having to pick up my phone. Sometimes I don't feel like speaking to start some routines, so the touch interface and gestures are appreciated. I thought google was getting rid of the sleep sensing, but somehow it still isn't gone yet. (Hopefully I haven't jinxed it) I'd happily recommend this device to anybody, even if they aren't crazy invested into a smart home. I just wouldn't say that it's worth it at full price. Definitely wait for a sale.
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Posted by Gladys
I love my Nest Hub 7" Smart Display with Google Assistant (2nd Gen) so much that I bought a 2nd one for my home office. I even ordered one for my dad for Father's Day. I use the Sleeping app to keep track of how well I am sleeping at night, then review my stats in the morning. I enjoy viewing the changing pictures on the Nest Hub on my desk while I work and listening to soft music. I use it to control my smart light bulbs in all of the rooms in my house. I ask the Google Assistant about the events on my calendar, set reminders, and various questions all day long. Often she has better answers than Alexa. I am still learning all the wonderful things it can do.
Posted by Raine
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.
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Posted by Jacob