Customer Ratings & Reviews

Like the title says, this is a solid smart home hub that seems to be regularly on sale around the $70 mark. The screen is vibrant and responsive to touch. The microphone does a good job picking up a voice from across the room, but sometimes it's a bit lacking in correctly understanding you. I bought this mostly as a white noise machine (via YouTube Music Premium), and it has served me well in that regard. I will say though that the sleep sensing feature isn't all that helpful IMO. Sure, it was very eye-opening to see a graph of just how much I snore through the night, but there's definitely discrepancies with when it detects awake vs. sleep. It's a neat gimmick, but not a feature I'd pay to use (which is apparently going behind a pay wall in 2024).

Love this. It’s easy to set up and use. I listen to audio books, music, watch YouTube and use it as a daily alarm. Couldn’t be happier with my purchase.

Got for my dad at Christmas. Trying to keep him up the technology. He doesnt seem to have any issues, easy to use and the display is nice.

It arrived quickly and setup was easy. I keep it on my desk and like having the time and weather always on. It's easy to use and responds quickly to selctions and security camera footage.

Love the look and the features, like photos and the "Hey google" feature to ask it anything

Our nest hub is great for looking up recipes and even throwing on a show for background while cooking or doing dishes. One trick is that it acts like a laptop with free Spotify, so you can request Spotify to play songs or albums even on the free version. You can’t do that on the other google speakers. Volume is a bit better than the nest mini speakers IMO. Small screen doesn’t feel small, but you won’t exactly be watching a show from the other end of the room. Only downside is they tend to be a bit more finicky than the nest speakers.

Purchased this hub unit to allow our Google Nest Floodlight to work it so when there's activity in the driveway, we can see it on the hub's screen. I haven't gotten that piece fully working yet, but have integrated the hub to all of the other home automation light and power switches. The screen size is a bit on the smaller size, but it's workable. The sound quality is decent and you have a equalizer function to tune the bass and treble to get the music to be a bit more richer if needed. You can also hook this up to DUO so you can make and receive calls to the unit and use it as a speaker phone for the house. For the money I paid, it's not bad. I just have to get the Nest camera paired to it so we can see the driveway activity. I may need to call Google support to get this done if I can't figure it out soon.

Does what it is intended to do. I've used it for smart lights and music...and the kids play some interactive games and it's a fun little addition to the home.

Beautiful display, loud speakers and amazing assistant, helps with reminders and more !

Sleep Sensing Accuracy: While it provides sleep data, it may not be as accurate as wearable sleep trackers 2. • Air Gestures: The air gesture controls can be a bit finicky 1. • Audio Quality: The audio lacks powerful bass 2. • No Camera: Lacks a camera for video calls

Good build quality and does what it says it will. However it's simply a speaker with a screen, and not a tablet with a speaker. Thus I purchased it thinking I could view recipes in the kitchen, but it won't do that. So it has no value to me. Also you need the Max version (with camera) if you want the FaceTime like (Google meets) experience. This one has no camera. I already have several Google speakers and this device really doesn't bring any additional capabilities.

I got this on a black friday deal. I mainly use it to cast NHL games to from my phone and occasionally for the news and control of my lights. My only negative is that I should have gotten the Nest Hub Max. But for the price I got it for it was worth it.

Very easy to setup. Bright and perfect size screen. Love all the futures and functions. Perfect for my night stand

Works great, this is the second one we have purchased.

I bought this on sale to give it a try to help with everything I have in my house automation. Already having items like the Nest Doorbell Cam, it made sense to stay in the Google ecosystem. The screen is small, but it makes these perfect for a bedroom nightstand. The sleep statistics, while I'm not sure how accurate they are, is neat to look at in the morning. I'd recommend grabbing one of these if you've been considering it.

Perfect gift for my mother-in-law, she loved it!!!

I really like this thing alot. I can use it to turn off my lamp and it is very responsive. It’s also nice to play some music or a white noise at night. I bought the thermostat also because my old one died during the dangerously cold weather we had here in Pittsburgh. I had knee surgery recently and l enjoy the fact that l can ask it to adjust the temp instead of picking up my phone and using the app, or limping to the dining room to adjust it. Plan on purchasing the camera in the future because it doesn’t work with Ring.

The all you need speaker for your kitchen. Get the music loud enough with the right screen sign. My 2 year old now says, "Ok Google."

I really love this device. The screen is just perfect size. I have it on my kitchen counter and can watch Netflix or YouTube while cooking or prepping food. Sound is great!

Love the large screen and sound quality. Definitely buying more for around the house.