Not the cheapest in history but currently cheapest available.
Price is online but may be cheaper in store as it sometimes is with Costco as the online deals have shipping included in the price.
Model number is GA00426-AU
Quick search has Catch, Big W Market, and eBay at approx $280-$290 mark currently
I've got Google hub and Amazon echos and much prefer the echos. They both have pros and cons, but we're gradually shifting to be an all Amazon house.
How's the ads on Amazon ?
Minimal to none. The only ads received are on the screens of the Shows and for Echo features every fourth screen rotation. I receive none on the Dots.
I am shifting away from nest hubs too. Recently having to shout and repeat multiple times. These used to be really responsive before.
noticed the same thing too with my kitchen unit and thought maybe the microphones were dirty or something, now wondering if its a software issue?
Using it for more than 6 years, only a bit lag when choosing YouTube to play. Would like to upgrade to tab and dock but too expensive
I'm the opposite, thinking of selling tab and dock and getting this. Do not actually need tablet separately.
You guys should just swap haha
We have one, can’t stand it. So laggy and voice recognition is so bad… the amount of “hey google” being screamed at it is doing my head in
Google seemed to be phasing out of a lot of their other screens and smart speakers as they are becoming harder to find at some retailers lately.
I was fully expecting them to release another range or generation of smart home products at their keynote in august but nothing came.
I'm wondering if we see something else soon?
Their smart home range is definitely due for a refresh (and more than just the tablet they released)
For this to fully with with a Nest Secure subscription (as security camera), you have to set it up through the Nest app, not the Home app. Event management and all didn't start working until I set up the Nest app for our Google Nest Secure smoke alarms (which also don't work with the Home app). Go figure.
Google made a mess of the integration.
After Google removing the voice calls between home/nest devices which used to be an important feature, had to dump all Google home devices and moved to Echo and pretty happy so far. Fingers crossed, and hope Amazon does not remove the calls between devices in future.
I must speak clearly or something. I have 3 x Hub Max and 3 x Hub around the house, and find the speech recognition is generally excellent.
Having said that, if I were starting again now I'd probably go with something else. The cameras are clunky and the software development seems slow to non-existent.
Same
I like ours, but I fear when Google is going to stop supporting these. They don't get many updates if any, and the voice recognition is horrible. Sometimes I would need to shout at it within 1m of it to register.