The new Nest Hub stands out for its Soli motion sensing chip, which allows it to track your sleep when placed on a nightstand. It also offers the A$349 Nest Hub Max, which features a 10-inch touch screen, a webcam for video calls and home monitoring, and stronger audio, but no sleep tracking abilities. Google later renamed that model the Nest Hub, and last year lowered its price to $149.

Getting to Know the New Nest HubĪt $149, the second-gen Nest Hub is debuting at a lower price than its predecessor, which arrived in 2018 as the $219 Home Hub. Offering tremendous value for the price, the second-generation Nest Hub earns our Editors' Choice award for Google Assistant smart displays. While it still lacks a camera for video calls, it offers several other upgrades, including 50% more bass for improved audio, a Quick Gestures feature that lets you pause or play content simply by waving your hand, and a machine learning chip that caches your common commands for faster response times. Thanks to a built-in Google Soli motion sensing chip, the 7-inch Nest Hub can accurately track your sleeping and breathing when placed on a bedside table. The second-generation Nest Hub (A$149) improves upon it predecessor with a feature you won't find on any other smart display: sleep tracking. The original Nest Hub was a perfectly capable smart display, but as Google's only model at the time, it felt a bit lacking compared with Amazon's much larger Alexa-powered lineup.

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