Google Nest Hub Max vs new Nest Hub: Which should you buy this Black Friday?

(Pocket-lint) - Google offers the Nest Hub Max and second procreation Nest Hub, arsenic the 2 devices wrong its astute show portfolio. The 2nd procreation Nest Hub succeeds the older Nest Hub, formerly known arsenic Google Home Hub. Both these devices person been discounted for Black Friday, with the champion prices listed below, oregon you tin spot each the deals connected Google devices close here.

With a precise akin plan isolated from carnal size, however bash Google's 2 Nest Hub's compare? Here are the similarities and differences.

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What's the same?

• Design
• Interface
• Main features

The Google Nest Hub Max and the archetypal and 2nd procreation Google Nest Hubs each diagnostic the aforesaid plan with a surface with achromatic bezels that offers the quality of floating connected the talker base. The 2nd procreation Nest Hub has an edgeless surface however, portion the Nest Hub Max and Next Hub some person a articulator astatine the borderline of their displays.

A microphone on/off fastener is positioned astatine the apical connected the rear of the 3 devices - this fastener besides turns the camera disconnected connected the Nest Hub Max - portion measurement controls are connected the near connected the rear.

The 3 devices diagnostic the aforesaid interface and they connection galore of the aforesaid features including astute location control, built-in Chromecast support, Google Assistant and its scope of offerings, the quality to usage them arsenic a integer photograph frame, arsenic good arsenic the quality to ticker YouTube, Netflix and Disney+.

What's antithetic betwixt the Nest Hub Max and the Nest Hub?

Despite offering a precise akin design, interface and features, determination are a fewer differences betwixt the Google Nest Hub Max, the 2nd procreation Google Nest Hub.

Display

• Nest Hub Max: 10-inch, 16:10, HD, touchscreen
• Nest Hub (2nd gen): 7-inch, LCD, touchscreen

The Google Nest Hub Max has a 10-inch touchscreen display.

The Google Nest Hub meantime has a smaller 7-inch touchscreen LCD display, falling into a akin class arsenic the Echo Show 8. 

Size

• Nest Hub Max: 250.1 x 182.55 x 101.23mm
• Nest Hub (2nd gen): 178.5 x 118 x 67.3mm

As the Google Nest Hub Max has a larger display, it is unsurprisingly a larger instrumentality wide too.

The summation successful size makes the Hub Max the amended instrumentality for viewing contented from crossed the room, portion the 2nd procreation Nest Hub is amended suited for a bedside table, for example.

Sound

• Nest Hub Max: 2.1 talker arrangement
• New Nest Hub (2nd gen): Full-range speaker

The larger footprint of the Google Nest Hub Max allows for a 2.1 talker statement compared to the second-gen Nest Hub's azygous full-range speaker.

It means you get bigger dependable from the Nest Hub Max and portion the dependable of the Nest Hub Max doesn't lucifer that of speakers similar the Sonos One, it is simply a large betterment connected the Nest Hub. The 2nd procreation Nest Hub offers 50 per cent much bass than the archetypal Nest Hub, truthful its dependable should beryllium person to the Hub Max.

Camera

• Nest Hub Max: Built-in 6.5MP Nest camera
• New Nest Hub (2nd gen): No camera

The Google Nest Hub Max has a camera astatine the apical of the display, which the second-gen Nest Hub does not. In spot of a camera, the 2nd procreation Nest Hub person an ambient sensor to set the show brightness according to its surroundings. 

The camera connected the Nest Hub Max is a Nest camera, which means it offers astir of the aforesaid features arsenic the Nest Cam IQ, including intruder alerts if you person a Nest Aware account. There are nary acquainted look alerts however, and nary nighttime vision, but the camera wrong the Nest Hub Max is inactive an fantabulous summation for those who privation the vantage of a information camera too.

Without a Nest Aware account, you tin inactive spot what's happening successful the country you spot the Nest Hub Max into, arsenic good arsenic usage it for Google Duo video calls and Face Match for up to six people. It besides allows for gestures similar holding your manus up to intermission oregon play audio, which is large successful use.

Features

• Nest Hub Max: Google Assistant, YouTube/Netflix/Disney+, Chromecast, astute location control, integer photograph frame, music, Duo audio and video calls, gestures, Face Match, information camera
• New Nest Hub: Google Assistant, YouTube/Netflix/Disney+, Chromecast, astute location control, integer photograph frame, music, Duo audio calls, gestures, slumber tracking

The Google Nest Hub Max, and 2nd procreation Nest Hub connection galore of the aforesaid features, including power of immoderate compatible astute location devices, entree to YouTube, Netflix and Disney+, displaying Google Photos, playing music, and the plethora of features offered by Google Assistant.

The Nest Hub Max has a mates of other features acknowledgment to that built-in Nest camera. You'll not lone beryllium capable to instrumentality portion successful Duo video calls but the Nest Hub Max doubles up arsenic a information camera too, whilst besides offering Face Match and motion control, arsenic we mentioned above.

The 2nd procreation Nest Hub besides offers immoderate further features implicit the Nest Hub Max however. It doesn't person a camera, but it features Google's Soli chip inside, which not lone allows for Quick Gestures similar the Nest Hub Max, but it besides offers sleep tracking erstwhile placed connected a bedside table. You tin work much astir the slumber tracking successful our separate feature. 

Price

• Nest Hub Max: £219
• New Nest Hub: £89.99

The Google Nest Hub Max usually costs £219 successful the UK, but you get rather a batch for the other £130 implicit the outgo of the 2nd procreation Nest Hub.

The archetypal Nest Hub was priced astatine £139 erstwhile it archetypal launched, but its terms past dropped to £79.99 successful the UK. It's present discontinued, but inactive disposable from immoderate retailers.

The 2nd procreation Nest Hub is disposable for £89.99 successful the UK.

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Colours

• Nest Hub Max: Chalk and Charcoal
• Old Nest Hub: Chalk, Charcoal, Aqua and Sand
• New Nest Hub: Chalk, Charcoal, Mist and Sand

The Google Nest Hub Max is disposable successful Chalk and Charcoal colours.

The archetypal Google Nest Hub is disposable successful 4 colours, including Chalk and Charcoal, arsenic good arsenic Aqua and Sand.

The 2nd procreation Nest Hub is disposable successful 4 colours, including Chalk, Charcoal and Sand similar the original, arsenic good arsenic Mist.

Conclusion

The Google Nest Hub Max is beauteous overmuch a larger, much costly mentation of the 7-inch Nest Hub, but it adds a fewer extra, utile features for the summation successful price. The 2nd procreation Nest Hub has immoderate extra, but antithetic features compared to the Nest Hub Max however.

The Nest Hub Max's built-in camera not lone offers video calling done Google Duo, but it doubles up arsenic a large information camera, whilst besides offering motion power and Face Match for up to six people, some of which are fantabulous features.

The 2nd procreation Nest Hub meanwhile, has the Soli radar spot connected committee to besides connection motion controls similar the Nest Hub Max, arsenic good arsenic slumber tracking erstwhile connected a bedside table. 

The determination betwixt these devices volition truthful apt travel down to wherever you privation to enactment your Google-made astute display, arsenic good arsenic what you privation to usage it for. For the bedroom, the smaller Nest Hub is cleanable for a bedside array with slumber tracking an added bonus, whereas the Nest Hub Max is an fantabulous summation to a room oregon surviving room.

Writing by Britta O'Boyle. Editing by Chris Hall. Originally published connected 7 May 2019.