Google Nest Hub Max release date, price, features and news

UPDATE: Google by accident revealed the launch date of the Google Nest Hub Max on the Google Store, however has since taken that data down. Find out when you’ll be able to anticipate it beneath.

If the Google Nest Hub (previously known as the Google Home Hub) was a bit too small to your liking, Google has one thing new that will likely be proper up your alley – it is the brand new Nest Hub Max with a 10-inch HD display screen and Google Assistant.

Not solely does it have a bigger, higher-resolution display screen, however it comes with a built-in Nest Cam that may be checked whenever you’re away from the home. Using Face Match, the Nest Hub Max can warn you when it sees somebody who is not in your loved ones and can present private calendars and playlists.

Also new on this Hub is a Quick Gestures characteristic that permits you to management playback on the speaker utilizing hand gestures. According to Google, you can pause music by elevating your hand – if, say, it is too loud in your own home for Google Assistant to listen to you – and then resume with the identical gesture whenever you’re prepared.

Like the unique Home Hub that we reviewed final 12 months, the brand new Nest Hub Max can have entry to Google Photos and include Chromecast Built-in – two features that set it aside from Amazon’s equally spec’d Amazon Echo Show. 

Google unveiled the Hub Max on the 2019 version of the Google IO keynote exterior its headquarters in Mountain View, California, alongside the brand new Pixel 3a. 

Nest Hub Max release date and worth

For the primary time, Google Nest Hub and the brand new Nest Hub Max will likely be accessible within the US, Australia and the UK on the identical time. While Google hasn’t formally confirmed something, the eagle-eyed folks at Droid Life found an unintended reveal of the launch date of September 9. Seems it was posted by mistake a tad too early on the Google Store however has since been taken down.

So, how a lot will it set you again? The Nest Hub Max will likely be accessible for $229 / £219 / AU$349, whereas the unique Google Home Hub (now known as Nest Hub) will drop all the way down to $129 / £119 / AU$199. 

Google Nest Hub Max specs

• 10-inch, 1280 x 800 show
• Front-facing Nest digital camera with 127-degree area of view
• 2-channel speaker setup (2 tweeters and a woofer)
• 2 far-field microphone arrays
• Switch to disable digital camera and microphone

Nest Hub Max news

We first caught wind of the Nest Hub Max when it was by accident leaked on the Google Store again in March. It was then we discovered that it will have a 10-inch HD display screen and the combination of the Nest Cam. Now, at Google IO 2019, Google has confirmed that the gadget exists and have given us particulars on the gadget.