Google Nest Hub 7” Smart Display 2nd Generation with Google Assistant - Charcoal

I actually have purchased two of these and absolutely love them. One in my bedroom, so nice to say “Ok Google set an alarm for ???” and it says ok and alarms perfectly. Or ask for the forecast etc. It will also show me my outdoor cameras how cool. Highly recommend!

Super easy to use! Quality image, exactly what we were looking for to monitor our cameras passively but great for sleep wellness tracking and streaming shows too!

For anyone complaining that it starts in Chinese (which it does) you need to update your reviews because these are just fine, work in English, and are the same as the English models. They do start in Chinese but that literally makes no difference as you use your Google Home app to set it up which will automatically change it to English for you in one of the first steps.

Google should be ashamed of themselves for producing such a limited product. Worse yet I believe that the limitations are all Google Software imposed limitations. A device called a HUB (either Google or Nest) should provide at a MINIMUM the same functionality that one gets from the Google Home app on their phone. This provides much less and is very limited in it's usability. They could improve it by making one of the Built In Apps Google Home with all the same functionality. They should also have Play Store access for this device to allow installation of apps such as TuneIn Radio. Instead they choose to leave choices for radio streaming up to a random choice of their choice. Defaults seem to be YouTube music, Global Player followed by TuneIn sometimes. Behavior is highly erratic. Grouping of speakers functionality is also highly erratic and very difficult to manage and set up. Audio streaming of YouTube seems to be blocked thus disallowing streaming of Audio from a Chromecast Google TV device to other in-home speakers. International functionality seems to be very inconsistent with vastly different behavior in different countries. Amazon Alexa is far ahead of Google with respect of international functionality. While TuneIn can be forced when added to the audio command stream rigorously following the "Dialect" imposed by Google for each country / Language, without direct access to TuneIn there is no way to use your subscribed TuneIn application. This could be easily overcome by allowing installation of apps like TuneIn directly. We deserve much more than this product has been limited to provide. Recommend DO NOT BUY. Your phone or a tablet has better functionality and probably costs less mostly because you can install Google Home and other Apps (like TuneIn) directly. Google should be able to fix this with a software update that provides - 1) Google Home as a built in APP 2) Playstore access to install other apps, 3) the ability to customize the GUI and home screens like on a phone or tablet.

This Google Nest Hub was a great addition to our house, we have smart appliances in a lot of the house, from Roombas to Lights, etc, and all of those work seamlessly with the Nest. The only concern I had when it first arrived was the language was in Chinese including the instructions, HOWEVER, unlike what i've seen in other reviews the moment it detected my phones language for setup it automatically changed the language to English. Based on what I could find online this appears to be a benefit of using a Samsung phone over an Apple phone. You might have some slight issues with the first setup of the product if it fails to change languages, but setting it up was an ease for me.Regardless of it being a Chinese model out of the box, it functions perfectly fine with no downsides compared to an English/American model.

Blows away the Echo..responsive, fast, easy setup. I love it. Echos Shows are garbage.

I wanted a Smart device to control things like my Hue lights and other IoT devices as well as something that could display digital photos so I initially purchased an Amazon Echo Show. The Show ended up being little more than an ad delivery device. Despite all efforts to disable ads on the thing, it would show ads non-stop. Maybe once in a while it would show a photo. Why would you pay money for such a thing?I instantly returned it and got a Google Nest. You know what? ZERO ads. Perfect sync with Google Photo. And it's Smart. Really Smart.If you're debating between this and an Echo Show, it's a no brainer. Google Nest 100%.

Having Google around to ask questions, play music, or connect to my doorbell is great. When my nephews are around, they can call their mom on it even when I am not there. It is very user-friendly and adaptable.