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Even though it looks pretty much identical to its forerunner (at least at first glance), the second-gen Nest Hub has a lot of neat new stuff going for it under the hood. But instead of increasing the price of its base smart display, Google decided to officially discontinue the 2018-released model upon unveiling its sequel earlier this year.
Despite lacking gesture controls and sleep tracking functionality, as well as offering inferior audio performance compared to its sequel, Google’s first-gen Nest Hub has plenty of bang to justify a purchase at 45 bucks, including a 7-inch touchscreen, all of the Assistant’s hands-free magic, and outstanding overall sound quality.
This is also an absolute bargain compared to the competition, mind you, fetching the exact same price right now as Amazon’s discounted first-gen Echo Show 5, for instance, while substantially undercutting the OG Echo Show 8.
