Google Prepares Home Display After 4-Year Smart Hub Gap
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Updated · 9to5Google · Jul 5
Google Prepares Home Display After 4-Year Smart Hub Gap
3 articles · Updated · 9to5Google · Jul 5
Summary
Code references to a "Google Home Display" and comments from Google Home’s chief point to a new smart display following last month’s Google Home Speaker launch.
The expected device would mark Google’s first central smart-home display since the second-gen Nest Hub in 2021, ending a four-year lull in its hub hardware lineup.
Google’s recent hardware history offers three templates: the $99 Nest Hub, the larger Nest Hub Max with a built-in camera, and the Pixel Tablet, whose hybrid tablet-display approach drew mixed results.
The report argues Google is most likely to revive the Nest Hub Max model—potentially with a better Nest Cam—while keeping its first-party smart-home lineup limited to a speaker and one display.