Google Nest Hub (2nd Gen)
Bedside smart display with radar sleep tracking and hands-free Google Assistant.
Specifications
- Price
- $99.99
- Device type
- Smart Display
- Ecosystems
- Google Home, Matter
- Rooms
- Bedroom, Kitchen, Home Office
- Connectivity
- Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Thread, Matter
- Hub required
- No
- Rental friendly
- Yes
- Matter certified
- Yes
- Installation
- Plug and play
- Energy Star
- No
- Local control
- No
- Voice control
- Yes
About
The Nest Hub 2nd Gen earns its place on your nightstand through Soli radar sleep sensing — a chip that tracks breathing and movement while you sleep without a camera or wearable, then surfaces sleep quality reports in the Google Home app each morning. Genuinely useful data, no subscription required. The 7-inch display shows Google Photos in ambient mode, streams YouTube and Netflix, and controls any device in your Google Home ecosystem from a unified dashboard. The speaker is loud enough for alarms, podcasts, and ambient bedroom playback. Sunrise alarms gradually brighten the screen before your set time to ease waking. It doubles as a Google Home hub for Thread and Bluetooth devices. No camera means no video calling — that's the Nest Hub Max — which is actually the right tradeoff for a bedroom device most people would rather not have watching them sleep.
Pros
- +Soli radar sleep tracking with no camera, wearable, or subscription needed
- +Sunrise alarm gradually brightens display to ease morning waking
- +Acts as a Google Home hub for Thread and Bluetooth devices
- +Compact 7-inch form factor designed for nightstands and kitchen counters
Cons
- −No camera — cannot make or receive video calls from the display
- −Speaker is adequate for ambient sound but underwhelming for serious music listening