The Nest Hub Max has plenty of cool features that are unavailable on the Nest Hub (2nd Gen), making it the better overall smart display. With a built-in webcam and larger display, it’s simply ...

Google Home Max speakers will lose Sound Detection functionality on May 8th, 2025. This change only affects Nest Aware subscribers, and it does not extend to other Google or Nest-branded smart ...

Pricing and design Google The Nest Hub Max costs $229 and is designed to sit on your countertop. It features a large display, an oblong base, and a webcam built into the top of the unit. The Echo ...

Google didn’t explain why it’s dropping sound detection, but the Home Max runs older firmware (1.56.275994) whereas the newer Google Home devices run firmware version 3.75.456944, as noted by ...

Currently, Google Home Max runs on an older firmware version, 1.56.275994. That’s quite an old firmware version in comparison to 3.75.456944, which the Google Home and original Home Mini run on.

News of the Nest Hub Max losing Google Meet and Zoom support was reported earlier by 9to5Google. This news story is part of TechHive’s in-depth coverage of the best smart speakers and displays.

Despite that, our team has uncovered a new device in the Google Home app (version 3.16) that is explicitly labeled in the code as a “Nest Hub Max,” alongside the previous 2019 model.

Google Home Max is a high-end smart speaker aimed at people who care more about sound quality than cost. If you're balking at the $400 price, that's probably because this speaker isn't meant for you.

Turn on your Google Home Max and TV, and adjust the audio settings as needed. If you can't find a dedicated auxiliary port on your TV, buy an aux cord-to-optical cable.

The quality is there, and this is a drastically better speaker compared to the Google Home Max that, in my view, it replaces. But you’d also probably get most of that out of the Authentics 300 too.