the Nest Hub Max has been released we've got one and I'm sure you've got
questions so in this video I'm going to go over my first impressions of the
device how the device is different from the Nest Hub how the sound quality is on
the nest hub max and of course we'll be answering questions submitted by our
subscribers along the way let's dive in the nest hub max is the larger version of
the nest hub Google's first Google assistant smart display released last
year it has all the features users would typically want out of a smart display
it'll show you your photos from google photos playing music podcasts media etc
show you recipes YouTube videos and of course help you answer questions with
the Google Assistant built-in so far my first impressions of the nest hub max
have been very positive simply put the nest up max takes that core experience
of a Google Assistant smart display and then just elevates it to a whole nother
level the screen is great and like the nest hub looks great in any different
lighting scenario thanks to its ambient light color temperature sensor the size
of the nest hub max is quite a bit larger than the nest hub so it's not
going to fit in all of the same places as a nest hub would the displays 10
inches compared to the 7-inch display of the nest hub one thing that was
surprising though was that the nest hub max is not as heavy as you would think
coming in just shy of three pounds so where would you put one of these things
well I think the nest I max would go great in places like your kitchen the
living room like on the living room table or even your desk the kitchen is
actually an area I think this device is really well suited for thanks to its
larger display and superb sound the recipe features of the Google assistant
on the nest hub max are already great and look even better on a larger display
from what I've been able to find the Nest Hub Max is not waterproof and has no
water resistant feature so you're going to want to make sure that you don't
splatter it a lot in the kitchen if that's where you decide to put one and
you do not want to place this thing in an area where it's going to get soaked
another nice feature of the nest hub max for the kitchen is a feature that allows
you to play and pause media with just a hand gesture so if your hands aren't
clean and you don't want to touch the screen you could still play and pause
media this feature did take me a bit to get used to at first I was waving my
hand a little bit too much or not extending it out and holding it just a
tad second longer for the nest hub max to recognize it but once I got the hang
of it it's actually become one of my favorite new features of the nest hub
max it's like some Google engineer just thought to themselves how do we make
real life people more like Jedi's from Star Wars and then they thought oh yeah
this feature would be really cool and they were right because it is it's
honestly a feature of the nest of max I just do just because I can and it's fun
I don't know why I can't explain I may be in the minority that thinks this
feature is fantastic but I just wanted to put that out there one of the newest
additions the nest hub max brings to the Google smart display experience is a
camera you can do duo video calls with the nest hub max and the camera also
acts as a nest camera if you've never had a nest camera before you'll have the
option to set up your first desk camera during the setup of the device in a bit
of a bizarre move you can access the live feed from the nest hub max camera
in your Google home app however if you want to view recorded clips from the
nest camera in the nest hub max you'll need to download the nest app to do that
now why Google hasn't combined both of these apps into a single Google nest app
beats me but I assume they're working on it the nest hub max like other nest
camera products comes with one month free of the nest aware service which
gives you access to features like video history familiar face alerts and the
ability to share and make clips the camera also enables some other
functionality it'll recognize faces and has the ability to proactively show you
reminders calendar events etc when it recognizes your face now if you find
cameras creepy or you don't want the nest camp feature at all you
of course deselected in the nest hub Max's settings you turn the camera and
microphone off using the switch at the back of the device which will physically
disconnect the wires to the camera and microphones if you want to keep the mics
on but only turn off the camera you can do this by swiping up from the bottom of
the display and tapping the camera icon okay now on to the question that
everybody seems to be asking how good is the sound quality on the nest hub max
simply put the Google nest hub max is the best sounding google assistant smart
display that we've tested and that includes the lenovo 10 inch smart
display as i suspected when google announced this thing the stereo speakers
up front and the warfare at the back of the device give it a very full sound the
sound comparison between the nest hub max and the nest hub is almost comical
the nest hub Max sounds way better and comparing the nest of Max and the Lenovo
tenant smart display the Nest Hub Max also wins out thanks to that 3 inch
woofer at the rear of the device that just gives it so much more bass and
contributes to the overall fuller sound you get with that device compared to the
comparable Lenovo 10 inch display the nest hub max is quite a bit louder than
the nest hub and when you crank up its volume you will not get Distortion as
someone who's a bit particular with the sound quality of their devices the
Google Nest Hub Max is actually the first Google assistant smart display
that comes with a speaker that I would actually listen to music on by itself
the only other Google speaker I've said this about is the Google Home Max which
sounds better than the nest hub max but the nest of Max is still pretty good
I'd say the Google Nest Hub Max is the second best speaker that Google makes
behind the Google Home Max all right now onto another question that may pop in
your head especially if you already have a nest hub or a Lenovo smart display
like the comparable Lenovo 10-inch smart display when thinking about the nest hub
Max and that question of course is should I replace my Lenovo display or my
nest hub with the nest hub max my advice there would be if the
nest cam camera and noticeable audio improvements is worth it to you then yes
I'd say it would be worth getting as an addition or replacement for your Lenovo
smart displays or nest hub also if you have a Lenovo 10 inch smart display the
Nest Hub Max is going to be better at displaying photos thanks to its ambient
color light temperature sensor all right well that's it for our first impressions
of the Google Nest hub max now we'll be doing more videos on the nest hub max as
we go along leading up to our big six months later review of the device so if
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Josh Teder, thanks for watching