Last month Google announced the successor to the Google Wi-Fi now named
the Nest Wi-Fi, now the Google Wi-Fi had been one of the top-selling mesh Wi-Fi
routers out there now for the past couple of years so any change that
Google was going to make to this product we knew it would be significant now I've
had the nest Wi-Fi router as well as the nest Wi-Fi point now for the past couple
of days and in this video I'm going to give you the rundown on what's new with
the nest Wi-Fi how it compares to the Google Wi-Fi my first impressions of the
device and some recommendations and suggestions if you're stuck between
getting one over the other let's dive in so what's new with the nest Wi-Fi first
let's talk design the design of both the nest Wi-Fi router and the nest Wi-Fi
point are definitely a design departure from the hockey puck design the Google
Wi-Fi sports the nest Wi-Fi has a matte finish allowing the ambient light pickup
of its surface to be a little bit more subtle and overall I think these devices
blend into their environment better though the primary nest Wi-Fi point that
connects to the modem is a bit larger than the Google Wi-Fi puck the nest
Wi-Fi also comes in more colors than the Google Wi-Fi and you can order any color
you want on the Google store another design departure for the nest Wi-Fi is
the abandonment of the USB C power cord that the Google Wi-Fi uses the nest
Wi-Fi actually uses the same barrel jack power cord that you can find with the
nest mini one gripe I have with these newer Google power Jack's is they take
up much more room on a power strip then the old Google Wi-Fi ones did which are
much more compact another area where the nest Wi-Fi differs from Google Wi-Fi is
that with Google Wi-Fi each puc router all of them have two Ethernet ports with
the nest Wi-Fi this is not always true you have your main Wi-Fi routers that
have the jacks and then the nest Wi-Fi points which act as nest minis the
points do not have Ethernet ports Google does sell packs of the nest Wi-Fi sis
that just use the nest Wi-Fi routers as the mesh points and it skips the Google
assistant enabled Wi-Fi points altogether the nest Wi-Fi point with the
Google assistant integration is probably one of the most unique things about the
nest Wi-Fi system and that's because in order for a mesh Wi-Fi system to work
the Wi-Fi points actually need to be in prominent places in your home they need
to be on tables on you know just out in the open in prominent places they should
not be behind furniture or tucked away in a cabinet so by adding the Google
assistant to the nest Wi-Fi point Google just added another level of
functionality to this device so it is no longer just a Wi-Fi point but it also
acts as a nest of mini speaker which is going to make it much more likely that
people will put these in prominent places in their home and will reap the
benefits of having a better performing mesh Wi-Fi system you can use the touch
controls on top of the Wi-Fi point to control the speaker just as you would
with the nest mini however instead of the four glowing dots at the top of the
speaker like with the nest mini the nest Wi-Fi point has a glowing ring at the
bottom that reflects off whatever surface you place the point on and it
looks pretty good it will also change colors based on what you're doing for
things like phone calls or muting the speaker just like with the mini the
sound quality of the nest Wi-Fi point is pretty good too they'll will continue to
test how well it sounds compared to a nest mini Google also added some nice
features for the Wi-Fi point in its settings like if you keep the nest Wi-Fi
point muted you can turn off the light that's emitted from the bottom so you
are not constantly seeing the mute light on you also have full control over the
brightness of the light on the nest Wi-Fi router as well just like you did
with the Google Wi-Fi router also at the time of this recording with the nest
Wi-Fi you can actually run internet speed tests through any of your Google
assistant devices including devices like the
Desktop Max and the nest mini now in terms of performance the nest Wi-Fi does
have improvements over the Google Wi-Fi system for example Google says that if
you have a nest Wi-Fi router and a nest Wi-Fi point those two devices together
will cover the same area that it would take three Google Wi-Fi points to cover
the nest Wi-Fi router has newer Wi-Fi standards while the nest Wi-Fi point
seems to have the same supported Wi-Fi standard as the Google Wi-Fi router just
by looking at the tech specs however the nest Wi-Fi does have updated
security with the latest WPA three standard now in my limited testing so
far the range it actually does seem to be better than with the Google Wi-Fi
system I had before I completely replaced my Google Wi-Fi points with
nest Wi-Fi points and the reason I actually have to Google Wi-Fi points is
I got the additional one to pump out enough signal across the street to my
garage so I could control it with my smart phone and while the signal I had
at the garage was it wasn't bad but it wasn't great it was like borderline weak
signal but it worked well enough where the garage got you know good enough
signal the Tesla was able to download updates from the internet over Wi-Fi
well when I replaced the Google Wi-Fi points with nest Wi-Fi now the signal I
get out to the garage is like borderline excellent like it's almost full bars the
nest Wi-Fi router will cover 2200 square feet and the nest Wi-Fi point will cover
1600 square feet where with the Google Wi-Fi points those only cover up to
1,500 square feet setting up the nest Wi-Fi is a little different than setting
up the Google Wi-Fi you now have to use the Google home app instead of the
Google Wi-Fi app for setup it still works just as easily as it did in the
Google Wi-Fi app because the nest Wi-Fi router and points are compatible with
the Google Wi-Fi routers during the set up you'll have the option to add your
nest Wi-Fi devices to an existing Google Wi-Fi network now some of the more
advanced features in the Google Wi-Fi app
have not been ported over to the Google home app just yet so you will still need
the Google Wi-Fi app if you need those advanced features however do note at the
time of this recording and this isn't going to apply to everyone out there but
if you're like me and you have a Google Wi-Fi system and you're like yeah I want
more Google stuff let me just replace everything with nest Wi-Fi points well
there's a slight problem with doing that if you want to keep the same network
that you have with your Google Wi-Fi points unfortunately I have not been
able to figure out how to switch the primary Google Wi-Fi point which within
the Google Wi-Fi app your primary point is what is considered it's it's the
point that just connects to the modem right the internet is coming through the
internet cable to the router Google Wi-Fi is like okay great that is your
primary point well if you want to replace that point with the nest Wi-Fi
router and do it so that the nest Wi-Fi router just carries on all of the
characteristics of your existing network there's no actual way to do that when
you just try to add the nest Wi-Fi router to your existing Google Wi-Fi
setup it's just going to consider it an additional Wi-Fi point and not a primary
point unfortunately the only way I've been able to figure out how to replace
all of my Google Wi-Fi points with nest Wi-Fi points is by just setting up my
nest Wi-Fi points as a new network now if you're looking for a new mesh Wi-Fi
system for your house and are trying to decide between the Google Wi-Fi and the
nest Wi-Fi my advice would be to go with the nest Wi-Fi if you want better
coverage and like the appeal of the Wi-Fi points being Google assistant
speakers now if you're more cost-conscious
and you see a good deal on the Google Wi-Fi then I'd say go for it
now if you want the best performing Google made mesh Wi-Fi system available
today Google actually sells a 2-pack of the nest Wi-Fi routers so there's no
nest Wi-Fi point in that 2-pack it's just two of the routers so if you don't
care about having an S Wi-Fi point with the Google assistant
would say go for the 2-pack and Amish will link a bunch of these different
packs and stuff in the video description below in case you're interested well
that's it for our first impressions of the nest Wi-Fi will be doing a deeper
dive into the nest Wi-Fi in our six months later review of the device next
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Well for 6 Months Later, I'm Josh Teder, thanks for watching