Google’s 2021 Nest Hub is now on sale at an irresistible price nationwide

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Given that the Nest Mini and Nest Hub Max came out all the way back in 2019, followed by the Nest Audio the next year and the Nest Hub (2nd Gen) the year after that, it seems safe to assume that Google has no plans to upgrade the latter 7-inch smart display anytime soon.

But that’s not stopping the search giant from viciously cutting the already reasonable price of the 2021-released Nest Hub, and what’s even cooler is that virtually all major US retailers have quickly joined Big G in charging just 55 bucks (or so) for a device normally available for $99.99.

Granted, the second-gen Echo Show 8 comes with a camera that the second-gen Nest Hub snubs entirely, but smart speaker and smart display enthusiasts concerned about their privacy may well consider this missing component a key strength.

Obviously, that’s not what we can say about the slightly smaller screen and inferior sound quality, but at the end of the day, you’re probably not planning to use these devices to stream a concert for your entire apartment building or watch the new Spiderman movie for the first time, so you should be fine if you decide to go with the (significantly) cheaper option. 

At $54.99, the 2021 Nest Hub currently matches the 2021 Echo Show 5, mind you, and the former’s advantages are crystal clear and pretty hard to ignore.