Like the Nest Mini, the 10-inch Nest Hub Max display first came out in 2019, and it’s seen its fair share of software updates since then, most recently gaining the ability to respond to certain Google Assistant commands without the “Hey Google” hotword. Maybe Google has a surprise in store for us next Thursday, but if there is a next-gen Nest Mini waiting in the wings, it’s a well kept secret. It certainly seems like high time for a second-gen Nest Mini to make its debut, yet when it comes to a refresh, we’re hearing…well, silence. Indeed, the fifth-gen Echo Dot is the second new Dot to be released in just two years. Meanwhile, Amazon has put its small speaker, the Echo Dot, on a much more aggressive update schedule, with the fifth-generation Dot–complete with a bigger speaker and the ability to act as an extender for Eero mesh Wi-Fi routers–arriving during Amazon’s hardware event just a few days ago. The successor to the Google Home Mini, the Nest Mini added a tad more bass, a mounting hole, and some control tweaks to the older speaker, making it a somewhat modest upgrade. We haven’t heard a peep about a refresh for the smallest Nest speaker, which was announced at Google’s 2019 hardware event. Second-gen Nest Mini: Probably not (but it’s overdue) The premature B&H listing hints at a product that’s on the cusp of release, so we’d be mighty surprised if we didn’t see the Google Nest Wifi Pro break cover next week. We’ve been hearing a steady drumbeat about the second-gen Nest Doorbell (wired) for months now, and combined with Google’s promise about the new doorbell last year, we think this announcement is pretty much a lock.īut the kicker came just a couple of weeks ago: a now-scrubbed B&H Photo product listing for a “Google Nest Wifi Pro 6E Router” complete with price tags, detailing a $199 sticker price for the router itself, $299.99 for a two-pack, and $399.99 for a three-pack. Google execs promised last year that a second-generation Nest Doorbell (wired) was in the pipeline, and earlier this month, we saw the first leaked images of the new model, which appears to be slightly shorter but thicker than 2021’s Nest Doorbell (battery) while sharing the same basic design. And while a more recent Google doorbell–last year’s Nest Doorbell (battery), pictured above–snagged our editor’s choice award, it lacks a key feature of its wired brethren: the ability to record 24/7 video. But otherwise, Google’s only wired doorbell is looking decidedly long in the tooth. Google’s original wired doorbell, the Nest Hello from 2018, got a new name–the Nest Doorbell (wired)–last year. Update (): Google went ahead and announced the second-generation Nest Doorbell (wired) on October 4, two days before its annual hardware event. Second-gen Nest Doorbell (wired): Almost certain
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