I used the new Google Home Speaker. Here’s why you should save your money
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It’s probably fair to say that smart home enthusiasm in 2025 isn’t what it once was. Stuff like lighting control and smart locks are so old at this point that many of us take them for granted, and while there’s still lots of potential for where the future could take us — I’m looking at you, AI — those solutions still aren’t quite mature to the point where they feel like obvious, must-have upgrades.
Maybe as a consequence of us reaching that smart home plateau, new hardware from Google has been few and far between. Probably the biggest motion we’ve had in years was the introduction of the Pixel Tablet back in 2023, so I was understandably excited during the Pixel 10 launch when Google appeared to tease the release of a then-unknown new Nest speaker.
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