By Michael Bizzaco
Publication Date: 2026-06-02 01:17:00
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While a smart display isn’t an essential part of a smart home ecosystem, it might be the one device you’d miss the most if you didn’t have it. The Google Nest Hub is a display that’s been on the market for years, with the latest version released in March 2021. The second-generation Nest Hub offers a chic chassis in four colors, a triple-mic array, a built-in speaker, and Matter compatibility. You can use it to stream music, watch YouTube, set timers and alarms, read a recipe while cooking, view footage from the best security cameras, and more. But do we think it’s still worth buying in 2026? Not really, and that’s mainly because we think Google will be unveiling a new smart display sooner…
