Getting the Google Nest Hub Max up and running takes a variety of steps, but none of them are terribly tricky, and the display does a good job of guiding you through the process. Built into the base are a pair of 18mm tweeters and a 75mm woofer, and while the Nest Hub Max’s reasonable detailed and impressively loud sound won’t rival that of a pricey Sonos One speaker, it still manages to pack a punch, and I thoroughly enjoyed it while I was cooking in the kitchen.
There’s no 3.5mm audio jack for attaching a speaker, but you can always pair a Bluetooth speaker to the display, and besides, the Nest Hub Max’s stereo speakers are nothing to sneeze at. On the rear of the Nest Hub Max’s base is a barrel-shaped power port for the included 30-watt power adapter. The Google Nest Hub Max’s privacy switch disables its camera and mutes the mic, but there’s no physical camera shutter. (The competing 10-inch Amazon Echo Show also lacks an actual camera shutter.) A green indicator light next to the lens flashes when the camera is in use. If you want some privacy, a switch near the top of the display’s back panel can electronically disable the microphones and the camera lens, although there’s no physical lens cover. The display can also (like plenty of other smart displays, including Amazon’s Echo Show line) automatically switch itself into night mode when you turn off your room lights.īesides the ambient light detector, the top bezel of the display houses the (aforementioned) 5.6MP camera, which doubles as a Nest security camera (more on that in a bit), while both the light sensor and the camera are flanked by a pair of far-field microphones. It’s a pleasing touch (to my eyes, anyway) that keeps the Nest Hub Max from sticking out like a sore thumb. With Ambient EQ enabled, the Nest Hub Max’s display blends nicely into its surroundings, with (for example) your family photos looking as though they’re physical photos rather than glaringly bright images on an LCD screen. Using a light sensor in the top bezel of the screen, Ambient EQ scans the ambient light and does its best to match the light and colors in the room.
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