It’s been three years since Google launched a smart speaker with music quality. The Google Home Max was the direct opposite of the Home Mini, a huge powerful speaker that could cover the room with large-sounding audio. But unsurprisingly, affordable and tiny speakers like the Home Mini and Amazon’s Echo Dot have had an easier time gaining traction than more expensive options like Apple’s HomePod and the Home Max.
Google is trying to divide the difference with the Nest Audio, a compact smart speaker that the company says will offer a huge music experience without breaking the bank. The first impression upon pulling the Nest Audio out of its box would be “wow, this thing is tiny.” But it’s less than 7 inches tall and only 3 inches thick — unlike the Max, the Nest Audio will be able to fit in just about anywhere you want to put it.
Judging from the feature and setup perspective, the Nest Audio is essentially identical to the Nest Mini and other Google-branded smart speakers. Plug it in and the Google Home Smartphone app will guide you through a setup process. Once that’s done, you can ask Google to play whatever you feel like or cast songs to the speakers from various apps.
Nest Audio has all the same features as the cheaper Nest Mini, so what I really care about here is music quality. At first, the small size made me question how good it could really be, and that was borne out in my initial testing. I want to hear how the pair holds up in other parts of my house, but a $180 pair of Nest Audio speakers would make for a strong living room music setup.
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