The Google Nest Hub Max takes everything that was great about the Home Hub and makes it a little bigger. That means it's still a great product but only you can really say whether you need to spend the extra £80 on an extra three inches of screen real estate, slightly beefier sound and a camera.

Brilliant usage of the screen; Google Assistant is as smart as they come; Excellent mics

Optional Nest Aware subscription is pricey; Camera feels a little creepy

I bought this model because my husband is hard of hearing and found our previous Google assistant a bit low! But the Google nest hub max has solved that and gives him a visual answer plus when it's not in use it is a clock and photo frame showing all our fav photos!

Excellent I use it in conjunction With my nest cam and it's great for security as I can see what and who is at my front door clarity is fantastic and the bonus is I can use it for pretty much anything from finding out what the weather is going to be for the day

Ive had the google home nest hub for over a year and love it so we went for its newer bigger brother Camera quality on this was excellent and loved the way it followed you around when video calling a friend. The sound quality is better than its predecessor as is the screen

Easy to set up a lot of Great Features Im finding new ways to use it every day very happy

The nest hub is an upgrade for us as the smaller version we had the screen died. This is much better and clearer sound is more vibrant.

No product is more emblematic of the fusion of Google and Nest into a single brand than the new Google Nest Hub Max. This is the bigger brother to the Google Home Hub , later renamed the Google Nest Hub.

Audio The audio quality is much improved over the Nest Hub-it's a bit better than the OG Home; Display Bright; sufficiently sharp; and supports Ambient EQ; Face Match The Hub Max is very quick to recognize you and present personalized info; Gestures The play-pause gesture works as advertised,...

Wasted space The Hub Max is just a big photo frame when you're not using it; I'd like to see the option to display information or controls, Gestures again It would be great to see more use of gestures.

The Nest Hub Max entices with its screen, but you'll stay for the camera

Big; 10-inch screen; Loud speakers; Smart camera features; Multiple ways to disable camera; Access to Google Assistant; smart home control

Takes up a lot of space; Camera opens up privacy concerns

The turbo-charged version of the Google Home Hub is better for video, music, podcasts and just about everything else. It may not be perfect, but what's not to like about that summary

Excellent screen; Good; music-friendly speaker; Neat design; Well-priced

No Netflix support; Display isn't as sharp as Lenovo's; Nest integration wobbly at launch

, it wasn't surprising. What's perhaps more surprising is that it's taken so long for the first Google Nest product to emerge. The result: a smart speaker with a display and a few surprises makes up for it, more or less.