The most underrated smart display. At $99, the Nest Hub (2nd Gen) adds Sleep Sensing — a Soli radar chip tracks your breathing and movement without a camera, producing a sleep quality report each morning. No camera means no privacy trade-off at the bedside. Google Photos, Google Assistant, smart home controls, and YouTube all work well. The best choice for the bedroom.
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| Display | 7" 1024×600 touch |
| Smart platform | Google Home / Assistant |
| Voice assistant | Google Assistant |
| Built-in camera | None — Soli radar sleep |
| Local processing | Partial (on-device ML) |
| Zigbee hub | No (Thread border router) |
The Nest Hub 2nd Gen's Sleep Sensing feature is genuinely novel — a Soli radar chip under the glass tracks your breathing rhythm and body movement throughout the night without any camera, microphone recording, or wearable device. Each morning it presents a sleep summary: time asleep, sleep stages, breathing disruptions, and a comparison with your historical average. For a bedroom device at $99, this level of health tracking is remarkable.
The deliberate absence of a camera is the second notable design decision. At $99, adding a camera would have been straightforward — Google chose not to. The result is that the Nest Hub 2nd Gen is the most appropriate smart display for a bedroom among all the devices reviewed here. There is no lens pointing at you while you sleep, no feed that could theoretically be accessed remotely, and no visual recording capability. For users who declined a camera-equipped smart display for bedroom use, the Nest Hub 2nd Gen directly addresses that concern.
The Thread border router capability future-proofs your smart home investment. Thread is the low-power mesh networking protocol that underpins Matter's most capable device category. As Thread-enabled smart home devices become more common — including sensors, locks, and environmental monitors — the Nest Hub 2nd Gen will coordinate them locally without requiring additional hardware.
The 7-inch 1024×600 display is adequate for a bedside device — readable from across a bedroom for the clock, weather, and upcoming appointments that are its primary use case. It is not a replacement for a tablet or a larger kitchen display. Google Photos integration makes the screensaver genuinely pleasant. Google Assistant handles timers, music, smart home controls, and questions competently.
At $99, the Nest Hub 2nd Gen competes directly with the Echo Show 5. The choice between them comes down to ecosystem: Alexa or Google Home, and whether you prefer a physical camera shutter (Echo Show 5) or sleep sensing without any camera (Nest Hub 2nd Gen).
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See how the Nest Hub (2nd Gen) compares to all 6 models in our full comparison.
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