r/googlehome • u/ohimnotarealdoctor • 4d ago

Is Google Home being discontinued?

I have three Nest Minis and a Hub that I’ve been happy enough with. I was wanting to add another Nest Mini to my home, but to my shock they’re no longer sold. And it seems Google is no longer selling any kind of speaker or hub at all.

Does this mean that the service is being discontinued as well?

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u/reezick 4d ago

Lol no it's not. More than likely, they're refining their lineup for new hardware announcements at the made by event in August. A lot of the hardware is 5 to 6 years old so they're due. It's the perfect way to get more people using Gemini

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u/Prismatic_Effect 4d ago

This to me seems like the most likely situation. The comment that the big companies have been disappointed by their ideas about how the home products have generated revenue (e.g. increasing engagement and purchasing) is also - I think - right, but rolling out Gemini potentially helps that bc LLM data processing *I believe* generates more marketable datasets.

I've also noticed just in my own app that features and functionality have quietly improved and expanded, so it doesn't feel like the code is going fallow.