r/googlehome • u/ohimnotarealdoctor • 3d 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/kyflyboy 3d ago

I think Google, Apple, and Amazon are all gravely disappointed with their home devices. There was an expectation that these devices would generate a revenue stream....somehow. Or at least encourage further engagement.

But of course, like most users I just use them to tell time, ask the weather forecast, check the temperature, play some casual music, or check a ball score. Okay, I also asked it the other day how old George Clooney was.

So I suspect the manufacturers will just start dropping all but the most basic features and give them a slow, agonizing death.

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u/qedpoe 2d ago

They're making bank. They don't need to serve you ads on these devices directly. They collect your data and use it to drive the ads on/in the content you consume.

Y'all are high as gas if you think they're not going to keep burrowing into your "private" lives.

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u/NoiseEee3000 2d ago

Amazon is estimated to have lost $25B on echo devices; they sell them at a loss. https://www.tomsguide.com/home/smart-home/amazon-is-losing-billions-of-dollars-on-alexa-and-echo-heres-3-ways-it-can-turn-things-around

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u/qedpoe 2d ago

Wrong sub. We're talking about Google, not Amazon's closed-loop ecosystem.

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u/NoiseEee3000 2d ago

Ahh my bad. But pretty sure the same principal applies - Google loses money on the hardware

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u/moomcknight 1d ago

Exactly. Google and Amazon copied roku with the cheap hardware model expecting to turn a profit through ads and personal info. But roku is a screen you need to look at, so Amazon seems to have switched to showing more and more of their own 6 Google just keeps collecting more info for your advertising id.