Like with the Pixel 5 deal, you have to activate the phone at the time of purchase on Verizon, AT&T, or Sprint, and Sprint will also give you a total of $150 off if you open a new line.
The Nest Hub lacks a security camera, and its speaker is nothing to write home about, but if you're building out a smart home with stand-alone security cameras and speakers—which is the best way of doing it—there's little need to pay extra for a hub with these features built in.You don't need a screen in every room, but Nest Minis add a way for the Nest system (they all link together) to hear and respond to you when you're away from your main hub?It's showing its age by now at three years old, but at this price, the Home Max is still a good option if you want a smart speaker with relatively good audio quality but have no need for a screen.WIRED senior editor Michael Calore said the Home Max sounded fantastic when he reviewed it in 2017, and if you already use Google Assistant as your AI voice of choice on your phone, then it integrates especially well with your smart home flow.
If you're neck-deep in the Google Assistant ecosystem and want something that'll play easily with your Google-centric smart home system, WIRED's Scott Gilberston says the Nest WiFi is for you.You can adjust your home's temperature from anywhere (like from bed—no judgment) through the Nest app, and also set schedules so that you're not overheating your home when nobody's there.After a week, it'll have a pretty good idea of when you're home and not home on each day of the week, and it'll lower the heating or cooling to save money when you're out.
The Nest Audio is a good choice to supplement a Nest smart home hub in a different room if you want better sound quality than you can get from a little Nest Mini puck.
The Nest Audio scored an 8/10 when WIRED writer Parker Hall reviewed it last week, and he said pairing two together creates one of the best-sounding $200 stereos you can buy