What you need to know
- New Nest Hub Max lands Sept 9 in the U.S., UK and Australia.
- Launch price of $229 stands, with initial Google Store availability.
- Standard Home Hub now regularly discounted to under $100.
After being announced in May, Google's new larger Nest Hub Max will be on sale September 9. points to a that confirms the launch date, which is a full four months after its announcement, starting with the U.S., UK and Australia.
It's unclear what's causing the slow launch of the larger 10-inch hub, but if I had to guess it'd be the considerable new features the Nest Hub Max introduces beyond the standard Nest Hub (formerly Home Hub). The Nest Hub Max isn't just a bigger Nest Hub, it also has cameras with facial recognition, object tracking and integration with your other Nest products as a pseudo-Nest Cam. That's a lot to be done in the software and on the backend.
Since we're still several weeks away from availability, the is still showing a "waitlist" available, but that will change soon enough and we'll be able to pick it up for $229. If you're impatient and don't see value in the Nest Hub Max's camera system, the standard Nest Hub is .