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Nathan Ingraham for Engadget
Google conscionable introduced a caller smart location speaker yesterday, but nan presence of a caller merchandise heralds nan extremity of others. The institution has confirmed that it will extremity accumulation of nan Nest Home Mini and Nest Audio. These Nest devices person been connected nan marketplace for astir 5 years (or longer, if you count 2017's Google Home Mini) and it seems logical for Google to prioritize nan newer procreation fixed nan existent strategy of putting its Gemini chatbot everyplace it perchance can.
Although nan brace of speakers has been discontinued, immoderate of nan 2 smart location products successful nan chaotic will stay operational. "Existing Nest Mini and Nest Audio devices will proceed to beryllium afloat supported pinch regular package updates, information patches and customer care," a rep from Google told Engadget. The caller Google Home speaker is priced astatine $100, nan aforesaid arsenic nan outgoing Nest Audio, but importantly much than nan Nest Home Mini, which retailed astatine $50 and could often beryllium recovered for cheaper.
