--- title: Google Home Hub date: 2018-12-20 09:00:33 permalink: https://lesterchan.net/blog/2018/12/20/google-home-hub/ author: Lester Chan categories: - Internet of Things tags: - "B&H Photo Video" - Google - Google Home - Google Home Hub - Google Nest Hub - HopShopGo - smart display - smart speaker - speaker --- Bought the [Google Home Hub](https://store.google.com/?srp=/product/google_home_hub) during Black Friday as Google is having US$50 off the retail price of US$149. I did not get the Google Home Hub from Google US Store as the chances of my order going through is close to zero. Similar to the [Google Home Mini](https://lesterchan.net/blog/2017/12/22/google-home-mini/) that I got for Black Friday last year, I got it directly from [B&H Photo Video](https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1434981-REG/google_ga00516_us_tabletop_smart_screen.html). They have the same promotion as Google US Store. There are four colors available for the Google Home Hub, Chalk, Charcoal, Aqua, and Sand. I chose Chalk because I find the color to be more uniform. If you get other colors, the bezels of the screen are still in white. I paid US$99 (S$136) for the Google Home Hub. Shipping from my freight forwarder, HopShopGo, to Singapore is an additional US$25.68 (S$36). The chargeable weight is 2 kg. Google Home Hub features a 7″ LCD touch screen and comes with a full range speaker (80 dB SPL @ 1KHz, @ 1m) with two far-field microphones. Google Assistant is built-in. It measures 68 x 179 x 118 (mm) and weighs 480 g. Regarding connectivity, it supports Bluetooth 5.0 as well as 802.11b/g/n/ac wi-fi on both 2.4GHz and 5GHz band. There is no camera on the Google Home Hub, the small cutout on the top bezel is the ambient EQ light sensor. [![Google Home Hub - Box Front](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4806/45394509875_92d4e0d4db_c.jpg "Google Home Hub - Box Front")](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4806/45394509875_c721354775_o.jpg "Google Home Hub - Box Front") [![Google Home Hub - Box Back](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4834/45584027044_10b76a9e0e_c.jpg "Google Home Hub - Box Back")](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4834/45584027044_0d347253bd_o.jpg "Google Home Hub - Box Back") [![Google Home Hub - Box](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4910/45394509735_74d3df66de_c.jpg "Google Home Hub - Box")](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4910/45394509735_8a0bc385a5_o.jpg "Google Home Hub - Box") [![Google Home Hub - Box Open](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4826/45584026814_2f9201a9ed_c.jpg "Google Home Hub - Box Open")](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4826/45584026814_45233fd5ab_o.jpg "Google Home Hub - Box Open") [![Google Home Hub - Box Contents](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4833/45584025864_9cfa0153e0_c.jpg "Google Home Hub - Box Contents")](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4833/45584025864_6bf0860e1c_o.jpg "Google Home Hub - Box Contents") [![Google Home Hub - Front](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4865/45394509645_e74f6b4a0d_c.jpg "Google Home Hub - Front")](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4865/45394509645_138a84c83c_o.jpg "Google Home Hub - Front") [![Google Home Hub - Back](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4836/45584026554_48aee1c364_c.jpg "Google Home Hub - Back")](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4836/45584026554_9c7816e3bb_o.jpg "Google Home Hub - Back") [![Google Home Hub - Bottom](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4909/45584026674_4264a085cf_c.jpg "Google Home Hub - Bottom")](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4909/45584026674_2fce00d136_o.jpg "Google Home Hub - Bottom") [![Google Home Hub - Side](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4915/45584026164_219e9feef4_c.jpg "Google Home Hub - Side")](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4915/45584026164_1a9260c7e3_o.jpg "Google Home Hub - Side") [![Google Home Hub - Power](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4862/45584025934_4b790c007b_c.jpg "Google Home Hub - Power")](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4862/45584025934_0483739b03_o.jpg "Google Home Hub - Power") [![Google Home Hub - Switched On](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4828/45394509415_d1f111c709_c.jpg "Google Home Hub - Switched On")](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4828/45394509415_00a495426e_o.jpg "Google Home Hub - Switched On") Google Home Hub is much smaller than I expected. It is almost half the size of the [Amazon Echo Show (1st Generation)](https://lesterchan.net/blog/2018/04/09/amazon-echo-show/). It is an ideal alternative to the [Amazon Echo Spot](https://lesterchan.net/blog/2018/03/05/amazon-echo-spot/) rather than the Echo Show due to its size. [![Google Home Hub vs Amazon Echo Show (1st Generation)](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4805/45584025564_09528e2ac0_c.jpg "Google Home Hub vs Amazon Echo Show (1st Generation)")](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4805/45584025564_9f5242d03b_o.jpg "Google Home Hub vs Amazon Echo Show (1st Generation)") My smart home integration works fine with Google Home since Google Home supports SmartThings. I am using [Homey API](https://lesterchan.net/blog/2017/10/09/homey-review/) with [HA Bridge](https://github.com/bwssytems/ha-bridge) and linked it to [SmartThings V2](https://lesterchan.net/blog/2017/08/28/samsung-smartthings-v2-hub-uk/). >
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[![Google Home Hub - In Guest Room](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4860/45584025294_87b37f3bd3_c.jpg "Google Home Hub - In Guest Room")](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4860/45584025294_9a1a8e2380_o.jpg "Google Home Hub - In Guest Room") I find the sound a little flat, and the bass is weak. Amazon Echo Show sounded better. So I don’t think it is suitable to be used as an audio device. Overall, I would say it is a good purchase. Between the three devices, Google Home, Google Home Mini, and Google Home Hub, I would say go for the Google Home Hub straight away.