that are on your screen right now,

these are Goggle's new WiFi routers.

Actually they're also Google's new smart home speakers.

You see, Google went and did the obvious thing,

the thing that we've all been asking for.

They took a Google Home

and they put it inside a WiFi router.

Or maybe they took a WiFi router

and put it inside a Google Home?

I don't know, it doesn't matter.

This is the Google Nest WiFi.

So Google's whole argument with the Nest WiFi

is that WiFi access points work way better

when they're out in the open

instead of buried in your closet somewhere

or even attached to a wall socket in the corner.

So they want you to put it on your counter or your table,

and to convince you to do that,

they put a smart speaker in it

so that you would actually put it out in the open

and talk to it.

So let's talk about this thing as a smart speaker first.

It's actually kind of neat.

It has this new lighting system

where when you talk to it,

it puts a ring of light underneath it

and that ring of light turns orange when it mutes

which is super annoying

but you can turn that off in the settings

which by the way are inside the Google Home app now

and that's terrible because the Google Home app is terrible

but we will all survive this problem together.

It also does this neat thing

where when your hand gets close to it,

it uses ultrasound to detect it

and that lights up a couple of lights on the top

so that you know where to tap for volume up and volume down.

Okay, but how does it sound as a speaker?

Well, it sounds like a pretty good Google Home Mini

because it's literally a pretty good Google Home Mini.

It's a slightly upgraded Google Home Mini speaker

only in this thing, it's firing downward

and because it's a little bit bigger,

it's got more air to work with

so it can sound just a little bit better.

Oh hey, speaking of Mini's, there's a new one.

It's not the Google Mini now.

Now it's the Nest Mini

and it has a few new things in it.

It looks exactly the same as the last one

although there is a new blue color

but the new stuff is,

it sounds slightly better

because that's slightly better speaker

and Google also says it did a whole bunch of like

machine learning and tuning and stuff

just to make it sound better.

It also does local control for certain things

so you can turn your lights on and off

without having to ask a server how to do that.

So that's neat.

And it also has this new ultrasound feature

from the Nest WiFi where when you reach for it,

it will light up and tell you where the buttons are

'cause you can tap it to play pause

or you can turn the volume up or shorten the volume down

right on the Nest Mini itself.

It's still gonna cost 50 bucks but I bet you

there'll be discounts on the thing all the time.

Oh, one more thing.

It does have a hole on the back

so that it's easier to hang on the wall

I guess if you want.

All right, back to the Nest WiFi.

How is it as a router?

Well we don't know the full specs yet

but it does support AC2200

so it should be a little bit better there.

Google says that it's twice as fast

but what exactly that means remains to be seen.

It supports Thread 'cause they're still trying

to make that thing happen

and they also say that it has 25% coverage

than the old Google WiFi

which is still sticking around by the way.

Google's main package is a two pack

which is one router which doesn't have an assistant in it

and then the little point that does,

and that's gonna sell for $269.

There's a whole bunch of different price points

for buying one of them individually if you want to

and they are backwards compatible with the Google WiFi

if you want to build out from there.

Also, they're making a pack that is just two routers

that they're selling on Amazon

because Amazon won't sell the Point

because the Point has the Google Assistant built in

and Amazon doesn't wanna sell anything

that competes with Alexa because capitalism.

So look, I'm really happy that Google just finally

went and did the obvious thing.

It took a smart speaker and a mesh router

and they crammed them together.

But we still need to test it

and see how it actually performs

especially since Eero just announced a new router

at an Amazon event about a couple of weeks ago

because well this is a really good idea,

the most important thing is that it provides good WiFi.

Hey everybody, thank you so much for watching.

There's obviously a lot more happening

at this Google hardware event.

We've got a video with the Pixel 4

which I know you're into

and we also have a video with the Pixelbook Go

so you should check those out.