Nest Audio review: Google finds a way back home

Nest Audio has been a long time coming. Its predecessor, Google Home — which was also Google’s first smart speaker — was launched back in 2016 though it made its way to India only in 2018. For some context, its biggest rival, the Amazon Echo is already in its fourth generation. Suffice to say that not only has it been a long time coming, but it has also given the Echo enough legroom to become the default smart speaker in many homes.

On a product portfolio level, the Nest Audio slots between the pint-sized Nest Mini (also in its second generation now) and flagship Home Max.