{"id":193714,"date":"2020-07-11T10:03:48","date_gmt":"2020-07-11T09:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/?p=193714"},"modified":"2020-07-11T10:03:50","modified_gmt":"2020-07-11T09:03:50","slug":"google-reveals-first-official-image-of-new-portable-nest-smart-speaker-after-photo-leak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/?p=193714","title":{"rendered":"Google reveals first official image of new, portable Nest smart speaker after photo leak"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- m -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5751019935\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p> [ad_1]\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"id_text\">\n<p>Here&#8217;s our first official look at Google&#8217;s new Nest smart speaker.<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidpolice.com\/2020\/07\/09\/this-is-googles-upcoming-nest-speaker-the-successor-to-the-original-google-home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">first spotted by Android Police<\/a>, leaked images of the unit show it&#8217;s about 22cm (8.66in) tall and the fabric covering extends around most of its area. It&#8217;s slimmer than the <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/review\/google-home-max-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Home Max<\/a>, and the form factor is, let&#8217;s say, in portrait rather than landscape.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After Mashable reached out to Google, we were provided the above promotional image of the unit and the below video showing it being used in a home environment. Or to be more precise, showing two of the units placed on a shelf behind a couch, as well as being moved around the home, emphasising portability.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"jw-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"vplayer\"><iframe allowautoplay=\"\" allowfullscreen=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/videos\/embed?video=Mv0xR2v3lx&amp;player=default\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>This suggests the speaker is designed to be used in multiples linked around the home, similar to (and thus a direct competitor to) Sonos systems, as well as being highly portable. The hint at beefed-up speaker specs also tip it as a successor to the agreeably beefy <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/review\/google-home-max-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Home Max<\/a>.<\/p>\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- 2 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5511153269\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The sky blue colour is the only one shown in the official assets, but the leaked images show a light grey unit.<\/p>\n<div class=\"see-also\">\n<p class=\"see-also-link\">SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/me.mashable.com\/tech\/10788\/google-nest-hub-max-takes-on-facebooks-portal-with-group-video-chats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Nest Hub Max takes on Facebook&#8217;s Portal with group video chats<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>While there were no further details provided, Google were probably originally hoping to reveal the unit at their annual I\/O conference, which was <a href=\"https:\/\/me.mashable.com\/tech\/9518\/google-cancels-io-developer-conference-due-to-coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cancelled back in March<\/a> due to the coronavirus pandemic. They&#8217;re likely now saving the full announcement for the next Google Pixel product event, currently (if tentatively, given the state of things) tipped for October.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Additional reporting by Brenda Stolyar.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"5\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- 5 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9258826580\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n[ad_2]\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/me.mashable.com\/tech\/10949\/google-reveals-first-official-image-of-new-portable-nest-smart-speaker-after-photo-leak\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"3\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- 3 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"2884989920\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Here&#8217;s our first official look at Google&#8217;s new Nest smart speaker. As first spotted by Android Police, leaked images of the unit show it&#8217;s about 22cm (8.66in) tall and the fabric covering extends around most of its area. It&#8217;s slimmer than the Google Home Max, and the form factor is, let&#8217;s say, in portrait &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":193715,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193714"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=193714"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":193716,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193714\/revisions\/193716"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/193715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=193714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=193714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=193714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}