Amazon Echo Show vs. Google Nest Hub: Which Smart Display Should Be in Your Home?

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Voice assistants have come a long way over the last few years, making their way from your smartphone, to voice-activated smart speakers, to touch-screen smart displays that can connect you to information and friends in a snap. Amazon and Google have arguably the two best voice assistants in the form of Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant, and they offer some of the best smart displays on the market as well. But which one is right for you?

The first Echo Show was a little rough around the edges, but the second-generation model fixed nearly all of our complaints and earned our Editors' Choice award. Those models have been replaced with the third-generation Echo Show 10, which mounts its 10.1-inch touch screen and camera on a motorized speaker base that can pivot and rotate to follow you around the room. Amazon also offers the second-generation Echo Show 5, which trades much of the larger Echo Show's audio power for a sub-$100 price, as well as the second-generation Echo Show 8, a smart display that sits comfortably in the Goldilocks zone between the small Echo Show 5 and the pricey Echo Show 10. Finally, there's the Echo Show 15, which is by far the largest of the bunch and meant to be mounted on a wall, like a picture.

Then there's the Google Nest Hub. We first reviewed it when it was called the Google Home Hub, and it hasn't actually changed much since then, aside from adding a unique sleep-tracking feature. Its small size and price puts it between the Echo Show 5 and the Echo Show 8, which is why Google released the larger, louder Nest Hub Max to compete with the Echo Show 10.

Echo Show devices use Alexa, while Google Nest products use Google Assistant. Both have seen some major upgrades over the years, but they're also