Shop E Store Google has announced that the Google Home Max will lose sound detection from May 8.
In an email to Nest Aking users, the technological giant declared that the characteristic was being eliminated but did not give a reason.
It is a feature that is still available on Google Home and original Home Mini, which are still running in their original firmware, and Nest Hub and Nest Hub Max Smart screens.
Google even declared in the email that the function is still “compatible with its other Google devices with its subscription with Nest Aking”, so it does not seem that this is being eliminated as a broader plan, rather there is a technical reason why Max is being lost to the future.
Sound detection is a feature that sends a notification to your phone when things are heard as an alarm of smoke/carbon monoxide or glass breakup.
With a Nest Aking plan instead, it also gives you capacity E911 and the ability to verify any safety alarm available at the time of sound detection.
Released in 2017, The Home Max was the first real attempt at Big Tech Holy Trinity to focus on sound instead of intelligence; He landed a few months before Apple Homepod and a couple of years before Amazon’s study.
And although it was something important, ugly and confusing, which cost the whopping of $ 400 when it went on sale, we declared in our review of Home Max at the time that “offers a sonic blow to justify its expensive price.”
Google discontinued the Home Max in December 2020, but promised continuous software and safety solutions.
With the launch of the new Google Home application, which is currently in preview, and the promise of a Google assistant with Gemini, it will be interesting if any of the smartest older generation house / nest speakers participate in the action.
Source: 9to5google
