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Google Offers Free Nest Hubs to Some Nest Aware Plus Subscribers

Tom Kolnowski by Tom Kolnowski
3 June 2020
Reading Time: 4 mins read
Google is offering a free Google Nest Hub to some subscribers to the Nest Aware Plus subscription plans. Image: Digitized House.

Google is offering a free Google Nest Hub to some subscribers to the Nest Aware Plus subscription plans. Image: Digitized House.

Table of contents
  1. The $89.95 Google Nest Hub for Free
  2. New Nest Aware Plans Are Rolling Out
    1. Table: Costs of Nest Aware First Generation vs. Second Generation (Source: Google)
  3. Act Now

Too good to be true? That’s what we first thought when we received an email from the Google Store on June 2, 2020, entitled “You’ve got a Nest Hub to redeem at Google Store.” As it turned out, this was an entirely legitimate offer. We clicked through to the Google Store, successfully checked out, and our free Nest Hub is on the way. Now, from our direct experience and based on the reporting from other media outlets, it appears Google is offering the free smart displays to existing customers upgrading recently to the new Nest Aware Plus annual subscription plan—which covers cloud video services for all Google Nest cams, but also services for all Google speakers and displays in the home.

Also: Read our detailed Should You Upgrade to New Nest Aware? article for much more detail on the new Nest Aware.

The $89.95 Google Nest Hub for Free

In our case, we processed an upgrade to our Nest Aware subscription on May 21—migrating from an $80-annual first generation Nest Aware plan to the new Nest Aware Plus plan at an annual cost of $120. The offer here includes the standard Google Nest Hub, the original 7-in. version of the hub that started much of the smart display movement. Google just dropped the cost of the hub from $129 to $89.95, while they still offer the 10-in. Google Nest Hub Max at $229. These displays run the Google Assistant, and work nicely when paired with the Nest Hello video doorbell and all other Nest cameras.

The email we received from the Google Store. Image: Digitized House.
The email we received from the Google Store. Image: Digitized House.

New Nest Aware Plans Are Rolling Out

Announced in late 2019 but only now rolling out to Google Nest customers, the new second-generation Nest Aware plans offer revised costing and an unlimited, all-you-can-eat approach to cloud video services. We are preparing a detailed look at the these new plans, but for most Google Nest customers with more than one Nest camera, the new plans may be a good deal versus the à la carte first-generation plans. The biggest distinction between the new and old plans, beyond the unlimited approach, lies in the continuous video recording versus event-based recording features. See the table below for details on the plans.

Table: Costs of Nest Aware First Generation vs. Second Generation (Source: Google)

Nest Aware
(1st Generation)
One
Camera
Two
Cameras
Three
Cameras
5-day 24/7 video history$5/month
$50/year
$8/month
$80/year
$11/month
$110/year
10-day 24/7 video history$10/month
$100/year
$15/month
$150/year
$20/month
$200/year
30-day 24/7 video history
$30/month
$300/year
$45/month
$450/year
$60/month
$600/year

Nest Aware
(2nd Generation)

All cameras, speakers,
and displays in home
30-day event video history$6/month
$60/year

Nest Aware Plus
(2nd Generation)

All cameras, speakers,
and displays in home
60-day event video history
10-day 24/7 video history
$12/month
$120/year

Act Now

So, if you get one of these emails from the Google Store, by all means click through and take them up on it. The email will include a promo code, but be aware these single-use codes will expire (our code had an expiration date of 07/31/2020). In the case of our free offer, the total cost of the order was genuinely zero—there were no taxes or shipping fees tacked on. Our order does look like it was caught up in a shipping backlog, however, as we were advised to expect arrival in early July.

Tags: Google Home HubGoogle Nest
Tom Kolnowski

Tom Kolnowski

Tom Kolnowski is the Chief Content Officer & Founder of Digitized House Media, LLC, the publisher of Digitized House | Guide to the Connected Home. When he isn’t writing about smart home technology, sustainability, and high-performance architecture, you’ll find him exploring faraway destinations with his family.

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