Google confirms that it has eliminated production of Nest Audio and Nest Mini

Out with the old, in with the new! Change is coming for all of us, and right now, Google’s line of smart speakers is feeling it most acutely. Today, the company is finally beginning to accept pre-orders for the new Google Home Speakerfirst announced last year. With this new audio solution finally on the way, we’ve been very interested in finding out what’s going on with Google’s older speakers and now we’re finally getting some answers.

Google says Technical Advisor that with the arrival of the Google Home Speaker, the old Nest Mini and Nest Audio are being left aside:

As we continue to build the future of the smart home, we are refining our portfolio of Google Home and Nest devices. As part of this evolution, we ended production of the Google Nest Mini and Google Nest Audio.

It’s not like we haven’t seen this move coming a mile away, but it’s still sad news if you’re an ardent fan of this legacy hardware. Both Nest Audio and Nest Mini had recently started appears as “out of stock” on Google’s online store, and combined with expectations that the Home Speaker was getting ready to start selling, it wasn’t hard to make some assumptions about Google’s intentions for these devices.

Even as the next most recent release after our new Home Speaker, Nest Audio is still six years old and launched in September 2020.

The Nest Mini first debuted as the Home Mini in 2017, and Google gave us the updated second-generation Nest Mini in 2019. Considering how long both speakers have been available, it’s likely that anyone who was planning to buy one already took advantage of that opportunity a long time ago. That said, We still have a lot of love for these devices. – and it seems like many of you still do too.

If you have this hardware at home, go ahead and turn on your favorite playlist as we put together one in honor of these smart speakers.