Google Home Hub review: The least-expensive smart display is one of the best

Google Home Hub combines a Google Home digital assistant with a 7-inch screen, allowing a graphic display of your schedule, weather, and commute traffic all at the command of your voice. There's more in there too: It has a good speaker for playing music, will act as a digital photo frame when not otherwise in use, and you can use it to watch your favorite shows if you have a compatible pay TV service, or monitor the feed from your home security cameras. In many ways it mirrors what a modern Android phone can already do, but with a better speaker and a bigger, always-on screen. There's a lot to like about this impressive little gadget, and its thoughtfully designed software is a big improvement on a smartphone. The Home Hub will almost certainly surprise you with its small size.