Google Home Max can also damage wood furniture

File photo: Richi Chandra, Director of Product Management, Google Chromecast, speaks about the Google Home Max speaker during a launch event in San Francisco, California, U.S. October 4, 2017. After discovering -- to my furniture's detriment -- that the Apple HomePod and the Sonos One speakers can potentially leave white marks on certain wood surfaces, I decided to see what other smart speakers are capable of causing similar damage. Not wanting to subject my mahogany cabinet to any more abuse, I bought a pine board from Home Depot, along with some mahogany stain and Howard's Feed-N-Wax -- an oil-based finish that was also used on my furniture. As it turns out, the Google Home Max can damage wood just like the Apple HomePod and Sonos One, but there is some good news. Then, I left them on the board, turned off, for a little more than 27 hours.