I've been waiting years for a new Google smart display; my patience is about to run out

Google’s smart display lineup is now years behind the hardware refresh cadence expected in consumer technology, and the aging Nest Hub devices are showing reliability problems that undermine their role as the central control point for connected homes. For CIOs and technology leaders, the broader lesson is that when foundational endpoint hardware is allowed to age out, ecosystem reliability, user trust, and adoption of adjacent services can deteriorate—even when the software stack is still strategically important.