Google Home Max Speaker Now on Sale

In the market for a smart speaker? Google has a new, pricey option for you to consider.

Just in time for the holidays, the $399 Home Max speaker, unveiled in October, is finally bachelor for purchase. The smart speaker is launching today via Walmart and Google'south official online storefront, as well as Best Buy and Verizon, Google confirmed to PCMag.

Those who want to try before they buy can check out Dwelling house Max in person at select Verizon retail locations and the Made past Google popular-upwardly stores in New York City and Los Angeles.

Every bit we noted in our Home Max Preview, the smart speaker is Google's answer to the $199 Sonos One and Apple's upcoming $349 HomePod. It features 2 4.5-inch woofers and 2 custom tweeters inside, and uses bogus intelligence to figure out where information technology is in a room and optimize its sound appropriately.

Nosotros got a risk to heed to the Home Max ahead of its release, and said the device "rocked the demo room." But we besides pointed out that "this is a $400 speaker from a company without a long track tape of making sound products," and "it volition demand to sound very practiced to justify its high toll."

Check dorsum shortly for our full Domicile Max review to get a better thought of audio quality. If you can't beget a Home Max, there are plenty of cheaper options on the market, including the $49 Home Mini.

Apple's HomePod, unveiled in June, was also supposed to get on sale this month, but Apple tree recently pushed HomePod'southward release to 2022, suggesting production problems are to blame.

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Angela Moscaritolo

Angela Moscaritolo is PCMag'due south expert on fitness and smart habitation products. Teaching yoga for nearly 10 years has helped her in evaluating a range of continued health products including fitness trackers, centre rate monitors, rowers, smart scales, stationary bikes, strength training machines, treadmills, and more than. Angela too tests smart home devices from her ranch in Florida, including air purifiers, kitchen appliances, and robot vacuums, just to proper name a few.