This Black Friday 2018 weekend, the prices on Google smart home products like Google Home and Nest make now a better time than ever to go all-in…
Smart home products have been inching their way into the average home over the last several years, but as of late their maturity as products and their up front cost are intersecting more than ever to make them a no-brainer. In the Google ecosystem, you can take the plunge and go all-in today with a couple smart security cameras, a thermostat, a Home Hub, some Google Home Minis, a smart doorbell, and more, all for under $1,000.
Assuming you have no smart home products at all, these are the products we think you should buy today (and this weekend) to get the best value for your dollar: Google Home, Google Home Hub, a couple Google Home Minis, a couple 3rd gen Chromecasts, a Nest Cam Outdoor, a couple Nest Protect smoke detectors, two Nest Cam Indoor cameras, and a Nest Hello Doorbell.
Of course this is just a theoretical plan and you can modify it to fit your needs, but if you buy all these today and take advantage of all the best deals that 9to5Toys has dug up for you, you can make a significant dent in your smart home-ification project for less than $1,000!
The newly-launched Google Home Hub (which we reviewed pretty recently) is a steal at $99, a $50 discount just a month or so after hitting the market at $150. If you think you might need more than one for your home, now is the time to pick them up. Our plan only has one, though. You can find it at Walmart at that price right now, or through the Google Store if you want a color other than Chalk and Charcoal.
Also on our list of recommendations this weekend are the Google Home Mini which is also currently going for $25 at Walmart, and this is the perfect price to buy more than one. We’ve put in two for our plan. Finally, we have a single original Google Home Speaker in our plan, which is going for $79 today.
With a Google Home Hub, two Google Home Minis, and a single standard Google Home, you’re looking at a total of about $230 for Step 1 of our plan if you take advantage of the best Black Friday deals.
