Do you know that short, satisfying sound you hear when you successfully connect to a Google Smart Display or speaker? Well, Google’s about to ruin it. 9to5Google has discovered that the latest Nest Hub preview firmware has a much softer sound, and it’s all wrong and confusing.
Okay, so we might be exaggerating a bit, but the new sound is legally less affirmative. Listen; here is the old sound:
And here’s the new one:
Looks like this new sound is just on the Nest Hub with the latest v1.52 Cast firmware. The vast majority of Smart Displays and speakers are still at v1.50, so chances are you’ll have the older tone for a while. As you can see, we do not love the new one here at AP, but let us know what you think of it.
