Amazon Echo Studio vs Google Nest Audio

For sound and smart home duty the Amazon Echo Studio is the better speaker, with bigger audio and a built-in Zigbee, Thread and Matter hub. The Google Nest Audio is the better value if you are already on Google Home, since it costs less and carries a one-year warranty.

The ecosystem and the hub. The Amazon Echo Studio runs Alexa and doubles as a Zigbee coordinator, Thread border router and Matter bridge, while the Google Nest Audio runs Google Assistant and is only a Matter bridge.

No to both. Each speaker is tied to its own assistant, so the Google Nest Audio does not work with Alexa and the Amazon Echo Studio does not work with Google Assistant. Home Assistant support is partial on both.

The Amazon Echo Studio. It is a Zigbee coordinator, a Thread border router and a Matter bridge in one. The Google Nest Audio is only a Matter bridge, so it can control Matter devices but cannot host a Zigbee or Thread network.

An Alexa household that wants a large room filled with sound, may add a second for stereo or a Fire TV, and would like the Zigbee, Thread and Matter hub built in.

A Google Home household that wants noticeably fuller sound than the Nest Mini, easy multi-room grouping through the Google Home app, and the lower price with a longer warranty.