Google Home Max will soon lose support for a critical safety feature

What you need to know

  • Google Home Max users are losing the sound detection feature in May 2025.
  • The feature is available for Nest Aware subscribers, and will remain for other Home and Nest devices.
  • Sound detection made it possible to receive notifications when your Home Max hears dangerous sounds.

Google released the Home Max smart speaker back in 2017, and many are in use today. However, as the company recently communicated in an email to owners, the Google Home Max is losing the sound detection feature (via 9to5Google). This feature used the Home Max microphone to listen for dangerous sounds, like glass breaking or a smoke alarm ringing, and sent a push notification to the user’s smartphone.

It required a Nest Aware subscription, but will be sunset for the Google Home Max on May 8, 2025. Google says that the feature will still be supported “on your other Google devices with your Nest Aware subscription.” It’s unclear why the feature is being dropped specifically from the Home Max, although the speaker is getting old.

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