Google is stepping up the speaker wars with its own smart speaker with a screen

Google will launch its Home Hub, a smart speaker with a screen, this fall at a price of $149, foreign media reported.

The Hub looks like a cross between an Android tablet and the Google Home Max, with a 7-inch LCD touch screen and a fairly thick bezel. The smart speaker will also lack the front-facing camera for Duo calls. At 480 grams, the Home Hub weighs about the same as the standard Google Home.

But by labeling its products “Home,” Google may be upending tradition. This is pure speculation, but Google could create a grading system similar to what the company does with its smart voice assistant. If true, that means Google’s own smart speaker with a screen could have features that third-party hardware doesn’t.

We’ll learn more about Google Home Hub when it launches its fall hardware event on October 9.

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