The Nest Audio is Google’s new smart speaker/home spy. It’s louder, made mostly from recycled plastic, and looks a lot like a pastel-colored version of Apple’s HomePod. But do you really want a Google Mic listening to your living room all day?

Despite its name, the Nest Audio is not a smart thermostat. Instead, Google has taken the name of the thermostat company it bought for $3.2 billion in 2014 to use as its home automation brand.

The first thing you’ll notice about the new speaker, which replaces the old Google Home speaker, is the new design. Like last year’s Nest Mini, it’s more of a soft, pastel-colored fabric pebble than the original Home speaker, which had more of a vase/high school geometry diagram look.

From a certain angle, it even looks like Apple's HomePod. It's just much, much cheaper.