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JBL’s Google Assistant smart display, Link View, is available for $ 80 at Harman Audio’s eBay store (JBL parent company). Although its original price was $ 300, this smart display is slowly getting cheaper since it was launched in 2018. Both black and white variants are on sale and come with free standard shipping.
The JBL Link View smart screen features an 8-inch touchscreen with a webcam built into the device. Although it has been on the market for several years, the weather has been kind to this smart display. And Reddit users pointed out that Link View recently received an update, which includes a new user interface.
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JBL Link View
Prices measured at time of publication.
JBL Bluetooth Smart Screen with 8 inch screen and integrated webcam with physical shutter.
For the price, JBL’s smart display appears to be a great value offering more features (and probably better sound performance) than Google’s 7-inch Nest Hub. We haven’t tested it side-by-side with the 10-inch Nest Hub Max, but privacy-minded people may like the fact that the JBL device has a hardware camera shutter, which is missing from Google.