I think it takes the best, most easily used features of a smart display and cuts out the rest. Smart Displays to SkipWe don't like every smart display. Third-Party Google Displays: Google is no longer updating software for some of the third-party smart displays we used to recommend in this guide. This seems to be the fate of most third-party Google smart displays, which is why we don't recommend them anymore. Amazon has continued to make new smart displays, even after losing $10 billion in 2022 thanks to failures around the Alexa voice assistant.