I've been using a Google Nest Hub Max for talking with my mother and it was tricky to set up, among other things because it assumes you have a smartphone, so I needed a workaround. Also it requires the user to train voice recognition, which was very scary for her. And entirely unnecessary.

We're glad we have it now, but getting it working wouldn't have been possible if I hadn't been staying over for a week. Google at least isn't thinking about this product the right way.