In late November 2025, a federal class action lawsuit was filed in California alleging Google misled consumers about the reliability and longevity of its Google Nest Hub, Nest Hub Max, Nest Mini, and Nest Audio smart-home devices, which plaintiffs claim suffer from widespread, unresolved voice-control defects.
The complaint not only seeks damages and restitution, but also demands that Alphabet restore full functionality across the affected Nest ecosystem, directly challenging the trustworthiness of its connected-home platform.
Next, we’ll examine how this Nest class action, set against Alphabet’s growing AI and TPU momentum, may reshape its investment narrative.
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To own Alphabet today, you generally need to believe its AI and cloud engines can keep offsetting heavy capital spending and intense ad competition, while legal and regulatory pressures remain manageable. The new Nest class action raises brand and product-trust questions in a growing smart-home segment, but it does not currently appear to alter the key near term catalysts in AI and cloud or the biggest risk around rising compliance and legal costs in its core businesses.
In that context, Alphabet’s rapid TPU adoption, with Meta and Anthropic reportedly embracing its chips and an 82% year over year TPU demand backlog increase, illustrates how central its AI infrastructure has become to the investment story. For shareholders, that AI and cloud momentum sits directly alongside mounting legal scrutiny as twin forces that may shape Alphabet’s future earnings power and resilience.
Yet while the AI and TPU story looks strong, investors should also be aware of growing legal and regulatory exposure around…
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Alphabet’s narrative projects $512.6 billion revenue and $148.4 billion earnings by 2028. This requires 11.3% yearly revenue growth and about a $32.8 billion earnings increase from $115.6 billion today.
Uncover how Alphabet’s forecasts yield a $323.70 fair value, in line with its current price.
191 members of the Simply Wall St Community currently estimate Alphabet’s fair value between US$171 and US$340 per share, underscoring how far opinions can diverge. When you set those views against Alphabet’s heavy capital expenditure plans and rising regulatory scrutiny, it becomes even more important to compare several independent takes on the company’s prospects.
