5/16/2023 0 Comments Google home hub charcoal![]() ![]() Face Match can essentially trigger personalized routines as soon as you walk into a room. It can tell you about your day or give you an update on traffic. ![]() When the camera recognizes you, it can automatically start playing video messages. Thanks to the cam on the Hub Max, you can also opt-in to a new Face Match feature. I also didn't see a way to add any augmented reality hats and glasses using the Hub Max, which is a fun feature of the Portal. Facebook similarly forced you to use Facebook Messenger, but the company just added the option to use the popular WhatsApp messaging service with Portal. You also need to use Google Duo - the company's video chat app - to use the feature. You can do that with the Portal, but the Nest Hub Max automatically tries to track everyone. I couldn't see a way to tell it to focus on one person in a group. The Hub Max tracks everyone in view during video calls. Read more: Google is replacing Works with Nest with Works with Google Assistant and it could make your smart home worse. The Nest Hub will now cost $130 instead of $150 (you can find it on sale for even less). The Nest Hub, and a few other legacy devices from the formerly discrete Google and Nest hardware brands, are also getting a price cut. The original Google Home Hub will now be called the Nest Hub. That's because it's the first device under a new combined smart home branch of the company - Google Nest. You've probably noticed that the name of Google's new smart display resembles scrambled fridge word magnets. An updated home screen can actually keep your pictures as the background of the touchscreen as well. Just like the Home Hub, an ambient light sensor will adapt the brightness and warmth of the pics on the fly, and it makes them look great - like physical pictures in a frame instead of a blaring image on a billboard. In fact, Google will curate an album of photos for you if you'd like and scroll through them as your screensaver. You can also use the touchscreen to watch YouTube videos, control your compatibleĪnd look at family photos. Watch this: The Google Nest Hub Max soups up the smart display ![]() You'll see the forecast when you ask about the weather and pictures of restaurants will appear if you search for a place to eat. For most questions, Google will show extra info on the screen. It will respond to all of the same commands as Google's smart speakers, just like the Just like Google's first smart display, the Google Home Hub, you can control the Nest Hub Max with your voice through the built-in Google Assistant. Smart display used to great effect when it debuted at the end of 2018. You can make video calls, which isn't a surprise, but the camera will also follow you as you talk and move around its field of view - a trick the The camera can recognize your face and show you personalized notifications. You can play and pause music and videos with new gesture controls. Google kept a few surprising extras under wraps.
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