“Please don’t.” My wife wasn’t exactly happy when I told her that I wanted to install a device in our living room that would be able to recognize her face and record videos whenever somebody walked…
, and since rebranded to be known as Nest Hub, the smaller sibling offers much of what the Nest Hub Max does, albeit with a 7-inch display, no camera, and a less powerful speaker.has been a hit in my household
Google’s Nest Hub Max also offers a simple dashboard for smart home devices, giving you access to internet-connected light bulbs, thermostats and more with a simple swipe from the top of the screen. And then there is the speaker, which can be tied together with other Google smart speakers or Chromecast Audio-equipped devices for multi-room audio.
It’s also worth noting that the Nest Hub Max is a horizontal-only video display. Vertical video calls from a phone use just about a third of the screen. Facebook’s latest Portal video devices, as well as Lenovo’s Google-powered smart display, instead allow users to rotate the screen by turning the whole device sideways — not exactly an elegant solution, but it works. It would be great if the Nest Hub Max was offering some intelligent auto-cropping to show the caller in full-screen mode.
Another neat trick is gesture control. The Home Hub Max lets you pause audio or video playback by lifting your flat hand. Do it again, and playback continues — a function that is meant to do away with the need to say “Hey Google” every single time you need to mute the music for a second, or to touch the display with your sticky fingers while you are cooking. This worked reasonably well in my tests, but also didn’t really become a daily habit.
Instead, you’ll need to retrain it once more to make sure that it doesn’t flag any family members as unknown persons. .
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