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The Google Nest Hub is one of the best smart displays for any size home or business. Far more than a simple touchscreen device, your Nest Hub can be an active participant in your daily life, allowing you to track everything from shopping lists to calendar events. You can also use Google Assistant to search the web, make video calls, control your smart home ecosystem, and much more.
The Nest Hub smart display is the perfect holiday companion and a steal at $40 off
The hub can help in the kitchen, entertain the kids, and play Christmas music on command
You might have heard the Google Nest Hub billed as a 'smart display' or a 'smart home hub,' but neither term adequately describes what the device is really capable of. In addition to the expected features such as displaying the time and current weather, or responding to Google Assistant voice commands, it can play content from your favorite audio and video streaming apps, act as a virtual sous-chef in the kitchen, and display photos as well as any digital photo frame. It also makes for a very capable smart alarm, with accurate, radar sensor-driven sleep tracking, and for a limited time, you can get the Hub on sale for just $60.
Pick up the Google Nest Hub for 50% off this Black Friday
Get a Nest Hub for cheap to transform your living room
A smart display can make your life easier in more ways than you can imagine. It makes controlling your smart home a lot easier. You can quickly look up recipes in the kitchen while video calling with your friends. They also come with a built-in speaker so you can listen to your favorite tunes while chilling on the couch. If you are heavily invested in Google's ecosystem and have Google Assistant-compatible smart home devices, there's no better smart display to get than the Nest Hub (2nd gen). And this Black Friday, you can get one for only $50 — a massive 50% off.
How to see your photos and albums on Google Smart Display
Turn your Google Smart Display into the perfect digital photo frame!
Google Smart Displays like the Google Nest Hub and the Nest Hub Max are the best devices to view glanceable information like the current weather and your upcoming appointments, control your smart home devices, and play music. One of our favorite features of Google Smart Display is its ability to display photos saved in Google Photos. With tight integration with the Google Photos app, which hosts our memories, the Google Smart Displays become the perfect digital photo frame.
How to use Google Nest Audio or Nest Hub as a Bluetooth speaker
You don't need Wi-Fi for a good time
You can ask Google Assistant on your Nest Audio, Nest Hub, Google Home, or any other awesome Assistant-powered speaker to play music from your favorite streaming service. But it's also possible to use these devices as traditional Bluetooth speakers and stream music to them directly from your phone or tablet. This is handy when you want to play a locally stored music file or audio clip on the speaker or display, for example, during an internet outage.
Google's Nest Hub smart displays can be easier to use than your smartphone or PC. The integrated voice commands make using the Nest Hub an intuitive experience. Still, learning about less obvious features is difficult when there's no graphical user interface. Google shows tips and tricks on the Hub's homescreen, but they don't go into much detail.
Yes, your Google smart speakers are louder than usual at lower volumes
It’s not just you, it affects all Nest smart displays and speakers
The Google Nest Hub and the Nest Audio lineup are among our favorite Google Assistant-powered smart displays and smart speakers worth buying. They deliver excellent sound quality, have stellar smart home integration, and are an overall useful device to have in your home. But like any other Google product, they are not perfect. If you use your Nest smart speaker or display for listening to music regularly, you must have noticed that they sound considerably louder at lower volume levels in recent weeks. Thought it was a placebo or dismissed it as your imagination? Well, that's not the case.
8 helpful Google Assistant commands for your Nest smart device
Google Assistant's capabilities on your smart speaker will surprise you
Google's AI-powered voice assistant Google Assistant remains an integral part of Android phones, Nest hardware, and the best compatible smart speakers. Google Assistant on your smart speaker is more capable than merely setting up alarms, reminders, and shopping lists. Here are the best useful commands for the Next speaker or smart display to turn you into Google Assistant ninja.
Nest speakers and displays can now help out with Home presence sensing
You'll need to make your presence known to them
Are you home right now? If you've got Nest products around the house, they should be able to tell that you're there. And as you walk near them, you might be able to trigger automated routines to help get your day started or turn the lights off when you're headed outside. Well, there's a new way for Nest speakers and displays to recognize your presence and take action upon it.
Google One's 2TB storage plan now throws in a Nest Hub with a yearlong subscription
The offer runs through September 15
One of the perks of a Google One membership is that you get freebies and other benefits every once in a while. The big G has previously bundled a free Nest mini and even a Nest Hub with selected Google One plans in the US and Canada. The company is again running a similar campaign, where it is providing a free Nest Hub to new Google One subscribers.
Google Nest Hub finally lets you have a clock with the date on your homescreen
Oddly, you’ve not had the option to show the date alongside the time
Some Google Nest Hub owners have been clamoring for a more helpful homescreen that can show the date and time in unison for a while now, and a new update finally makes that possible. Spotted by Reddit user u/BrandonYeo, Google has now introduced the date above the clock in the bottom left-hand corner on the Nest Hub’s homescreen.
Google finally remembers to update the first-gen Nest Hub with its new app drawer
Could it be leading up to that rumored detachable model?
We'll be waiting until next year to find out of the tablet teased at Google I/O last week is, in fact, a rumored detachable Nest Hub perfect for games and smart home automation alike. That said, if you're the owner of a first-gen Nest Hub display, you don't need to wait to get some tablet-esque enhancements on your gadget. A few months after adding an app drawer to its most recent Hub, Google has returned to bring that same feature to the original model.
Dockable Nest Hub rumors pick up speed with new Android 13 Beta 1 evidence
It's feeling increasingly likely that this detachable Nest Hub tablet could be about to launch
Google's Nest Hub is a great smart home command center, but it's also a product that's sorely in need of a little fresh blood. The original feels a bit laggy when navigating around its menus, and while we did get some updated hardware a little over a year ago, the addition of Sleep Sensing didn't really feel like a must-have feature worth upgrading for. Recent rumors have suggested that Google could be planning a bold new direction for the Hub, transforming it into a dockable tablet. With today's release of Android 13 Beta 1, we get a couple bits of new evidence that add support for the theory that new Nest Hub's hardware's on the way.
Birthday countdowns are coming to Google Nest Hub displays
Never forget to make dinner reservations again
We might be closer than ever to a fully-fledged detachable Nest Hub that runs Android, delivering both the portability of a tablet with the handiness of a smart display. That doesn't mean your current gadget is completely outdated, of course — in fact, Google rolls out new updates for it all the time. If you're constantly mixing up or forgetting the birthdays of your family and closest friends, Nest Hub's latest tool is made for you.
Google's rumored detachable Nest Hub tablet might run Android
Evidence mounts in Android 13's changes that the detachable smart display/tablet could run our favorite OS
Early leaks have only recently indicated that a future Nest smart display might feature a detachable tablet, and already supporting details are starting to fall into place. Based on some changes recently dug up in Android 13, evidence is mounting that the detachable may actually run Android and be tied to a "Titan" hardware name.
Google's next Nest Hub might be the detachable tablet you always wanted it to be
"You," not "me." I'll need to see it first.
Google is reportedly working on a new Assistant-powered smart display. Given the typical release cadence, that's no shock, but this one may have a twist: It could have a removable display for tablet-style use. Plop it on the base for use as a smart display, pop it off for a bit of sofa browsing. It sounds cool, but it also raises a question about software.
Google Assistant seemed very confused in glitch that had it refusing to follow commands
Open the pod bay doors, Google
Read update
Science fiction loves rebellious cyber intelligence — think HAL-9000 from 2001: A Space Odyssey or, even scarier, the Terminator. While it's not like Google Assistant could endanger astronauts or take over Skynet, its latest performance issue does come across a little like a low-key rebellion, with multiple reports from users of it responding to commands with "Sorry, I don't understand."
Google just broke web browsing on a bunch of smart displays
Maybe don't visit sketchy websites on shared devices
Beginning this year, Google elected to switch SafeSearch on by default for second-gen Nest Hubs and the Nest Hub Max. Anything that isn't a Google-made device can't easily access the web for simple browsing — a basic and somewhat limited experience on many smart displays in the first place.
Google Home app update makes Speaker Group volume controls much worse
An annoying, legally mandated change
Earlier this week, Google was handed a big blow in its legal tussle with Sonos over patent infringement. The US International Trade Commission found the company guilty of violating Sonos' IP. Due to this, Google was forced to remove unified Speaker Group volume controls. Going forward, users will have to adjust each speaker's sound level individually, with the option of controlling it using the phone's volume buttons completely removed. A new Google Home app update (v2.47.79.5) is now out with the regressions in tow.
Google Photos is an amazing service to have. Even though free storage is not a thing anymore for most users, it's still great if you want to keep memories in the cloud and be able to revisit them at any time. Starting last year, Google has put a lot more focus on Memories, adding them to the forefront of Photos, making them more immersive, and giving you more control over them. And soon, they won't necessarily be limited to your smartphone anymore, either. If you have a Google Nest Hub, you'll be able to see and access Memories on it.