It's official, Google has presented the second generation from one of their flagship smart devices: Google Nest Hub. With this new version, the company not only wants to offer a product with renewed hardware, but also with new possibilities, among which the ability to monitor the user's sleep stands out. As it does? If you are interested, keep reading because it could be your next device on the nightstand in your room.
The new Google Nest Hub
At the beginning of the year we learned that Google was working on a new version of its well-known smart speaker with a screen, the Google Nest Hub. Well, now that second generation has officially become a reality and we know all the data regarding the changes at the hardware level and what that will mean for the user experience and possibilities.
However, the first thing is to talk about the design and here it must be said that you don't have to expect big changes because there really aren't any. In itself, the first Google Nest Hub already offered a very correct design for the uses and claims of the device itself. For this reason, on this occasion the company maintains both the form factor and even its measurements and other details.
En Google Nest Hub XNUMXnd generation It is as you can see in the images the same product with a base with a different color theme finish. That is where the speakers and all the internal electronics that will allow the device to perform its functions are located. If you are interested in knowing the exact details of your hardware, this is the technical sheet
Google Nest Hub 2nd Generation, features
Although on a technical level it is not that there is a super important leap in terms of power, the truth is that a second generation always implies an improvement. This is the hardware included in the 2nd Gen Google Nest Hub:
- Quad-core 1,9 Ghz ARM processor
- 7-inch screen with 1024 x 600 pixel resolution
- 1,7 inch speaker
- 3 long-range microphones
- Soli Sensor with Motion Sense
- Brightness sensor
- Sensor de temperatura
- WiFi ac and Bluetooth 5.0 connectivity
- Integrated Chromecast support
As you can see, along with all these data, the one that stands out the most is that of the Soli sensor with Motion Sense. This is a type of sensor that Google presented a few years ago and that could be seen for the first time in the Google Pixel, but what exactly is it for? Well, to know how your hours of sleep are, but also to be able to perform some interactions without having to touch the screen, such as controlling music playback.
A smart speaker capable of knowing how you sleep
One of the main features that many smart devices will include over the next few months is being able to monitor sleep quality of the users. The new Google Nest Hub allows it and it is thanks to the use of those sensors that we could already see with the Pixel 4 and its Project Soli.
Through some small holes that the new smart device with a Google screen has, you can know without the need for any camera if the user is sleeping or not, if you move a lot or little and even if you cough or snore while you are resting at night.
In this way, with all this data that the new device is capable of capturing, it then offers a summary that allows us to know how these hours of rest are so important. Thus, the user himself can get to know himself better at a time of his day where he is not really aware of everything that happens around him. something that could help change habits and improve something as necessary as rest.
Regarding privacy, there should be no fear as the device continues to offer a button to mute the microphone and it does not include any type of camera that in a room as intimate as the bedroom could generate certain suspicions.
So this would be one of the main reasons for getting hold of this new generation of Nets Hub, in addition to the well-known use of Google Assistant and its many possibilities. A product with which Google intends to conquer a territory of less common use. Although having a product like this would not be a bad idea, even without sleep monitoring, because thanks to its home automation control options, they are also useful when you go to bed and want to make sure that everything is turned off or do it without having to get out of bed again.
How much does the new second generation Nest Hub cost?
El Google's new Nest Hub is priced at 99,99 euros, although at the moment it can only be obtained in certain countries. The United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, Germany and France are the countries that will receive it first.
In the rest of the markets where Google's Nest products are also sold, we will have to wait. We assume not much, but with the current situation it is likely that everything will slow down a bit more due to logistics and production issues. Still, the new Nest Hub is already a reality and if you were waiting for it, here it is.