![]() ![]() ![]() In the morning, under the Wellness tab, you get a review of your night involving three circles to represent Schedule, Quality and Duration. Because of the light sensor, the Hub’s screen dims (it just shows the time, like an alarm clock) as soon as you switch off your lights at night. Finally, you lie on your bed and wait for it to finish setting-up. Then, you need to calibrate the Hub by placing it as level with your mattress as possible and aiming it at your torso. To set it up, you need the Google Home, Assistant and Google Fit apps, all linked to your Google account. As the Nest Hub includes Google’s Soli sensor for motion detection, plus light and temperature sensors, not only can you stop and resume tracks by simply showing your Hub the palm of your hand, the chip housed within the speaker can tell you how long you slept for and how restful your sleep was. Swiping down from the top of the Hub’s screen gives you a variety of options to scroll through, including your morning, afternoon or evening routines, Wellness, Home control, media (to see a history of what you’ve been watching and listening to, or to get top news stories) Communicate, and Discover.īut the headline-grabber here is Sleep Sensing, which is free to trial on the Hub this year but will come at a cost from 2022. Google clearly sees this particular Nest Hub as a lifestyle aid above all else – it even wants to optimise your sleep. We open Spotify on our phone, start playing the What Hi-Fi? playlist, tap the bottom left of the screen for available devices, select the Google device and it begins playing on our Hub. Google has upped its game and become a serious contender here – especially when you consider that Amazon products still don’t have Disney Plus ‘skill’ support. Ask Google to find content on YouTube and it presents you either with a YouTube Music track or YouTube proper depending on which best matches your request. ![]() Utter “Okay Google, play Celebrity Bake Off on All 4” and it’s a similar story. Say “Okay Google, play Lil Nas X on Deezer” and it obliges. We link our Spotify, Apple Music, and Deezer accounts, then our All 4, Netflix, YouTube and Disney Plus subscriptions. Set-up is a breeze with the Google Home app on your smartphone, which guides you gently through the process. ![]()
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