1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:07,600 I like my Google Nest Hub. It can do a ton of things like play music, display 2 00:00:05,040 --> 00:00:12,880 photos, and control my smartome. But the one thing I feel like it's been missing 3 00:00:09,440 --> 00:00:15,920 is sleep tracking. Said probably no one 4 00:00:12,880 --> 00:00:18,240 ever. Despite this, Google's second gen 5 00:00:15,920 --> 00:00:23,119 NestHub just launched and it can track your sleep using those same fancy sole 6 00:00:21,039 --> 00:00:29,039 radar sensors that made the Pixel 4's air gestures such a huge hit. Again, no. 7 00:00:27,199 --> 00:00:32,640 But before you pass judgment, let me tell you that I've been testing the new 8 00:00:30,640 --> 00:00:37,360 Nest Hub out, and there might be a few reasons to be excited about what it 9 00:00:34,480 --> 00:00:42,320 means for the future of the Smartome, just like I'm excited about this segue 10 00:00:39,360 --> 00:00:47,120 to our sponsor, Origin PC. 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The rest of the changes are inside. It's got a better 20 00:01:31,840 --> 00:01:38,000 processor, more powerful speaker, a Thread Smartome radio, and in the top 21 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:42,240 right of the display, apparently some Project Soleie radar sensors. These let 22 00:01:40,240 --> 00:01:46,240 you use air gestures with the Nest Hub just like you would with the Pixel 4. So 23 00:01:44,159 --> 00:01:50,000 you can tap the air to play and pause music or videos. And it actually works 24 00:01:48,079 --> 00:01:52,720 from like a foot and a half away. So I can see how this would be useful if 25 00:01:51,360 --> 00:01:58,159 you're using the Nest Hub in the kitchen and your fingers are covered in meat 26 00:01:54,720 --> 00:02:00,719 grease and squashed avocados. Tasty. 27 00:01:58,159 --> 00:02:06,240 However, you can't air swipe to change tracks even though you can swipe to 28 00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:08,000 dismiss alarms. And that's all you can 29 00:02:06,240 --> 00:02:11,680 do. It would be really nice to be able to say change volume by rotating a 30 00:02:10,239 --> 00:02:16,000 finger like you can do with some carb- based gesture systems, but nope. And I 31 00:02:14,879 --> 00:02:20,800 want to talk about this for a second because man, Project Soleie looked so 32 00:02:19,040 --> 00:02:25,520 cool when Google first announced it back in 2016. I mean, they were showing off a 33 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:30,080 concept smartwatch that used a super tiny radar chip to let you swipe through 34 00:02:27,760 --> 00:02:34,400 screens, adjust volume, and zoom in and out on maps just by performing these 35 00:02:31,920 --> 00:02:38,480 tiny midair gestures with your fingers. Instead, the first consumer product we 36 00:02:36,319 --> 00:02:43,200 got with solely sensors was the Pixel 4 in 2019 with the revolutionary ability 37 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:47,840 to control music with air swipes and taps just like you could with the 38 00:02:44,720 --> 00:02:50,400 Samsung Galaxy S5 from 2014. They didn't 39 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:55,120 bring solely tech back for the Pixel 5, which no one was sad about, but they did 40 00:02:53,360 --> 00:03:00,160 say it would return in one form or another, and I guess the new NestHub is 41 00:02:57,840 --> 00:03:05,040 where it ended up. It's disappointing to see this technology return with no new 42 00:03:02,319 --> 00:03:10,000 useful gestures, but there is something new, the sleep tracking. Google calls it 43 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:14,560 sleep sensing, which may be partially because it doesn't actually track much. 44 00:03:12,879 --> 00:03:18,239 There's a calibration process which involves placing the Nest Hub next to 45 00:03:16,080 --> 00:03:21,280 your bed and laying down next to it like you're going to tell it about your 46 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:25,760 personal problems. It doesn't ask you how you feel about that. That's the next 47 00:03:23,760 --> 00:03:29,440 model probably. Once it's calibrated, the Nest Hub will tell you how long you 48 00:03:27,440 --> 00:03:33,440 actually slept once you got into bed, whether you coughed or snorred, and 49 00:03:31,360 --> 00:03:36,959 whether the light changed in the room. Over time, the hub will give you 50 00:03:34,879 --> 00:03:41,360 reminders to get to bed earlier or turn down the temperature. But as far as 51 00:03:38,560 --> 00:03:45,120 actual tracking goes, that's about it. The sleep tracking provided by many 52 00:03:43,040 --> 00:03:49,680 smartwatches and fitness trackers will go more in depth, giving you information 53 00:03:46,879 --> 00:03:54,080 about how long you spent in lightm or deep sleep, your heart rate, even 54 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:57,920 calories burned. And the NestHub doesn't give you any of that. Although, if you 55 00:03:55,760 --> 00:04:02,080 link the Google Fit Android app, it can tell you your respiratory rate. But what 56 00:03:59,920 --> 00:04:06,480 the NestHub lacks in depth, it makes up for in the fact that you don't have to 57 00:04:04,480 --> 00:04:11,280 wear a smartwatch to bed, which I I don't like doing, but I did for this 58 00:04:08,720 --> 00:04:14,480 video because I care about you. It is pretty inconvenient to have this extra 59 00:04:12,879 --> 00:04:18,400 information about my sleep from a device that I might use as a bedside alarm 60 00:04:16,079 --> 00:04:22,639 clock anyways for no extra charge. However, that's probably going to 61 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:26,960 change. The NestHub tells you that Sleep Sensing is in preview for free right 62 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:31,440 now, but once Google launches Google Fit Premium or whatever brand it's going to 63 00:04:28,960 --> 00:04:35,440 slap on Fitbit Premium, it looks like sleepsensing will be part of a paid 64 00:04:33,280 --> 00:04:39,600 subscription. I'd rather spend my money on the fantastic products on 65 00:04:36,800 --> 00:04:42,320 ltstore.com. That's just me, but Google's sleep sensing feature might 66 00:04:41,120 --> 00:04:48,320 make sense for someone who would get that subscription anyways and who's having trouble sleeping. I'm not because 67 00:04:46,479 --> 00:04:52,800 I have a baby. When I have time to sleep, I sleep. So, while sleep sensing 68 00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:56,240 is nice to have now, it's also one of the things that just confuses me about 69 00:04:54,240 --> 00:04:59,919 Google's strategy with solely and smartome stuff in general, like I think 70 00:04:58,320 --> 00:05:03,360 it's cool that Google is experimenting with new technology, but it's like they 71 00:05:01,840 --> 00:05:07,759 don't even care whether people actually need or want it. Like, hey, we made a 72 00:05:06,560 --> 00:05:12,880 phone that will tell you whether you need a haircut or not. 73 00:05:10,639 --> 00:05:15,840 You need it. All right, time to finally talk about the rest of the stuff that's 74 00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:20,320 changed with the new NestHub. It does have larger speakers with 1.7 in audio 75 00:05:18,400 --> 00:05:25,039 drivers. Google says they give the hub 50% better bass performance. And while I 76 00:05:23,120 --> 00:05:28,320 didn't run the numbers on that, you can definitely hear the difference. This 77 00:05:26,560 --> 00:05:32,639 model sounds a lot better than the original. It's also gotten a processor 78 00:05:30,240 --> 00:05:41,600 upgrade from the quad core 1.5 GHz Amlogic S95D in the original to a 64-bit 79 00:05:37,199 --> 00:05:43,360 1.9 GHz ARM CPU. Yeah, Google won't say 80 00:05:41,600 --> 00:05:50,000 the actual brand and model of this processor, which makes me think that 81 00:05:45,840 --> 00:05:51,759 maybe Google used an in-house design. Is 82 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:56,960 this the first device with Google silicon? I certainly hope not. Because 83 00:05:55,039 --> 00:06:01,440 while this chip is supposedly faster on paper, the touchscreen on the second gen 84 00:05:58,720 --> 00:06:04,800 NestHub is just as choppy and laggy as the first gen model. Like, I understand 85 00:06:03,440 --> 00:06:11,440 you got to save money somewhere, but it's pretty disappointing to get a first-p party Google device with a super 86 00:06:08,319 --> 00:06:12,880 clean look and minimalist aesthetic 87 00:06:11,440 --> 00:06:17,199 and then have it perform like an uncertified Android device you got off 88 00:06:14,720 --> 00:06:21,600 AliExpress. Apple wouldn't let this happen. Also 89 00:06:19,120 --> 00:06:24,639 inside is something that to me is more exciting than the Project Soleie 90 00:06:22,880 --> 00:06:28,720 sensors, or at least more exciting than the implementation of them that we have 91 00:06:26,400 --> 00:06:32,880 here. It's an extra radio that will make the hub compatible with a Thread 92 00:06:30,639 --> 00:06:36,479 Smartome network protocol. If you don't know what that is, it's basically going 93 00:06:34,319 --> 00:06:39,919 to be the way that smart home devices talk to each other in the future. All 94 00:06:38,240 --> 00:06:44,639 the cool kids on Tik Tok will have Thread enabled RGB LED lights in the 95 00:06:42,319 --> 00:06:48,800 background. Okay, it's just get ready. So, really quickly, Thread is backed by 96 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:52,000 Google, Apple, Samsung, and all the other big boys. And it's a mesh 97 00:06:50,400 --> 00:06:56,080 protocol, meaning devices don't have to connect to a central hub. They just 98 00:06:53,759 --> 00:06:59,840 connect to each other for a low latency, low power setup. So instead of tapping a 99 00:06:58,479 --> 00:07:03,360 button and waiting a second for your smart light to turn on, it'll turn on 100 00:07:01,520 --> 00:07:07,360 right away. Now, there are very few devices that support Thread right now. 101 00:07:05,280 --> 00:07:11,680 Apple's HomePod Mini and Nanoleaf's Essentials bulbs being among them. So 102 00:07:09,360 --> 00:07:16,639 even if the Nest Hub's touchscreen is laggy and the sleep sensing is eh, at 103 00:07:14,880 --> 00:07:20,479 least you're futurep proofing if you get it. All in all though, I can't complain 104 00:07:18,400 --> 00:07:24,960 about the second gen Nest Hub. It can do everything the first one can do, plus 105 00:07:22,319 --> 00:07:29,520 extra, and it's $30 cheaper at a hundred bucks US. I've been using it as a baby 106 00:07:27,199 --> 00:07:34,319 monitor with a Nest Cam and photoframe is great. You can use it to play Netflix 107 00:07:31,680 --> 00:07:37,280 and Disney Plus and ask Google a million silly things. 108 00:07:35,599 --> 00:07:41,120 I like to take the time to think about all of the possible solutions so that I 109 00:07:39,440 --> 00:07:48,080 can give you the best, most helpful result. I mean, sure, it's not perfect, but you 110 00:07:45,759 --> 00:07:52,240 know what is perfect in my heart? our sponsor, Squarespace. 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