WEBVTT 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 00:00:05.040 --> 00:00:12.880 photos, and control my smartome. But the one thing I feel like it's been missing 00:00:09.440 --> 00:00:15.920 is sleep tracking. Said probably no one 00:00:12.880 --> 00:00:18.240 ever. Despite this, Google's second gen 00:00:15.920 --> 00:00:23.119 NestHub just launched and it can track your sleep using those same fancy sole 00:00:21.039 --> 00:00:29.039 radar sensors that made the Pixel 4's air gestures such a huge hit. Again, no. 00:00:27.199 --> 00:00:32.640 But before you pass judgment, let me tell you that I've been testing the new 00:00:30.640 --> 00:00:37.360 Nest Hub out, and there might be a few reasons to be excited about what it 00:00:34.480 --> 00:00:42.320 means for the future of the Smartome, just like I'm excited about this segue 00:00:39.360 --> 00:00:47.120 to our sponsor, Origin PC. 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It's got a better 00:01:31.840 --> 00:01:38.000 processor, more powerful speaker, a Thread Smartome radio, and in the top 00:01:36.000 --> 00:01:42.240 right of the display, apparently some Project Soleie radar sensors. These let 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 00:01:44.159 --> 00:01:50.000 you can tap the air to play and pause music or videos. And it actually works 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 00:01:51.360 --> 00:01:58.159 you're using the Nest Hub in the kitchen and your fingers are covered in meat 00:01:54.720 --> 00:02:00.719 grease and squashed avocados. Tasty. 00:01:58.159 --> 00:02:06.240 However, you can't air swipe to change tracks even though you can swipe to 00:02:03.040 --> 00:02:08.000 dismiss alarms. And that's all you can 00:02:06.240 --> 00:02:11.680 do. It would be really nice to be able to say change volume by rotating a 00:02:10.239 --> 00:02:16.000 finger like you can do with some carb- based gesture systems, but nope. And I 00:02:14.879 --> 00:02:20.800 want to talk about this for a second because man, Project Soleie looked so 00:02:19.040 --> 00:02:25.520 cool when Google first announced it back in 2016. I mean, they were showing off a 00:02:23.280 --> 00:02:30.080 concept smartwatch that used a super tiny radar chip to let you swipe through 00:02:27.760 --> 00:02:34.400 screens, adjust volume, and zoom in and out on maps just by performing these 00:02:31.920 --> 00:02:38.480 tiny midair gestures with your fingers. Instead, the first consumer product we 00:02:36.319 --> 00:02:43.200 got with solely sensors was the Pixel 4 in 2019 with the revolutionary ability 00:02:41.200 --> 00:02:47.840 to control music with air swipes and taps just like you could with the 00:02:44.720 --> 00:02:50.400 Samsung Galaxy S5 from 2014. They didn't 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 00:02:53.360 --> 00:03:00.160 say it would return in one form or another, and I guess the new NestHub is 00:02:57.840 --> 00:03:05.040 where it ended up. It's disappointing to see this technology return with no new 00:03:02.319 --> 00:03:10.000 useful gestures, but there is something new, the sleep tracking. Google calls it 00:03:08.000 --> 00:03:14.560 sleep sensing, which may be partially because it doesn't actually track much. 00:03:12.879 --> 00:03:18.239 There's a calibration process which involves placing the Nest Hub next to 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 00:03:19.280 --> 00:03:25.760 personal problems. It doesn't ask you how you feel about that. That's the next 00:03:23.760 --> 00:03:29.440 model probably. Once it's calibrated, the Nest Hub will tell you how long you 00:03:27.440 --> 00:03:33.440 actually slept once you got into bed, whether you coughed or snorred, and 00:03:31.360 --> 00:03:36.959 whether the light changed in the room. Over time, the hub will give you 00:03:34.879 --> 00:03:41.360 reminders to get to bed earlier or turn down the temperature. But as far as 00:03:38.560 --> 00:03:45.120 actual tracking goes, that's about it. The sleep tracking provided by many 00:03:43.040 --> 00:03:49.680 smartwatches and fitness trackers will go more in depth, giving you information 00:03:46.879 --> 00:03:54.080 about how long you spent in lightm or deep sleep, your heart rate, even 00:03:51.680 --> 00:03:57.920 calories burned. And the NestHub doesn't give you any of that. Although, if you 00:03:55.760 --> 00:04:02.080 link the Google Fit Android app, it can tell you your respiratory rate. But what 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 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 00:04:08.720 --> 00:04:14.480 video because I care about you. It is pretty inconvenient to have this extra 00:04:12.879 --> 00:04:18.400 information about my sleep from a device that I might use as a bedside alarm 00:04:16.079 --> 00:04:22.639 clock anyways for no extra charge. However, that's probably going to 00:04:20.000 --> 00:04:26.960 change. The NestHub tells you that Sleep Sensing is in preview for free right 00:04:24.800 --> 00:04:31.440 now, but once Google launches Google Fit Premium or whatever brand it's going to 00:04:28.960 --> 00:04:35.440 slap on Fitbit Premium, it looks like sleepsensing will be part of a paid 00:04:33.280 --> 00:04:39.600 subscription. I'd rather spend my money on the fantastic products on 00:04:36.800 --> 00:04:42.320 ltstore.com. That's just me, but Google's sleep sensing feature might 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 00:04:46.479 --> 00:04:52.800 I have a baby. When I have time to sleep, I sleep. So, while sleep sensing 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 00:04:54.240 --> 00:04:59.919 Google's strategy with solely and smartome stuff in general, like I think 00:04:58.320 --> 00:05:03.360 it's cool that Google is experimenting with new technology, but it's like they 00:05:01.840 --> 00:05:07.759 don't even care whether people actually need or want it. Like, hey, we made a 00:05:06.560 --> 00:05:12.880 phone that will tell you whether you need a haircut or not. 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 00:05:14.080 --> 00:05:20.320 changed with the new NestHub. It does have larger speakers with 1.7 in audio 00:05:18.400 --> 00:05:25.039 drivers. Google says they give the hub 50% better bass performance. And while I 00:05:23.120 --> 00:05:28.320 didn't run the numbers on that, you can definitely hear the difference. This 00:05:26.560 --> 00:05:32.639 model sounds a lot better than the original. It's also gotten a processor 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 00:05:37.199 --> 00:05:43.360 1.9 GHz ARM CPU. Yeah, Google won't say 00:05:41.600 --> 00:05:50.000 the actual brand and model of this processor, which makes me think that 00:05:45.840 --> 00:05:51.759 maybe Google used an in-house design. Is 00:05:50.000 --> 00:05:56.960 this the first device with Google silicon? I certainly hope not. Because 00:05:55.039 --> 00:06:01.440 while this chip is supposedly faster on paper, the touchscreen on the second gen 00:05:58.720 --> 00:06:04.800 NestHub is just as choppy and laggy as the first gen model. Like, I understand 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 00:06:08.319 --> 00:06:12.880 clean look and minimalist aesthetic 00:06:11.440 --> 00:06:17.199 and then have it perform like an uncertified Android device you got off 00:06:14.720 --> 00:06:21.600 AliExpress. Apple wouldn't let this happen. Also 00:06:19.120 --> 00:06:24.639 inside is something that to me is more exciting than the Project Soleie 00:06:22.880 --> 00:06:28.720 sensors, or at least more exciting than the implementation of them that we have 00:06:26.400 --> 00:06:32.880 here. It's an extra radio that will make the hub compatible with a Thread 00:06:30.639 --> 00:06:36.479 Smartome network protocol. If you don't know what that is, it's basically going 00:06:34.319 --> 00:06:39.919 to be the way that smart home devices talk to each other in the future. All 00:06:38.240 --> 00:06:44.639 the cool kids on Tik Tok will have Thread enabled RGB LED lights in the 00:06:42.319 --> 00:06:48.800 background. Okay, it's just get ready. So, really quickly, Thread is backed by 00:06:46.800 --> 00:06:52.000 Google, Apple, Samsung, and all the other big boys. And it's a mesh 00:06:50.400 --> 00:06:56.080 protocol, meaning devices don't have to connect to a central hub. They just 00:06:53.759 --> 00:06:59.840 connect to each other for a low latency, low power setup. So instead of tapping a 00:06:58.479 --> 00:07:03.360 button and waiting a second for your smart light to turn on, it'll turn on 00:07:01.520 --> 00:07:07.360 right away. Now, there are very few devices that support Thread right now. 00:07:05.280 --> 00:07:11.680 Apple's HomePod Mini and Nanoleaf's Essentials bulbs being among them. So 00:07:09.360 --> 00:07:16.639 even if the Nest Hub's touchscreen is laggy and the sleep sensing is eh, at 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 00:07:18.400 --> 00:07:24.960 about the second gen Nest Hub. It can do everything the first one can do, plus 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 00:07:27.199 --> 00:07:34.319 monitor with a Nest Cam and photoframe is great. You can use it to play Netflix 00:07:31.680 --> 00:07:37.280 and Disney Plus and ask Google a million silly things. 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 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 00:07:45.759 --> 00:07:52.240 know what is perfect in my heart? our sponsor, Squarespace. 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