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You can control everything in your house with the Google Nest Hub Anthracite. Connect all your smart products to this smart display and control them with your voice or via the large touchscreen. This way, you can turn on your smart lights without getting out of your chair. When someone presses your smart doorbell, you can immediately see who it is on the 7-inch screen on the Nest Hub. The screen of this smart home hub also shows the weather, your calendar, or a recipe. Useful, in case you need to read along while you're cooking. Thanks to voice recognition, you can use the speaker with a maximum of 6 people. The Google Nest Hub doesn't provide any personal information in case it doesn't recognize your voice.
Smart home platform | Google Assistant, Homey, IFTTT | |
Power supply type | Power grid | |
Touchscreen | ||
Linkable to a protocol |
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At first glance, the Google Nest Hub is smaller than I thought. It is a smart home hub with a sleek and stylish design, but few immediately eye-catching features. Of course, the built-in screen does stand out, a feature that other Google Assistant speakers do not have.
Neutral and stylish design I think the Nest Hub is beautifully designed. The wide base is made of fabric, giving the speaker a modern and stylish look. I think it's a shame that it isn't available in more colors, because I prefer a black version. The design of the Nest Hub is otherwise neutral, in the good sense of the word. The Hub has no striking features that you will get bored of over time. So it fits well into any interior. Moreover, the sleek design makes it less kitschy than comparable hubs, which, for example, have a wood print or plastic housing.
Built-in screen offers more possibilities The Nest Hub not only answers my questions, but also shows things on the screen. I think this is a very nice addition. For example, I can watch cooking videos, but I can also immediately see who is at the door via my Nest Hello doorbell. Thanks to the touch control, I can easily dim my lamps to the desired brightness than with just my voice. That is an advantage compared to smart speakers without a screen. It is possible to make video calls, but the Nest Hub does not have its own camera. As a result, I can see the person I'm calling on the screen, but that person doesn't see me.
Photos actually look like photos I think the integration with Google Photos is a big plus. Because of this, the hub shows the photos that I like. For example, I select facial recognition via live albums, after which the hub searches for these people between my photos. Photos that I have often shared or viewed also appear alternately on the screen. I have had the Nest Hub for a while and often see nice photos. Thanks to the Ambient EQ sensor, the screen adjusts its color and light based on the environment. As a result, the screen is never annoyingly bright and your photos really look like photos.
Google Assistant sometimes works differently I notice that the Google Assistant sometimes works a little differently with the Google Nest Hub, because it takes the screen into account. For example, if I ask to set the television to channel 19, it will search for "channel 19" to show on its own screen. Furthermore, the hub responds in the same way as other Google Assistant speakers. He responds quickly and almost always does exactly what I want. What I find a pity is that there are slightly fewer options in Dutch than with the English speech assistant. For example, I can't set routines in Dutch yet, that's a shame.
Dylan. Smart home specialist.
6 March 2020
Automatically translated from Dutch
After recently purchasing a Google Home Mini, we decided it would be useful to have a Nest Hub in the living room so that the Mini could go to the bedroom. When ordering the Nest Hub from Coolblue, I was surprised that I also got a free Mini. It comes in the nursery.
The unit ensures that many things that previously required manual operations no longer require. It is a kitchen timer, translator, converter, shopping list, agenda, radio, etc. And the development continues, especially as more and more people start using this technology. You put your casserole in the oven, and at the same time you ask the Hub to set an alarm. The Nest Hub shows the alarm clock on the screen. At rest, it is a very nice photo frame, where you can easily put your own photos in via Google Photos. You can ask the Nest Hub to remember things for you, look up recipes, put appointments in your agenda, read your agenda for you, you can use it to control other devices in your house, bluetooth, and other Google devices, you can use it to say things to your children in other rooms, without having to 'yell' around the house.
And most importantly, the units learn who you are. They recognize your voice, so you can use your own Spotify preferences, place your own agenda items, everything on the person. And every other resident/sharer can also do this for his/her business. Meanwhile, we have three Google Homes here. One Nest Hub, two Minis, there's a ChromeCast, an old Android mobile that serves as a surveillance camera, and we're now looking at expanding it with a doorbell/camera, and an option to connect a baby monitor solution. The possibilities are great, and will soon become much larger.
G.R. Bouma
19 June 2019
Automatically translated from Dutch
This beautiful device only showed English after installation. A quick call with Coolblue gave a quick solution, reset, by holding down the volume button harder and softer for 10 seconds. After restart everything ok! Set up the Nest Hub further via the app, sit down for a while and then okay. After yelling “Okay Google” in the morning and saying good morning, you will automatically see and hear the weather and the latest news from three radio stations, top! Afterwards, my set photos will automatically pass by! You also have a radio that you can put on any station by calling out. Buy this device and you too will be enthusiastic about even more possibilities that are possible with voice control.
Harry Harder
4 June 2019
Automatically translated from Dutch
Product number | 831560 | |
Manufacturer code | GA00515-NL | |
Brand | Google Nest | |
Warranty | 2 years | |
Processing of your defect | Via Coolblue | |
Old product returned for free |
Height | 8,8 cm | |
Depth | 21,6 cm | |
Width | 15,5 cm | |
Weight | 1 kg | |
Color | Gray | |
Built-in screen | ||
Touchscreen |
Power supply type | Power grid |
Link to router | Wireless |
Controls via app | ||
Compatible with smartphone / apps | ||
Controlled via Apple app | ||
Controlled via Android app | ||
Controlled via Windows app | ||
Linkable to home automation | ||
Control panel included | ||
Smart home platform | Google Assistant, Homey, IFTTT |
Clock speed | 1,2 GHz | |
Frequencies | 2400 | |
Number of frequency channels | 2 | |
Protocol | Bluetooth |
Guaranteed support with updates | 36 months after release date | |
Year introduced | 2019 | |
Introduction month | April |
