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Coming soon to Nest Hub: Fitness stats card from Fitbit or Google Fit
As Google continues to work towards integrating Fitbit into its ecosystem, it should be a surprise to see fitness stats appear on Nest Hubs. In the short term, it's not something we've had appear...
Ring and Nest have Halloween themed chimes again this year
Each year tech companies often do some fun things with their devices. Ring and Nest have both added Halloween themes to their doorbell chimes this year.
Ring has a range of 9 chimes, as...
More games set to arrive on your Google and Nest Smart Displays
Google seems to think that some of us will be having some downtime this holiday season and with that in mind has rolled out a new collection of games for their smart displays. ...
Google add Zoom support and more to Nest Hub Max
Zoom is one of the more popular video calling services and it has also seen a huge increase in usage this year, albeit after an auspicious start to the year. Now Google are...
Google’s Nest cameras, thermostats and doorbells can now be controlled by Samsung SmartThings
How many of us have lamented the fact that so many devices don't play well with each other? Can't we all just get along. Now it seems that two of these...
Google launches the rumoured new Nest Thermostat
A few months back we saw a new Nest Thermostat pass through regulatory approval in the USA, and today that device has been unveiled. The new Nest Thermostat is Google's latest affordable thermostat intended...
Google Nest Audio Review — Consolidating the look with a massive sound upgrade
We got our first official look at the latest batch of gear from Google last week in a very short overnight event. We’ve seen new Pixel phones, a new Chromecast, the rebranding of...
There’s a new UI coming to the Nest Hub Max
The user interface on the Nest Hub Max is not great with Google focusing on voice and radar controlling of it instead. It appears though that Google are looking to change the user...
Google set to unveil the Pixel 5, a new Nest speaker and Chromecast on...
We already know that the Google Pixel 5 and Pixel 4a 5G are coming soon. We have heard and seen glimpses of Google's new Chromecast called Sabrina which apparently includes Android TV and...
Google Nest looking to bring a smart display to your hotel room
Last year Google introduced Interpreter Mode for smart displays in hotel lobbies. Unfortunately since then the world has taken a turn for the worse and as Australians it may be a while before...
New Google Nest smart speaker coming at the end of the month
Google have teased us with an upcoming Nest, with what according to other leaks appears to be a replacement for the original Google Home. Now rumours are pointing towards an August release date...
Netflix, Foxtel and Stan arrive on Nest Hub and Nest Hub Max in Australia
You would think that Netflix would want their service to be available on every single device possible but they maintain tight control over just which devices are supported -- likely due to wanting to...
Google Nest’s tease falls woefully short for all and especially so for Australians
A couple of days ago we all got a bit excited after the Google Nest Twitter account teased that something big was coming on Monday. Most people expected to see the new Nest...
Google Nest trolls us all with a tease “Something special is coming this Monday”
Take a deep breath and prepare: something special is coming this Monday. That's the tease that Google's Smart Home hardware team just tweeted out.
Call it a tease of a troll, either way we hope...
This is Google’s new Nest speaker — coming alongside the Pixel 5?
It's been a while since Google introduced their Google Home speaker. Since then we have seen the Home Max and a couple of minis released but no update to the original Home. ...