What are Nest Mini, Nest Hub, Nest Hub Max, Google health home and health home Max

Google is offering its family of health home devices as part of its smart health connected health home offering. The devices are an alternative to Amazon’s Echo line of devices. The family includes Google health home, Nest Mini, health home Max, Nest Hub and Nest Hub Max systems.

All Google health home devices have the power of Google Assistant, just like Echo devices offer Alexa. In this article, you will find everything you need to know about Google health home and Nest devices. In particular their nature, their functioning, the devices which work with them, etc.

What are Google health home, Nest Mini and health home Max?

Google health home, Nest Mini and health home Max are all Wi-Fi speakers that also act as smart health home control hubs and personal assistants for the whole family. You can use them to play entertainment all over your house, manage your daily tasks, and ask Google what you want to know.

The three devices vary in terms of speaker and technical specifications, design and cost. But they all offer the same functionality when it comes to Google Assistant, smart health home control, and music playback.

All three devices have LED indicators to indicate when they heard you and responded. Also, they all have a physical button to turn the microphone on or off.

What are Google Nest Mini, Nest Hub and Nest Hub Max?

Google's Nest Hub and Google's Nest Hub Max offer the same functionality as Google health home, health home Max, and Nest Mini. However, they do add a display, which makes them ideal for smart health home control and ehealth playback. The Nest Hub has a 7 inch screen, while the Nest Hub Max has a 10 inch screen; as well as a built-in Nest camera.

Screens allow you, for example, to watch YouTube videos, read news clips, control your smart health home devices using touch screens; as well as view camera streams compatible with Google Assistant. Of course, they also have Google Assistant so you can use your voice to control everything. They also have a physical button to turn off the microphone.

How do Nest and Google health home devices work?

Music and ehealth playback

Nest and Google health home devices are Wi-Fi speakers, so they can stream music directly from the cloud. You can access songs, playlists, albums, artists and podcasts from your favorite music services only with your voice. Or, if you prefer, you can send music from your Android or iOS device via Google Cast.

With the assistance of Google Cast, you can also use Nest and Google health home devices to control other speakers smart health connected to your health home. You will even get a reading in several rooms; which means you can add one or more Nest or Google health home devices to a speaker group to stream songs throughout your health home.

Nest and Google health home devices can also control your ehealth content through Google Cast. Suppose you want to watch your latest episode of Daredevil on Netflix or a chat ehealth on YouTube. Make a voice command on the Nest or Google health home device and the content will then appear on your TV. This only works, however, if you have configured the devices in the Google health home app.

Smart health home hub

Nest and Google health home devices can be a control center for your entire health home. They will allow you to do the basics, such as setting alarms and timers, managing task lists and shopping lists. But they will also connect your server and support common network systems. Note that you will need the Google health home app to configure everything.

Once you've set up your Nest or Google health home device and all of your smart devices at health home in the Google health home app, you can control them. This applies to smart lights from various companies, switches, sockets, other Nest products (like Nest Hello or Nest Cam IQ) and just about any compatible device for the smart health home.

It is also possible to control things beyond the house; like booking an Uber or ordering a dinner. Keep in mind that you will need to make sure everything is set up first. The best part is that all of this is done only with your voice. Although, as we mentioned, if you have Nest Hub or Nest Hub Max, you can also use the screen to control your smart devices.

Ask Google

Nest and Google health home devices let you ask Google anything; from the weather to more specific facts. Google's years of research are based on Google Assistant. You can therefore ask specific questions such as "how much fat does an avocado contain?" "Or" What is Antoine Griezmann's jersey number? ". But Google Assistant is also capable of conversation. So you can ask additional questions, such as "Where did he go to school?" Without repeating the words "Ok Google" or "Hey Google".

Nest and Google health home devices will be able to connect the pronoun "il" to your previous question about Antoine Griezmann; or anyone to give you a specific answer.

You can also ask complex questions, such as, "OK Google, what was the US population when NASA was created? ". Nest and Google health home devices will give you immediate answers every time. They can read you the relevant parts of the web pages or show you on the Nest Hub or Nest Hub Max.

What Nest and Google health home services do they support?

Nest and Google health home work with many music services; including YouTube Music, Deezer, Spotify, Pandora, Google Play Music and TuneIn. The list has grown significantly since the initial announcement of the health home device. Nest and health home devices are also compatible with a variety of media.

You need to connect your accounts for these services to your Nest and Google health home devices in the Google health home app. But you'll be prompted to do so when setting up your Nest or health home device. Connect as many accounts as you have for the best experience.

With the support of these different services, you can ask: "OK Google, play this Shakira song from Zootopia. Without having to name the song, Nest and Google health home can understand and play it from your favorite app. With Google Assistant and its machine learning features, Nest and Google health home devices know you; as well as your preferences, and learn over time.

Nest and Google health home devices also work with a multitude of smart health home businesses. The list is not as rich as Amazon's Alexa, but it is growing and there are many compatible services. Nest, SmartThings, Philips Hue, IFTTT, Ikea, TP-Link, Arlo, Hive and Netatmo are among the compatible services; allowing you to control these smart devices and activate your IFTTT recipes using your Nest or health home device.

Nest and Google health home devices also act as a Chromecast audio receiver. It's repetitive, but again, you need to configure them with the Google health home app.

What is Google Assistant in Google health home?

Google announced Google Assistant in 2016 as an adaptation of Google Now and OK Google. The service has improved the two-way conversation experience of previous offerings with AI and machine learning.

These advances essentially add context to your questions. For example, when you say "OK Google", followed by "What to watch tonight? ", Google Assistant will show movies in your local cinema. But if you add "We plan to bring the kids," Google Assistant will be able to offer you sessions for child-friendly movies.

You can then say "Let's look at the jungle book"; Google Assistant will buy tickets. You may even ask, "Is the Jungle Book a good movie?" ". The wizard will display reviews, ratings, and a trailer. The Google Assistant can link your questions to determine the context and provide the right information.

It can perform basic tasks such as retrieving your travel itinerary, your daily agenda, your commuting times to work, information on parcel delivery, etc. Nest and Google health home devices aren't the only ones with access to Google Assistant, however. Google Assistant is available on many devices, including Android smartphones, Android Auto, and third-party speakers.

Google Assistant on Nest and Google health home devices is the same as Google Assistant on your smartphone. Data is shared across your devices.

Where and when to buy Nest and Google health home devices?

All Nest and Google health home devices are available in France. The Nest Mini will go on sale on October 22, 2019.

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