Nest Hub: Google launches a new device to monitor sleep and snoring
Google announced the near launch of the "Nest Hub", a smart screen and speaker that can track your sleep using a built-in radar sensor. It will be launched on March 30 for $ 99, but customers can order it starting now.
Google is trying to highlight its smart home center from similar devices sold by Amazon and Facebook, and it is the first to offer the feature of sleep tracking. The device has a 7-inch screen that you can use to watch video streaming services, check weather, get alerts, turn on lights and more. The newer model also has better speakers that deliver 50% more bass than the first model.
And the company allowed users to set the new Nest Hub near the place to sleep, such as a bedside table, and it will guide them through the setup process for the Sleep Sensing feature, helping to match the radar with where you sleep in bed. Microphones can determine if you are snoring or coughing, and other built-in sensors can determine room temperature and brightness of lights.
The device takes all this information and tells you how well you sleep and can then make recommendations, such as setting a reminder to go to bed at a certain time, or trying to meditate with your bedtime relaxation routine. It appears that Google is trying to place a radar sensor in whatever product you can think of, as it was developed as part of Project Soli, which was first introduced in 2015.
The new Nest Hub does not have a camera, so it cannot see what you are doing in bed, and Google said: All radar and sound data is analyzed via the device and is not sent to Google. The sleep sensor is free for next year, and the search giant said it has not yet decided whether to charge the feature or not.
