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Google Nest Hub - €58.53 (exp 9 Mar 2021 at 4:00 pm)

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  • #92
    keith_d99
    Registered Users Posts: 1,927 ✭✭✭keith_d99


    It works nicely with the Nest thermostat too ... just sayin :D


  • #93
    Barr
    Registered Users Posts: 6,991 ✭✭✭Barr


    This could turn out the most expensive BA yet :)


  • #94
    Black_Knight
    Moderators Posts: 12,363 ✭✭✭✭Black_Knight


    keith_d99 wrote: »
    It works nicely with the Nest thermostat too ... just sayin :D

    I've had a nest thermostat in years gone by. Hated it. Too slow to recognise it was cold, too slow to recognise it was warm enough. Home/away had me at home while in the pub, and the smart learning algorithm decided Baltic cold was the order of the day for the morning time. Swapped it out for a sonof basic, a Xiaomi temperature sensor and some home assistant automation.


  • #95
    Black_Knight
    Moderators Posts: 12,363 ✭✭✭✭Black_Knight


    Barr wrote: »
    I think you just verbalised ,what half us were thinking

    I thought I'd get away with it since I don't have a wired doorbell, but nest got to covered for that. Just €60 for a power supply


  • #96
    cuculainn
    Registered Users Posts: 800 ✭✭✭cuculainn


    McMurphy wrote: »
    Anyone figured out how to create a live photo album yet with Google photos?

    I've watched numerous YouTube videos, but the option isn't there on my app no matter what I do. :confused:

    I think you just create an album in Google photos first. Call it Google nest album or something and then you set this in the settings on the nest. Be aware however that it downloads the image each time it appears so you can burn through a bit of data if that is San issue for you


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  • #97
    mun1
    Registered Users Posts: 826 ✭✭✭mun1


    cuculainn wrote: »
    I think you just create an album in Google photos first. Call it Google nest album or something and then you set this in the settings on the nest. Be aware however that it downloads the image each time it appears so you can burn through a bit of data if that is San issue for you

    Yes, i had loads of photos in google photos but hub couldn’t see them. When i setup a new album in google photos and put some photos in it worked a treat


  • #98
    93Cab
    Registered Users Posts: 267 ✭✭93Cab


    Got mine yesterday! After much fiddling through the menu got a Jam Heavy Metal Bluetooth speaker connected! I haven’t enjoyed a piece of tech as much as this ever! I won’t show my age by revealing the music I got it to play on Spotify Premium but spent a very pleasant evening with a few beers listening to music I hadn’t heard for years!


  • #99
    Thar_Cian
    Registered Users Posts: 328 ✭✭Thar_Cian


    Black_Knight wrote: »
    I thought I'd get away with it since I don't have a wired doorbell, but nest got to covered for that. Just €60 for a power supply

    Which power supply did you get? I see there's one on the US Google Store, but I couldn't find a Google-approved one for our sockets (though I'm sure there are third-party solutions that work fine).


  • #100
    McMurphy
    Registered Users Posts: 13,365 ✭✭✭✭McMurphy


    cuculainn wrote: »
    I think you just create an album in Google photos first. Call it Google nest album or something and then you set this in the settings on the nest. Be aware however that it downloads the image each time it appears so you can burn through a bit of data if that is San issue for you

    Don't think so, I tried this when I initially got it, and it (the hub) directed me to use the app to set it up, but again, there's no "automatically add photos" option there. I actually think the love album feature might only be available in the USA.

    Pity, I was planning on sending my parents a hub set up with a live album that they could keep in their sitting room, and I could update it regularly with photos of us and the kids (they live on the other end of the island to us, and we haven't seen them since Feb2020 due to lockdowns and restrictions)

    On another note though, just be very very careful with the facial recognition feature.

    If like me, you have some friends that send you the occasional WhatsApp that might have let's say "photos of an erotic nature"....

    Use your imagination on that one.


  • #101
    killbillvol2
    Registered Users Posts: 5,178 ✭✭✭killbillvol2


    McMurphy wrote: »
    Don't think so, I tried this when I initially got it, and it (the hub) directed me to use the app to set it up, but again, there's no "automatically add photos" option there. I actually think the love album feature might only be available in the USA.

    Pity, I was planning on sending my parents a hub set up with a live album that they could keep in their sitting room, and I could update it regularly with photos of us and the kids (that live on the other end of the island to us, and we haven't seen them since Feb2020 due to lockdowns and restrictions)

    On another note though, just be very very careful with the facial recognition feature.

    If like me, you have some friends that send you the occasional WhatsApp that might have let's say "photos of an erotic nature"....

    Use your imagination on that one.

    Nobody in their right mind would give Google Photos access to their WhatsApp messages.


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  • #102
    McMurphy
    Registered Users Posts: 13,365 ✭✭✭✭McMurphy


    killbillvol2 wrote: »
    Nobody in their right mind would give Google Photos access to their WhatsApp messages.

    Yeah, thankfully I'm in my right mind now though. The photos were from ages ago, not sure if you could even prevent it then.

    I usually am pretty good at deleting them straight away, and have asked folk not to be sending them, but the odd one got through by the looks of things.

    Noticed Thursday morning, was tagging faces, and there was the brothers wife.... Labelled her face with her name, scrolled through the photos, and there was about half a dozen that clearly weren't her. :eek:

    Delete delete delete!


  • #103
    Bill Ponderosa
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 542 ✭✭✭Bill Ponderosa


    killbillvol2 wrote: »
    Nobody in their right mind would give Google Photos access to their WhatsApp messages.

    Depends if you're WhatsApp photos and videos are pure filth or not. I delete the filth but most of the WhatsApp photos would be of my family and friends, they'd be nice to look back on in years.


  • #104
    killbillvol2
    Registered Users Posts: 5,178 ✭✭✭killbillvol2


    Bill Ponderosa wrote: »
    Depends if you're WhatsApp photos and videos are pure filth or not. I delete the filth but most of the WhatsApp photos would be of my family and friends, they'd be nice to look back on in years.

    Most of my WhatsApp stuff would be just disposable memes. Any photos I want I just save them.


  • #105
    Redsoxfan
    Registered Users Posts: 5,243 ✭✭✭Redsoxfan


    McMurphy wrote: »
    Don't think so, I tried this when I initially got it, and it (the hub) directed me to use the app to set it up, but again, there's no "automatically add photos" option there. I actually think the love album feature might only be available in the USA.

    Pity, I was planning on sending my parents a hub set up with a live album that they could keep in their sitting room, and I could update it regularly with photos of us and the kids (they live on the other end of the island to us, and we haven't seen them since Feb2020 due to lockdowns and restrictions)

    Does this mean that if I have an album in Google Photos that I add to the Hub it won't update in the Hub when I add new photos to the album?


  • #106
    killbillvol2
    Registered Users Posts: 5,178 ✭✭✭killbillvol2


    Redsoxfan wrote: »
    Does this mean that if I have an album in Google Photos that I add to the Hub it won't update in the Hub when I add new photos to the album?

    If you add photos to an album they show up on the hub.


  • #107
    McMurphy
    Registered Users Posts: 13,365 ✭✭✭✭McMurphy


    Redsoxfan wrote: »
    Does this mean that if I have an album in Google Photos that I add to the Hub it won't update in the Hub when I add new photos to the album?

    No, just with a "live album" it means that you can select photos of people or pets that you might regularly share with others - in my case I'd like to share pics of my 4 children with my folks who are 250km away on the other side of the country.

    Everytime I took a photo of one of my kids - it would automatically get added to this live album, without me manually having to add and share it to my parents album.

    https://www.google.ie/amp/s/blog.google/products/photos/keep-your-favorite-photos-date-live-albums/amp/

    Kind of a first world problem I suppose, but it would be a nice touch I think.


  • #108
    pigtail33
    Registered Users Posts: 1,067 ✭✭✭pigtail33


    Finally decided to order one, but it's now Out of Stock. That'll teach me.


  • #109
    ted1
    Registered Users Posts: 23,258 ✭✭✭✭ted1


    Bill Ponderosa wrote: »
    Depends if you're WhatsApp photos and videos are pure filth or not. I delete the filth but most of the WhatsApp photos would be of my family and friends, they'd be nice to look back on in years.

    In IOS if you go into the group details you can set it do it doesn’t save photos. So keep family photos and don’t save ones from group with the NSFW stuff


  • #110
    limktime
    Registered Users Posts: 142 ✭✭limktime


    Black_Knight wrote: »
    I've had a nest thermostat in years gone by. Hated it. Too slow to recognise it was cold, too slow to recognise it was warm enough. Home/away had me at home while in the pub, and the smart learning algorithm decided Baltic cold was the order of the day for the morning time. Swapped it out for a sonof basic, a Xiaomi temperature sensor and some home assistant automation.

    Would you mind sharing more details on your current setup? Sounds interesting.

    I'm probably derailing the thread here so feel to PM. Thanks!


  • #111
    Sheep Shagger
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 6,216 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sheep Shagger


    Balls, decided to buy another and it's now out of stock at the reduced price:(


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  • #112
    Barr
    Registered Users Posts: 6,991 ✭✭✭Barr


    The one gripe I have is I can't get 2FM playing on tune in . I’ve tried saying different variations like RTE 2fm etc but it doesn’t work

    I had the exact same issue with my older google home . Is everyone else in the same boat ? Its just a bit of a pain :(. Is there any workaround


  • #113
    monaghanmissus
    Registered Users Posts: 420 ✭✭monaghanmissus


    Barr wrote: »
    The one gripe I have is I can't get 2FM playing on tune in . I’ve tried saying different variations like RTE 2fm etc but it doesn’t work

    I had the exact same issue with my older google home . Is everyone else in the same boat ? Its just a bit of a pain :(. Is there any workaround

    Strange! I don't have a problem with it. 'Hey Google, stream RTE 2FM' works fine for me.


  • #114
    PARlance
    Registered Users Posts: 21,093 ✭✭✭✭PARlance


    Barr wrote: »
    The one gripe I have is I can't get 2FM playing on tune in . I’ve tried saying different variations like RTE 2fm etc but it doesn’t work

    I had the exact same issue with my older google home . Is everyone else in the same boat ? Its just a bit of a pain :(. Is there any workaround

    'Play Dublin RTE 2FM' works best


  • #115
    rustledjimmies
    Registered Users Posts: 1,082 ✭✭✭rustledjimmies


    Had the same issue myself but then took a look on the RTE website. Found out 2FM is now called 2XM.

    I can only assume Google can't properly understand monaghanmissus and just lucks out on the result :pac:


  • #116
    PARlance
    Registered Users Posts: 21,093 ✭✭✭✭PARlance


    rustledjimmies wrote: »
    Had the same issue myself but then took a look on the RTE website. Found out 2FM is now called 2XM.

    I can only assume Google can't properly understand monaghanmissus and just lucks out on the result :pac:

    2XM is a sister station to 2FM


  • #117
    GerardKeating
    Registered Users Posts: 7,526 ✭✭✭GerardKeating


    rustledjimmies wrote: »
    Had the same issue myself but then took a look on the RTE website. Found out 2FM is now called 2XM.

    2XM is a different station, as per the list of stations available on the website and APP

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  • #118
    rustledjimmies
    Registered Users Posts: 1,082 ✭✭✭rustledjimmies


    Oops. I don't listen to the radio at all but came across 2XM the other day when trying the same thing as Barr. The Nest couldn'd find 2FM for me either.


  • #119
    PARlance
    Registered Users Posts: 21,093 ✭✭✭✭PARlance


    rustledjimmies wrote: »
    Oops. I don't listen to the radio at all but came across 2XM the other day when trying the same thing as Barr. The Nest couldn'd find 2FM for me either.

    'Play Dublin RTE 2FM' works perfectly...


  • #120
    Username here
    Registered Users Posts: 1,044 ✭✭✭Username here


    Sheep Shagger wrote: »
    Balls, decided to buy another and it's now out of stock at the reduced price:(

    This! Pain in the hole indecision! :pac:

    Edit: Although I've just saved myself €60. Bargain! :D


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  • #121
    MBSnr
    Registered Users Posts: 2,187 ✭✭✭MBSnr


    PARlance wrote: »
    'Play Dublin RTE 2FM' works best

    Thanks - good to know. Not that I listen to 2FM really.

    I notice to get Newstalk you need to ask "Play Newstalk FM". Play Newstalk fails.


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