Google Home Hub

micks_address · 28-09-2019 11:40pm

Any chance of a side by side picture?

Kintarō Hattori wrote: »

I can't believe how quick it arrived. I got a message this evening that it was in my local parcel motel. It's sitting here now on the sideboard looking comically large. The home hub was a perfect size for the little sideboard by our sofa. The Max dominates it.

JDxtra · 29-09-2019 12:06pm

Kintarō Hattori wrote: »

I can't believe how quick it arrived. I got a message this evening that it was in my local parcel motel. It's sitting here now on the sideboard looking comically large. The home hub was a perfect size for the little sideboard by our sofa. The Max dominates it.

Great service there, and good news that it shipped to PM without issues. Probably be Tuesday before I get mine via Address Pal.

Kintarō Hattori · 29-09-2019 4:35pm

micks_address wrote: »

Any chance of a side by side picture?

micks_address · 29-09-2019 4:40pm

Wow clearly size does matter

I may get the max for Xmas..move the hub to the bedroom

Kintarō Hattori wrote: »

micks_address wrote: »

Any chance of a side by side picture?

jogdish · 29-09-2019 7:02pm

Hi I have the original home hub one, two issues.

At night it dims so much that without my glasses I cannot make out the clock and would prefer the clock font in red.

Is there any way to have the ambient EQ adjust to give a brighter night time and adjust the font/colour?

Sheep Shagger · 29-09-2019 8:19pm

micks_address wrote: »

Wow clearly size does matter

I may get the max for Xmas..move the hub to the bedroom

Mmmm, have 2 hubs, don't really need another but Black Friday....

Kintarō Hattori · 29-09-2019 8:29pm

jogdish wrote: »

Hi I have the original home hub one, two issues.

At night it dims so much that without my glasses I cannot make out the clock and would prefer the clock font in red.

Is there any way to have the ambient EQ adjust to give a brighter night time and adjust the font/colour?

You can. If you go into the Home app, click the hub and go into its settings- you can increase the brightness. I don't believe you can change the font colour.

Kintarō Hattori · 29-09-2019 8:30pm

Sheep Shagger wrote: »

Mmmm, have 2 hubs, don't really need another but Black Friday....

Do it....

The high horse brigade · 29-09-2019 8:32pm

Kintarō Hattori wrote: »

I already have the hub and didn't think I needed this until I saw your pic

Kintarō Hattori · 09-10-2019 8:22am

So having it a while now and I really like it. It's much the same as the Hub but the larger screen really makes your images come alive more. I use it mainly to keep an eye on my toddler at night so with the bigger screen it's easier to see her in the cot. Sound is obviously much improved and seems fuller.

Other than that I haven't really checked out other features but on the screen size alone it's been worth it.

RunDMC · 09-10-2019 12:42pm

The audio quality is way better that the original Hub, not quite as good as the Google Home, but not far off. Google Duo calls work well, but we don't use it that often. My only grip is that the fixed camera angle means that you have to be careful where you put it to get the best picture.
It also seems to hear better than the original Hub, but again not quite as well as the original Home.

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m0frazer · 31-10-2019 6:35pm

Does the Google nest home hub work in ROI? Bought one in UK but wont link up... Authentication failure?

JDxtra · 31-10-2019 7:23pm

Works perfectly, must be something else wrong.

BailMeOut · 08-11-2019 8:07pm

Not sure when this feature was added but you can now say "hey Google...shuffle my playlist 'playlist name'"

You used to have to play and then do a second command to shuffle.

donspeekinglesh · 08-11-2019 9:54pm

BailMeOut wrote: »

Not sure when this feature was added but you can now say "hey Google...shuffle my playlist 'playlist name'"

You used to have to play and then do a second command to shuffle.

I've always said "Okay Google, play my thumbs up playlist on shuffle" and it's always worked perfectly.

Sheep Shagger · 13-11-2019 5:05pm

The hub max is in the black Friday sale at Currys for €1099 ðŸ™„

https://www.currys.ie/ieen/smart-tech/smart-tech/smart-home/smart-home-starter-kits/google-nest-hub-max-charcoal-10198637-pdt.html

JDxtra · 13-11-2019 5:17pm

Sheep Shagger wrote: »

The hub max is in the black Friday sale at Currys for €1099 &#55357;&#56900;

https://www.currys.ie/ieen/smart-tech/smart-tech/smart-home/smart-home-starter-kits/google-nest-hub-max-charcoal-10198637-pdt.html

In other words, we can't sell this to you but can't remove it from our site so we just whacked up the price.

Sheep Shagger · 13-11-2019 7:06pm

JDxtra wrote: »

In other words, we can't sell this to you but can't remove it from our site so we just whacked up the price.

It's strange that months after the hub was released (a year ago in the UK?) no bricks and mortar store in ireland sells it apart from Dixons at the airport I think?

fman · 13-11-2019 7:13pm

If you look at the Google store availability and even the recent Google launch event, they have a weird pattern of releasing devices in limited countries.
For an example, Google WiFi is available in Ireland but not the new version.

Del Griffith · 18-11-2019 12:19am

Wonder is there any chance of a max hub deal on black Friday?

JoeCat · 23-11-2019 7:17pm

So i Ireland is not possible to buy google max hub or Google laptops?

Sheep Shagger · 23-11-2019 7:42pm

JoeCat wrote: »

So i Ireland is not possible to buy google max hub or Google laptops?

No apart from Dublin airport or Northern Ireland (Argos etc) you are looking at buying elsewhere (UK and getting shipped here).

They're already reduced in the UK Google store, John Lewis and Argos UK website.

Sheep Shagger · 23-11-2019 7:43pm

Del Griffith wrote: »

Wonder is there any chance of a max hub deal on black Friday?

Reduced on UK websites already.

EletricMan · 23-11-2019 8:04pm

Anyone know if it is possible to check price of Google home hub for sale in Dublin airport. Flying next Saturday so dunno if I shoy buy in the airport or on google UK store.

OU812 · 23-11-2019 8:24pm

EletricMan wrote: »

Anyone know if it is possible to check price of Google home hub for sale in Dublin airport. Flying next Saturday so dunno if I shoy buy in the airport or on google UK store.

The new bigger one? It’s €199. Saw it yesterday

Sheep Shagger · 23-11-2019 9:57pm

OU812 wrote: »

The new bigger one? It’s €199. Saw it yesterday

Yeah and with a camera, was that at Dublin airport?

If so good deal as UK sites quoting £189....am passing through on Wednesday as it happens.

You can check here (in the UK you can reserve stock too).

https://www.dixonstravel.com/stores/dublin/terminal-1/

Dixons at T2 is still closed for refurbishment I think so youd'd need to walk to T1 to buy, it's less than a 10 min walk each way.

arrowman · 24-11-2019 11:06pm

I have some Sonoff smart plugs and a wireless speaker in the house and am going to be adding a few more smart home devices.
So I am thinking of getting one of these Google Hubs (or maybe the Lonovo one is better??)

One thing that I could use it for straight away is I have an electric gate that has a GSM controller that the family can ring to open the gate. I don't have a key pad at the gate so its either ring the gate or use one of the fobs.

Could the hub be used to open the gate from the house?

BailMeOut · 25-11-2019 12:05pm

I have 8 google homes/mini's in my house 3 of which I brought back from USA a few years ago with the other 5 I bought locally. In the last week or so the three USA devices keep disconnecting from Wifi and you need to run through the setup again at least once a day. I tried factory resetting and issue still persists and notice that during the setup I get warning that the USA device may not be compatible with local wifi.

Anyone else with a USA purchased homes having issues in Ireland.

JDxtra · 25-11-2019 1:33pm

BailMeOut wrote: »

I have 8 google homes/mini's in my house 3 of which I brought back from USA a few years ago with the other 5 I bought locally. In the last week or so the three USA devices keep disconnecting from Wifi and you need to run through the setup again at least once a day. I tried factory resetting and issue still persists and notice that during the setup I get warning that the USA device may not be compatible with local wifi.

Anyone else with a USA purchased homes having issues in Ireland.

I have one Nest Mini from the USA, and it did complain during setup also - but seems to work just fine. Certainly don't need to reset it or run through setup again.

Kintarō Hattori · 25-11-2019 5:01pm

arrowman wrote: »

I have some Sonoff smart plugs and a wireless speaker in the house and am going to be adding a few more smart home devices.
So I am thinking of getting one of these Google Hubs (or maybe the Lonovo one is better??)

One thing that I could use it for straight away is I have an electric gate that has a GSM controller that the family can ring to open the gate. I don't have a key pad at the gate so its either ring the gate or use one of the fobs.

Could the hub be used to open the gate from the house?

I could be wrong but I don't believe so as what you can do with it is quite regulated. It's really designed for more mainstream things.

wilson palacios · 26-11-2019 12:25pm

Might be a stupid question. Does the google home hub with the 7 inch screen work in Ireland.

Can’t seem to buy it locally.

Also is it any good.

Buying for the missus for Christmas, she will mainly use it to view recipes and play music, set timers and calendar notes.

Apologies as im not up to speed with these devices. Thanks

JDxtra · 26-11-2019 12:30pm

They work fine here, I have both sizes. They are not available to purchase in Ireland - but you can source them from UK stores. Are they any good? Yes! Are they good value - pricey, but if you get them at a discounted prices they are worth it.

bk · 26-11-2019 12:31pm

wilson palacios wrote: »

Might be a stupid question. Does the google home hub with the 7 inch screen work in Ireland.

Yes, I've one, excellent device and works fine here.

Only thing I had to buy it from the UK, using parcel motel, etc.

slave1 · 05-12-2019 1:18pm

Query for those in the greater know.
Just got the max version of this and whenever the nest camera function in engaged a notification pops down from top of screen and green light enables.

I can't find a way to turn these off and a quick search fails to provide an answer.

Anyone know how to turn these features off?

JDxtra · 05-12-2019 2:27pm

You can't turn that off. It's to let people in the room know the camera is active. I've mine set to only switch the camera on when nobody is at home.

slave1 · 05-12-2019 2:29pm

Shame, I'd like the choice to dismiss that notification, ah well

JDxtra · 05-12-2019 2:34pm

slave1 wrote: »

Shame, I'd like the choice to dismiss that notification, ah well

Yeah, it's a privacy thing. You used to be able to disable the LEDs on their older cameras but not any more. Fair enough.

OU812 · 05-12-2019 4:03pm

They turned the light on by default about a year ago.

I bought these & they work REaLLY well

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slave1 · 05-12-2019 4:12pm

Black sticker on my white bezel !!!!!!!!

LOL, thanks anyhow

Bluefoam · 05-12-2019 4:17pm

slave1 wrote: »

Black sticker on my white bezel !!!!!!!!

LOL, thanks anyhow

Jesus wept.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/LightDims-White-Dims-Electronics-Appliances/dp/B00OI2T0WU/ref=pd_aw_sim_201_1/259-3163493-9366144?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B00OI2T0WU&pd_rd_r=22dcbe40-7c89-4251-b3fe-c2210581c01d&pd_rd_w=iob6m&pd_rd_wg=kA8AZ&pf_rd_p=ae289644-4811-4c81-ab14-ea5d2b3a4c7d&pf_rd_r=22CFQ0Z6ZME32Q8J6VVN&psc=1&refRID=22CFQ0Z6ZME32Q8J6VVN

slave1 · 05-12-2019 9:25pm

Thanks, saw that after my post alright

05-12-2019 11:37pm

arrowman wrote: »

Could the hub be used to open the gate from the house?

Yes, easy peasy. You just need a Sonoff to provide what is know as a “dry contact” to the gate controller and set the inching for the Sonoff to 0.5 seconds. Any half descent electrician can do this for you.

EletricMan · 06-12-2019 10:24pm

I bought a hub max recently, was playing with it and trying to set it up but I'm having trouble setting up the nest camera on it. It keeps telling me I appear to already have nest products so it won't let me set up the camera on the hub max. I don't have any other nest products

olestoepoke · 06-12-2019 10:27pm

Bit disappointed that it won't play the Irish news. Ask for the news when I wake upon and I get BBC and CNN

slave1 · 07-12-2019 12:57pm

EletricMan wrote: »

I bought a hub max recently, was playing with it and trying to set it up but I'm having trouble setting up the nest camera on it. It keeps telling me I appear to already have nest products so it won't let me set up the camera on the hub max. I don't have any other nest products

Do you not need to setup a nest account?

OfflerCrocGod · 07-12-2019 3:14pm

You can't create nest accounts anymore. Only Google ones are allowed as new ones.

zefer · 07-12-2019 7:44pm

I can’t get my nest doorbell to connect to google account (hub) at all.
When I try add it, it keeps trying to get me to login with neat account and when I try my google account details, I Get
“Either your password is incorrect or you've migrated your account and need to sign in with Google.”

Anyone get this working?

Edit: just appeared itself this afternoon, very odd!

Baoithin66 · 09-12-2019 10:33pm

If you buy one of these in Canada will it work in Ireland??

Bluefoam · 13-12-2019 1:53pm

Anyone managed to get Deezer working on the Hub?

JDxtra · 14-12-2019 10:35am

olestoepoke wrote: »

Bit disappointed that it won't play the Irish news. Ask for the news when I wake upon and I get BBC and CNN

Mine plays RTE News.

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