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

McMurphy · 06-03-2021 11:56am

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!

Bill Ponderosa · 06-03-2021 12:02pm

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.

killbillvol2 · 06-03-2021 1:22pm

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.

Redsoxfan · 06-03-2021 2:56pm

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?

killbillvol2 · 06-03-2021 3:23pm

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.

McMurphy · 06-03-2021 5:30pm

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.

pigtail33 · 07-03-2021 8:37pm

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

ted1 · 07-03-2021 8:58pm

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

limktime · 07-03-2021 9:06pm

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!

Sheep Shagger · 07-03-2021 9:12pm

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

Barr · 08-03-2021 2:36pm

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

monaghanmissus · 08-03-2021 2:48pm

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.

PARlance · 08-03-2021 2:55pm

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

rustledjimmies · 08-03-2021 2:55pm

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:

PARlance · 08-03-2021 2:58pm

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

GerardKeating · 08-03-2021 2:59pm

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

rustledjimmies · 08-03-2021 3:03pm

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.

PARlance · 08-03-2021 3:14pm

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...

Username here · 08-03-2021 3:15pm

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!

MBSnr · 08-03-2021 3:18pm

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.

Electric Nitwit · 08-03-2021 3:32pm

Routines work well for the radio, I find

Create a new routine with any keywords you like, and type in "play rte 2fm on tunein radio" as the action. Should hopefully work for you when you then say the keywords

Barr · 08-03-2021 3:53pm

PARlance wrote: »

'Play Dublin RTE 2FM' works best

Thanks so much - that actually works , I'd given up to be honest

WellyJ · 08-03-2021 4:32pm

If anyone wants a sealed one at the reduced price and can collect from Glasnevin, just pm me

Double C · 08-03-2021 5:28pm

I have a problem with the Photo Frame. I have maybe 50 pictures in an album and the majority display ok, but selfies don't seem to show on the Hub at all. Any ideas for this?

rustledjimmies · 08-03-2021 5:29pm

Is this a portrait Vs landscape thing maybe?

PARlance · 08-03-2021 6:03pm

Double C wrote: »

I have a problem with the Photo Frame. I have maybe 50 pictures in an album and the majority display ok, but selfies don't seem to show on the Hub at all. Any ideas for this?

Buy a mirror?

(Sorry couldn't resist)

08-03-2021 6:18pm

PARlance wrote: »

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

But I don’t want the Dublin version! Is there not a culchie edition?

McMurphy · 08-03-2021 6:41pm

rustledjimmies wrote: »

Is this a portrait Vs landscape thing maybe?

Could be on the money here.

On mine - it seems to put portrait photos side by side with a landscape one as shown attached.

Screenshot-2021-03-08-17-38-51-574-com-google-android-apps-photos-2.jpg

Screenshot-2021-03-08-17-38-51-574-com-google-android-apps-photos-2.jpg

It also automatically crops some of the photos for some strange reason.

rustledjimmies · 08-03-2021 6:49pm

Yeah, those photos look goofy...

I'll show myself out.

Double C · 08-03-2021 7:20pm

Nah it's not portrait vs landscape, there are plenty of portrait photos showing. Weird one

Sheep Shagger · 08-03-2021 9:29pm

Username here wrote: »

This! Pain in the hole indecision! :pac:

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

Strangely the UK site still had stock but given the brexit world we are in ordering from there wasn't an option. Am hoping the deal reappears soon....need a third one lol

Fingers Mcginty · 09-03-2021 10:15am

How do you set up routines ? Can't find it in the Google home app

MBSnr · 09-03-2021 10:45am

Fingers Mcginty wrote: »

How do you set up routines ? Can't find it in the Google home app

I had this on my old phone - Routines was not displayed as a button in the main app.
The way around it was to tap "Home" under your home name then set to "Away" then set to "Home" again. Then go to Recent Events (bottom right) and you will see the event of the routine running. Tap edit the routine. Tap Save without changing anything and you'll get the routines listed.

A pain....

legend99 · 09-03-2021 6:23pm

PARlance wrote: »

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

Does anyone know, in exactly, the same context, how to get Newstalk streaming as it always plays back some American station for me!?

Ush1 · 09-03-2021 6:31pm

https://www.reddit.com/r/googlehome/comments/m15ttl/next_google_nest_hub_rumored_to_release_march/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share

Looks like next gen incoming but not a huge upgrade anyway.

rustledjimmies · 09-03-2021 6:31pm

Play Newstalk FM.

John2002 · 09-03-2021 7:11pm

legend99 wrote: »

Does anyone know, in exactly, the same context, how to get Newstalk streaming as it always plays back some American station for me!?

I have the same issue with Alexa, got around it by saying "play Newstalk from Tunein".

killbillvol2 · 09-03-2021 8:24pm

John2002 wrote: »

I have the same issue with Alexa, got around it by saying "play Newstalk from Tunein".

That's interesting because the common denominator here is TuneIn which is the source of most of these issues.

Sheep Shagger · 09-03-2021 8:28pm

killbillvol2 wrote: »

That's interesting because the common denominator here is TuneIn which is the source of most of these issues.

Yeah have to say when I ask Google to play heart, capital or smooth UK as its coming from global player....no issues.

legend99 · 09-03-2021 11:15pm

killbillvol2 wrote: »

That's interesting because the common denominator here is TuneIn which is the source of most of these issues.

I suppose to be fair many of the names aren't unique. But you would think the algorithm would default to playing the nearest one to you. Instead when I ask for Newstalk I get Newstalk KZRG - https://newstalkkzrg.com/

So in one sense it is streaming Newstalk. But not the Newstalk that I want. So i guess he question is how to differentiate stations with the same name....

Anyway. To return the bargain. I also hung on to buy. And seeing same out of stock. The price is still coming up at 59.99 so maybe there is hope.....

Sheep Shagger · 10-03-2021 12:04am

Are you guys still getting a weird US ad before an Irish ad before the radio station comes on from tunein?

killbillvol2 · 10-03-2021 12:41am

Sheep Shagger wrote: »

Are you guys still getting a weird US ad before an Irish ad before the radio station comes on from tunein?

About one time in ten. I got a German ad the other day.

rustledjimmies · 10-03-2021 12:31pm

Time to mark this one as expired - it's back in stock at full price.

EDIT: and now back out of stock even at full price.

54and56 · 10-03-2021 3:07pm

dingding wrote: »

As well as the nest cameras, it works very well with the nest doorbell.

When the doorbell is pressed, it displays the camera and some options on the touch screen.

Some of the reviews I looked at (surprisingly) said it didn't perform this function very well as in sometimes the doorbell alert didn't pop on the Hub or was significantly delayed and even more bizarrely the option to talk to the person at the door, which available though the Nest app on phones etc, is not available on the Hub.

Are either of the above true or have more recent software updates fixed these issues?

Also, this is a more general query on the Nest Hub, is it possible to load apps onto it like a tablet, particularly an IPTV app or are you limited to the pre-installed apps which I assume are the Google family of apps such as YouTube, Keep Notes etc?

Sappy404 · 10-03-2021 5:36pm

Fingers Mcginty wrote: »

How do you set up routines ? Can't find it in the Google home app

If you change your language to English (UK) you should get routines in the Google Home app.

Fingers Mcginty · 10-03-2021 5:58pm

Sappy404 wrote: »

If you change your language to English (UK) you should get routines in the Google Home app.

I have it set as English UK already

Barr · 10-03-2021 6:24pm

rustledjimmies wrote: »

Time to mark this one as expired - it's back in stock at full price.

EDIT: and now back out of stock even at full price.

Must have been boards.ie that cleaned them out :pac:

93Cab · 10-03-2021 7:24pm

Is there much difference between the mini speakers 1 and 2? I see My Memory.ie have two of the Mark 1 refurbished for €30!

Sheep Shagger · 10-03-2021 8:09pm

rustledjimmies wrote: »

Time to mark this one as expired - it's back in stock at full price.

EDIT: and now back out of stock even at full price.

UK still had stock at the special price yesterday. Bastards:(

Black_Knight · 10-03-2021 11:23pm

93Cab wrote: »

Is there much difference between the mini speakers 1 and 2? I see My Memory.ie have two of the Mark 1 refurbished for €30!

The Google home mini sound isn't as good as the nest mini. If that's the comparison you're asking about. The nest mini has a fuller sound.
Nest mini also has a notch on the back so you can hang it on a screw in the wall.

Fyi, the Google home mini is long discontinued, though perhaps you're talking about versions of the latest nest mini, which I'm unaware of

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

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