
Google Home Hub joins the fight to put a screen on your countertop
The Google Assistant-powered smart display is real -- here's what we know so far.
{thunk, thunk, thunk}
Unless the early descriptions are missing a big piece, This is not a hub.
Of course, this is not a hub, either.
Hub: A central controller that connects a variety of smart devices in the home such as door locks, cameras, lights and thermostats.
The new Google device, according to the leaked documents, is
listed as an âInteractive Video Streaming Device,â
In other words, first generation echo show. Not second generation echo show. It canât establish a network.
( I know: no one cares but me. )
We all care in our own ways.
was just thinking the same thing
Maybe they are going more for this definitionâŚ
hub noun
- the central part of a wheel, rotating on or with the axle, and from which the spokes radiate.
- the effective center of an activity, region, or network.
I get that for Samsungâs refrigerator, but not for the new google product, which is strictly IOT.
Wow, $150 is an aggressive price. Wonder if Amazon will drop the price of the new Show?
The Google Assistant-powered smart display is real -- here's what we know so far. Google gives Assistant a screen in its new smart home hub
CNET â 9 Oct 18
Google Home Hub joins the fight to put a screen on your countertop
The Verge â 9 Oct 18
The Google Home Hub will put Assistant up against Amazonâs Echo Show
available on October 22nd for $149 in the US, UK, and Australia, with preorders starting today.
This change your mind on the definition of Hub @JDRoberts? Iâm torn on the definition of Hub myself. GE's lighting only needs a Home speaker for voice control.
Engadget
The first Made-for-Google lightbulbs don't require a hub
I need to see the details.
OK, I found more details. Still not a hub.
Pair your CYNC or C by GE products with a Google Home device and enjoy easy set up, voice control, and all other benefits, with no hub needed.
The C by GE bulbs are using a proprietary Bluetooth mesh which is most similar to ZLL: itâs a hubless network. These bulbs work without any hub at all. Google devices are just joining the same network, but they are not establishing the network. Think of it like a hue Bridge.
Warning: super technical network engineering explanation follows. But the short answer is just that itâs a bridge by definition.The longer answer: A bridge (or gateway) converts requests in one protocol to that of another. The hue bridge is a Wi-Fi/ZLL Bridge. The bridge does not, however, âestablishâ the network. That is it does not assign network IDs to other devices that join to it or control which devices join. Instead, because the hue bridge is a ZLL device, there is no establishing coordinator on its network. [IMG_4091] A ZigBee Light Link network has no ZigBee network coordinator, even a bridge device merely acts as a router {repeater} So itâs a bridge per the definition of bridge in the ZLL specification. The end devices donât need the bridge in orderâŚ
The Google device will act as a Wi-Fi/proprietary Bluetooth bridge. But not a hub.
The war for the countertop has begun. Google, Amazon and Facebook all revealed their new smart displays this month. Each hopes to become the center of your Internet of Things-equipped home and a window to your loved ones. The $149 Google Home Hub is...
Facebook wants to put their camera in your home. And itâs always listening. And itâs the first one that can automatically track you as you move around the spaceâŚ
The comments write themselves on that one, I think.
And for those who missed the recent news: Facebook was taking phone numbers and real names harvested from their two factor authentication security system and selling them to advertisers.
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Who would even think of doing that?
I am lost. What perk are you referring to?
I am lost.
Iâm always lost!