With quick access to recipes and measurement conversions at your disposal, Google’s Nest Hub has found a home in the kitchen for most users. Now for those times when you’re stuck cleaning up after a big meal, Google is introducing Netflix support, turning your screen-enabled smart centers into the perfect kitchen TV.
Available today for Google Nest Hub and larger Nest Hub Max, users will be able to log in with their Netflix accounts (you already need to be a paid subscriber) and stream shows and movies. As with the other video apps already available on Nest Hubs like YouTube, Hulu, and Sling TV, Netflix can be opened with voice commands and navigated with the touchscreen, or a specific program can be played right away simply by asking for it. Name.
Basic hands-free gestures are also being implemented at launch, though they currently appear to be limited to pausing playback by looking at the Nest Hub camera and raising your hand, and resuming playback by lowering it again. It is unknown why the world’s most popular video streaming service came so late to the Nest Hub, not that the company hasn’t been delivering videos to small-screen devices like smartphones and tablets, but to those of us who grew up with For the guilty pleasure of watching morning cartoons over breakfast, Nest Hub devices are now the perfect alternative to awkward meal conversations.
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