it's August and while we're only a few months away from the typically big
hardware event that Google hosts in the fall that doesn't mean that there aren't
new Google assistant features to go over today so in this video I'm going to go
over some new features for the Google Assistant including a change to how you
control smart lights with the Google assistant new features for Google Nest
smart displays and new details about the Google Pixel 4 which will likely be the
first mobile device that has the Google assistant running on it natively let's
dive in first let's talk controlling your smart lights with the Google
Assistant now for years you've been able to control smart lights with the Google
assistant you tell Google to turn off the lights and it'll typically reply
with something like okay turning off for lights
well now that has changed Google is rolling out a new chime that will
replace the verbal response from the assistant when turning on or off the
lights in the room that you're currently in which is very similar to how it has
worked with Alexa for over the past six months here's an example Google turn off
the lights
Google turn on the lights this change not only works for smart light bulbs but
also smart switches and smart plugs so for example if you have a floor lamp
plugged into a smart switch but in the Google home app you have named that
smart switch floor lamp Google is going to treat it as a light within its system
the chime will also work when you ask Google to increase or decrease the
brightness of the lights as well next up let's talk about the nest hub max this
is the latest smart speaker coming from Google and it has been confirmed that
this device will be released on September 9th of this year
now we'll make sure we're one of the first people to get our hands on this
device so we can do a first impressions video as well as a Q&A video for you all
as soon as the device comes out code in an upcoming version of the
Google Assistant as reported by nine to five Google has given more detail into a
feature that will be reserved for smart displays like the nest hub max reactive
UI will be a feature that makes controlling your google assistant smart
displays easier because when you walk up to the device it'll show you touch
controls the Nest Hub Max takes this concept one step further by using a
feature called face match which will recognize the person walking up to the
nest hub max using facial recognition and show that person information
specific to them like their calendar and reminders next up code found in one of
the latest releases for the Google home iOS app has led to speculation that
Google is about to launch a new volume feature for Google assistant devices
that allows users to set a separate volume for media and the assistant
itself now we don't know much more about this feature but I think it's a really
smart move and I hope giggle brings this feature out soon I can't count the
number of times I've had to turn up media volume because of a soft music
track and then forget to add something to my shopping list yell at Google and
it feels like it's yelling back at me because the volume is way too loud so
I've been a separate media and assistant volume is definitely a welcome feature
and I hope they release that soon lastly let's talk about the pixel for the pixel
for rumored to be released this October has already been confirmed by Google
earlier this year this will be the first phone to likely
debut the Google assistant running natively on a mobile device which was
demoed at this year's i/o and will likely be a huge deal
Google's strategy of embracing leaked culture has also been quite a big deal
especially when you compare it to Apple's strategy of staying tight-lipped
about any unreleased products Google again this week talked about the
upcoming pixel for by releasing a video of the pixel fours new face unlock and
motion control capabilities the motion control capabilities are using a new
technology Google pioneered in it's project Sully that allows users to
pause and play media and do different actions by waving their hand in front of
their phone and not having to touch the phone screen at all we don't yet know if
these two technologies will be used in conjunction with the Google assistant on
the pixel 4 but if the nest hub max has anything to go by I would think that
Google will use these two new technologies in some way with the Google
assistant on the pixel 4 well that's all the updates for today if you like this
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Later I'm Josh Teder, thanks for watching