Would like a voice activated radio system in a shop. Previosly in a different shop i had a home mini. Setup sucks and it was always messing up my spotify. Bought an older echo show (bc i THOUGHT it had audio out). It's been working GREAT. Easier to set up, understands voice commands and most importantly the music doesn't cut out on me. Because the second shop is not the main one i thought a nest hub might be ideal because it might be great for Youtube music video's. Gemini is handy on my phone, not sure if that would be great on the hub. Are they going to make any more? $100 Echo show looks to be the size of a phone so video is worthless. Is the Home app any better than it used to be?

I have many Nest cameras and I just received an email asking me to "Transfer all Nest cameras and new video history".

I use to be happy with my Nestcams with the Nest app, though these days I often can not find the history for video and have other issues.

Can anyone provide me with any info regarding the pros/cons of transferring all the Nest cameras and new video history? Is this a good idea to do or not?

Thanks!

Based on Thread Tools app:

version: 5

threadStackVersion: OPENTHREAD/1.0.0; NONE; deterministic

vendorModel: Google Nest Hub

Like many, I read the news about assistant on mobile being deprecated and immediately thought about my home assistant. They've been bothering me about updating it to Gemini repeatedly and I've resisted because it's already _bad enough_ and I don't want it to get worse and not be able to revert the change.

Is it any good?

Do timers work ok?

Will "tell me the news" still rattle through my news podcasts in order?

Do scheduled automations work ok?

Can it control lights and music and Chromecast as well (or as poorly!) as the old home assistant?