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Tech giant Google is ramping up its focus on health and wellness by adding sleep tracking to its Nest Hub smart home device. The company announced Tuesday that its second-generation Nest Hub includes a sleep sensing feature that uses radar-based sleep tracking in addition to an algorithm for cough and snore detection. It marks Google’s first foray into the health and wellness space with its smart display products. “One thing we learned with the original Nest Hub is that the bedroom was… Source link

Nest Hub 2 with Sleep Sensing Google Google on Tuesday unveiled the second-generation Nest Hub, a smart display and speaker that can track your sleep using a built-in radar sensor. It launches on March 30 for $99 but customers can order it beginning Tuesday. This is the latest way Google is trying to make its smart home hub stand out from similar devices sold by Amazon and Facebook, and it’s the first to offer sleep tracking. The second-generation Nest Hub looks similar to the first model, which… Source link

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Chances are, if you don’t own a smartwatch, you probably rely on your phone to monitor your sleeping habits. While there’s no shortage of apps that claim to do the job, not all of them are up to the task. And Android, in particular, has been caught lagging in the snooze-tracking department. Thankfully, Google is looking to change that by making its low-power Sleep API publicly available, according to Droid Life. That means developers can now (theoretically) use the toolkit to upgrade existing… Source link

Katie Adams – Friday, January 8th, 2021 Print  | Email Google and Amazon are reportedly furthering their entrance into the health products market by working on projects using radar technology to help monitor users’ sleep. Google is working on a new version of its Nest Hub that will feature sleep monitoring, sources familiar with the project told 9to5Google Jan. 7. They said the sleep tracking feature will be powered by the tech giant’s Soli radar technology, which… Source link

TipRanks 3 Big Dividend Stocks Yielding at Least 8%; Wells Fargo Says ‘Buy’ With the Georgia election behind us, and the Trump Administration on the way out, the near- to mid-term political landscape is growing clearer: The Biden Administration will be able to cater to its progressive base, now that it rests on majorities – however thin – in both Houses of Congress. Predictability is good for the markets, and we’re likely to have that, at least until 2022. Which makes this the time… Source link

Google has announced an update to its Fit mobile apps that will introduce a new centralized home screen of health-related information and more sleep tracking data. The updates, for both the Android and iOS versions of Google Fit, will start rolling out this week. Google is also adding new tiles to its Wear OS smartwatch app for workouts, weather, and breathing exercises. The new features are very much in line with the most recent Google Fit redesign launched last year. But the new home… Source link