Google is upgrading its Nest Audio smart speakers to run on the company’s Fuchsia operating system.
Over the past few years, Google has steadily transitioned its Nest Hub smart displays from “Cast OS” to its proprietary Fuchsia operating system. original Nest-Hub He is the first to be immersed in 2021, and Nest Hubmax He made a similar move earlier this year. In all likelihood, the Nest Hub 2nd Gen should also receive a fuchsia update soon.
Back in October, we exclusively reported on how smart Google’s speakers are The next step for FuchsiaWith signs of several new Nest speakers On the way to improvement. Then, we got hints that in addition to supporting the latest Nest devices, Google will upgrade some of its existing speakers to Fuchsia.
Now this week we can confirm that Google’s Fuchsia team is working on Nest Audio speaker support. Internally, Google refers to Nest Audio as “Prince”, following a long tradition of naming Google Home/Nest speakers after famous musicians. In the new fuchsia Code changesA Google employee mentioned testing the change in “Prince”.
Nest Audio, the current flagship of Google’s lineup of smart speakers, offers rich, engaging sound and the range’s signature fabric shell, designed to blend in with home decor. We were looking for it.”Choose GoldilocksIt delivers much better sound than the Nest Mini, without increasing the price of the Google Home Max.
With previous device upgrades to Fuchsia, Google aimed to ensure a smooth transition so that most people wouldn’t even notice a change. Can they achieve this goal? output outside of it discussionBut for the majority of device owners, the upgrade went smoothly.
Google’s speakers don’t have a screen and the only visual element is the LED light under the fabric, which is unlikely you’d notice if Nest Audio switched to fuchsia playback one day. If all goes well, everything should work as before, accepting voice commands, throwing in apps, and more.
With Google’s renewed efforts to update smart speakers that have only been active since July, we’ll likely have to wait at least a year for Nest Audio to get the full Fuchsia update. However, it is exciting to see how these projects are progressing.
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