Category: nest
Mount Sinai deploys Google Nest cameras for COVID-19 patient monitoring and communication
The ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic has sparked a lot of activity around remote care, but a new project by Mount Sinai hospital, working in collaboration with Google’s Nest, shows how even on-premise care can be made safer using remote technologies. Clinicians at Mount Sinai have begun using Google Nest Cameras…
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Google slowly starts requiring two-factor authentication for Nest users
Earlier this year, Google revealed that all Nest accounts will require extra sign-in security starting this spring. For those who haven’t enabled phone—based two factor authentication or have migrated to a Google account yet, that means having to ver… Source
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Tech for good during COVID-19: Sky-high gifts, extra help, and chips
When Roger Lee, the co-founder of Human Interest, heard that San Francisco imposed shelter-in-place orders, he started blogging about layoff news and posting crowdsourced lists of employees who were laid off. His goal was to increase awareness about layoffs and give recruiters a place to search for candidates. However, one…
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Nest Cams are resetting to default video quality to save bandwidth
Google is temporarily lowering the default recording quality of its Nest cameras, the company told its users in an email. According to TechCrunch, the tech giant told users that it’s changing the default setting to “conserve internet resources” now t… Source
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Google is lowering Nest camera quality “to conserve internet resources”
If you’re looking at footage from your Nest Cam and the quality seems a bit lower than normal: it’s not your eyes. In an email to users, Google says it is temporarily lowering the video quality of Nest Cams in an effort to limit how much bandwidth each camera uses…
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Google Nest begins testing HVAC alerts, partners with Handy for booking service calls
Google’s Nest is testing a new feature that will alert you to potential HVAC issues and even help you book an HVAC professional to fix it, thanks to a partnership with Handy. The company says the HVAC alerts are only available in select cities during the testing period. If you’re…
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