Google Nest Hub (2nd Gen) Vs. Google Nest Hub: Should You Upgrade?

Meh, if you're looking for great sounding audio and you've already bought into the Google Nest ecosystem (or decided you want to), the Nest Audio is the no-brainer choice for you.  Some people won't care a lick about sleep tracking and if that's you, you have no more reason to buy the updated Nest Hub today than you had to buy the first-gen Hub before.

Nearly half a million Palestinian refugees live in mostly overcrowded, impoverished conditions, in 12 camps in Lebanon. They are descendants of families who fled or were forced to flee during fighting which created the state of Israel in 1948.
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The Maharashtra Forest Department has recently been investigating the surprise seizure of the marine molluscs, which have a hard, protective outer case, and are found scattered across sea shores in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa and Karnataka.





SAO PAULO, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Pork products sold at retailers in Brazil contain antibiotic-resistant bacteria, according to a study funded by animal rights group World Animal Protection (WAP), providing potential evidence of overuse of the medicines in food livestock.

The documentary premiered at the El-Gouna film festival in Egypt in 2017 and created a stir that helped Shaar's NGO, the Women's Program Association (WPA), to raise funds to build a pre-school that will create jobs and educate about 100 children.

Echoing that view, the documentary's director Thomas Morgan said the project had helped to change how Shaar and the other women viewed themselves, "like they were contributors for the first time, (that) they were able to do something".

Siobhan McLaughlin, 46, was refused the benefit after her partner John Adams died from cancer in January 2014 because the couple, who had four children and were together for 23 years, were not married or in a civil pa

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With the new Nest Hub, Google didn't try to fix anything that wasn't broken and the end result is a device that's better in several respects than its predecessor without any discernible trade-offs. Sure, the bezel is still dummy thicc, but it's the only part of the Nest Hub you can really say that about -- besides, of course, the 50% (according to Google) louder bass response, which is definitely more Meghan Trainor than Twiggy this time around.

(You could, perhaps, give the old one away, but can you ever really have too many smart displays? Current Nest Hub owners would do well to ask whether they should upgrade, but such a question isn't an either-or proposition. Your kitchen and bathroom think otherwise.) You can add a Google Nest Hub without subtracting one, after all.





Shaar, who escorted Sarandon around the camp, said she also had plans now to establish a small restaurant which could serve as "a safe place for women to come and relax mentally and physically, to come to eat, drink and express themselves more".



"Beyond treating disease, the antibiotics are commonly used to avoid illnesses caused by the handling of the animals and the high levels of stress caused by the extreme conditions in which they are confined," WAP said.

"It just goes to show you that when people pull together, you know, things get bigger and bigger and bigger - and especially the school, how fabulous to have that happen," said Sarandon as she sang English nursery rhymes with the kids.



And that gorgeous Ambient EQ-powered screen is surrounded by a bezel that could make a first-gen iPad blush. That's not to say the Nest Hub excelled in every category. And of course, consumers who need a camera for video calls are left in the lurch (although the more privacy-minded crowd will be more than happy to have one less security concern). The speakers produce sound that, while audible, is more than a little anemic.





Of course the new Nest Hub bests the old one -- it does more and performs better, all without sacrificing any of the elements that made the first-gen smart display our favorite overall. Final verdict: The new Nest Hub wins You weren't expecting a device now entering middle age (by smart home standards, at least) to oust the latest and greatest, were you?







Just as important -- Google seemed to win at smart home controls with its first jab. Even now, three years later and after several hardware improvements (and even more software updates), trying to turn on smart lights or adjust your thermostat with an Amazon Echo Show (there are now three) still feels clunky and outdated compared to the smooth, seamless scrolling and delightful animations offered by the comparable Google controls.

Shaar's project "Soufra" - which means a table laden with food - drew the attention of Hollywood actress and social activist Susan Sarandon, whose documentary - also called "Soufra" - was screened for the first time this week in Beirut.

There's also still no camera, a choice we think is commendable.  But the TL;DR comes down to this: The new Google Nest Hub tracks your sleep more or less as accurately as a wearable (each tracks some metrics better, others worse), but without needing to be charged or, for that matter, worn at all, which could be a game-changer in the relatively untapped field of sleep tracking.