Google Nest Hub Max Vs Amazon Echo Show
Brandi Baylon
I am having trouble setting up my nest wired doorbell to the echo show 15- to alert me when someone is at the door. I get this error saying live view is not supported on this device and cannot enter the setting to adjust motion announcements.
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You will find that Google and Amazon continue to leapfrog each other with features and capabilities. If you decide to return your devices and switch every time you find something the other does better, get ready for your devices to spend more time in transit than actually installed and working.
At our house, we have one Google home but we all prefer the echo. Right now it does much more in terms of home automation and the far Field voice recognition is better from across the room. And we use a lot of the features that are not yet available on Google. but both are good systems.
So the Ring response is slow but I love the Whole House Audio, Drop In, Announce, Alexa Routines, Room Awareness, Voice Recognition, Echo Sub and Stereo Pairing and many other features that have been added over the years.
The way Google has been handling the shut down of the Works With Nest program has also made me wary of Google/Nest integrations with 3rd parties. Seems like Google keeps reducing features and killing integrations while Amazon keeps adding them. I made the mistake of moving my Nest account to a Google account, and lost most of the control/functionality I once had over my Nest thermostat, essentially turning my once smart device into something barely more functional for me than a cheap $20 programmable thermostat.
If smartthings DID integrate with nest, i could have fun stuff happen like facial recognition triggering the smart lock to open. But thats is a moot point because ring does not have that feature, only nest does.