But for now you'll need both apps, which adds some complexity to what's otherwise a very simple system. Some-but not all-of these functions can also be done in the Google Home app, and eventually the Google Home app will handle everything.
This app will help you find the best location for your Point, set up and test the speaker, and test your network speeds-both between the router and the Point, and the speed of your actual home connection. To access some more advanced features, you'll need to use a different app called Google WiFi (unlike the router it controls, it has not yet been rebranded to Nest). Once you have the Nest WiFi set up with the Google Home app, things can get a little confusing. The $149 satellite device, called a Point, not only extends the Wi-Fi coverage in your home but also doubles as the equivalent to a Nest Mini, with a built-in voice-activated speaker. And, in line with the trend, Google Assistant is embedded into its mesh extension unit. Google's new Nest WiFi-an updated and renamed version of its previous home networking product-looks good, or at least innocuous enough that it can live on a bookshelf or counter rather than hidden away. These devices often perform other functions too, like play music or display the time. This dilemma has given rise to the era of the "beautiful router," smartly designed networking devices to provide your smartly designed home with powerful Wi-Fi. In order to spread signal far and wide, a router needs to be placed out in the open, not in an enclosed space. Since these devices are supposed to cover your house in a warm, cozy blanket of Wi-Fi signal, that ugliness is a problem. They're made of cheap black plastic, festooned with antennae that look like legs on some creepy spider, and fill you with the urge to tuck them away in the closet. Personal devices that roam from a bridge back to your network may temporarily lose Wi-Fi connection.Routers are usually big ugly things.If your personal device does appear, it may show incorrect information.
Nest Wifi and Google Wifi are compatible with most “universal” range extenders, repeaters, travel routers, and devices that support:.But here are some helpful things to know: Compatibility depends on the device and how it tries to extend your network. Wireless bridges and mesh devices which are used to extend the range of an existing Wi-Fi network may not work with Nest Wifi or Google Wifi.
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