RIP Smart Home Hubs
It seems like products like the Google Nest Hub don’t really know what they want to be anymore. Are they enhanced digital photo frames? Are they digital hands-free cookbooks? Are they remote controls for all your smart home devices? It’s an issue Google is trying to address with its new versatile and dockable Pixel Tablet, but Apple may have already beaten them to the punch with the StandBy feature coming to iOS 17. When your iPhone is turned sideways while charging, it turns into a device very similar to the Google Nest Hub, with everything from easy-access weather reports to photo slideshows to interactive widgets.
