Nest Hub Max offers on-device camera sensing features that help you personalise and control your experience based on what the camera detects, such as Face Match (which helps your device recognise you) and Quick Gestures (which helps you control your device). These features can be enabled or disabled at any time via the camera sensing setting.
What are camera sensing features?
Camera sensing features allow the camera of your Nest Hub Max to sense what's happening in your home's environment by instantaneously analysing images from the device's camera, without sending those images to Google. If you turn the camera sensing setting on, your Nest Hub Max can be more helpful. For example, you can then choose to turn on Face Match to personalise your experience with your device or use Quick Gestures to easily stop and resume media. Today, the camera sensing setting only applies to the Face Match, Quick Gestures and Look and Talk features, but we aim to add more camera sensing features over time. Any future camera sensing features will also require the camera sensing setting to be turned on.
What are the benefits of camera sensing?
- On-device processing: Camera sensing happens locally on your Nest Hub Max. Once enabled, camera sensing features don't send your video footage to Google, but instead your video is processed on the device. Learn more in our commitment to privacy in the home.
- Easy control: Camera sensing gives you more control. If you prefer not to have features like Quick Gestures or Face Match that locally analyse images enabled on your Nest Hub Max, simply select 'Not now' during Nest Hub Max setup or disable it at any time in Settings.
How do I enable or disable camera sensing?
During setup of your Nest Hub Max, you are prompted as to whether you want to enable camera sensing features. If you decide not to enable camera sensing during setup, you can always do so later through the device settings:
Camera sensing and Duo calls
Camera sensing doesn't affect auto-framing during Duo video calls, where the camera pans and zooms to keep you in view. That feature can be managed directly in a Duo call.
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