Understand the instructions on how to disable ultrasound sensing on Google Nest Hub will bring you to another stage of convenience. It helps you a lot to support daily interactions with your Nest display.
When you enable Ultrasound sensing in this display, the device will automatically activate touch control once you get close to this smart display. Whether you are near or far, it helps you to support easier control at a glance.
How it Works
Ultrasound sensing works for your Google Nest device’s speakers and mics to detect whether or not a person is coming close to the device. Your Google Nest’ speaker can emit soft ultrasonic pulses that can reflect off the closer objects in the room. Also, the mic can detect the reflections.
Here are few of the features when you enable the Ultrasound sensing:
- View notifications easily – If you have personal results on your Nest Hub display, the Ultra Sensing will show any pending notifications on the ambient display if you are coming closer.
- Get better control of your timers – Set a timer and when the display detects that you are coming closer, it will show the touch controls to help you control the timer easily.
- Get updated daily weather – Anytime you ask the display for the weather, it will provide you the detailed weather, including the hourly forecast when you are near your Nest.
When you enable ultrasound sensing on your Nest, it can be the main problem of popping noise while streaming music. This case is very popular that Google has yet to fix.
Disable Ultrasound Sensing on Google Nest Hub
It is important to know that the setting is active by default, but you can disable this feature and turn it back on as you want. When you enable this feature, your Nest will detect that you are coming closer if you’re within a 1.2m of your Nest.
To enable or disable Ultrasound sensing on Google Nest Hub, here are the following tutorial:
- Launch the Google Home app
- Touch and then hold your Nest’s tile
- Choose Settings (the gear icon at the top right corner) and select Recognition & Sharing
- Disable the Ultrasound sensing
Please also note that Ultrasound sensing will also turn off when the mic on your Nest is off (mute).
Conclusion
All Google Nest display has an ultrasonic transducer. It helps determine a person is coming closer to the device by emitting an inaudible ultrasonic pulse. One of the advantages of ultrasonic detection is that your Nest’s touch control can appear automatically when you are getting closer to your display. Use this tutorial when you want to enable or disable Ultrasound sensing on Google Nest Hub.
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