Not only can your Nest Hub find recipes, it can also convert measurements when you want to make more or less of the dish.
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Google Home ($100 at Best Buy) plays your favorite music, reminds you not to burn your casseroles and even turns your lights off before bed, but did you know it can also crunch numbers? Yep, Google Home’s onboard AI, Google Assistant, is an expert mathematician. I use it practically every day to make complex conversions and calculate problems I could never do in my head, and so will you once you learn how.
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Google Assistant’s super math skills do more than just make Google Home an entertaining party guest (although it’s that, too). I routinely ask my Google Home to solve math equations when I’m cooking, shopping or just goofing around. And once you realize how quickly and easily Google Home can do hands-free calculations and conversions, you’ll find yourself relying on it much more than your phone’s touchscreen calculator.
Google Home can answer questions about dates faster than you can find a calendar.
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Counting down the days, weeks and months
Off the cuff, do you know which day of the week rent is due next month? Or if your birthday falls on a weekend this year? How many days until New Years Eve? Calendars are hard to keep track of in your head. But not for Google Assistant.
Here are some questions you can ask Google Home (after starting with “Hey,