Google’s Nest hub has a microphone it forgot to mention
Posted Feb 20, 2019 04:56:24 PM.
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Google says it forgot to mention that it included a microphone in a security product it began selling in 2017, but blames the omission on an error.
When the company’s Nest Secure home alarm system hit the market, its product information didn’t mention a microphone.
As recently as January, the product specs for the system’s Nest Guard hub, which controls home-alarm sensors, still didn’t include any indication of a microphone.
Then, earlier in February, Google noted that its voice assistant feature would be available on the Nest Guard.
Google said in a statement that the microphone wasn’t intended to be a secret and should have been disclosed.
The company said people have to specifically turn on the microphone for it to be listening.
Rachel Lerman, The Associated Press
