Google will let you talk to Assistant on the Nest Hub Max just by looking at the screen
by Jay Peters from The Verge - All Posts on (#5Z4B4)
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The Nest Hub Max's latest updates let you use Google Assistant without having to say Hey Google" ahead of every request.
One of the ways that'll work is with a new feature Google calls Look and Talk." Once it's turned on, you'll be able to look at the Nest Hub Max's display and ask a question, no Hey Google" prompt required. The feature could be a handy way to save some time when you're already looking at a Nest Hub Max's screen - I could see it being a useful way to ask for recipes.
Look and Talk is an opt-in feature, and you'll need to have both Google's Face Match and Voice Match technologies turned on to use it, according to a blog post from Sissie Hsiao, Google's vice president of Assistant. Audio and video from the Look and...