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Did You Know Google’s Nest Has A Microphone?

Roxanne Wilder February 21st, 2019

Do you have Google Nest? Did you know that it included a microphone?

Google came out with some recent news, explaining the company “forget” to let consumers know that the Nest Secure home alarm system has a microphone.

The Nest Secure home alarm system came out in fall 2017. Google released the following statement: “The on-device microphone was never intended to be a secret and should have been listed in the tech specs.”

According to Google, the microphone hasn’t been active since the launch.

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