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Gizmodo
21-07-2025
- Gizmodo
Google Nest WiFi Points and Router Bundle Hits All-Time Low, and It Wasn't Even on Prime Day Deal
If you're still using just a single router in your home, you might be succumbing yourself to spotty internet. There's nothing more frustrating than when tech doesn't work properly so let's avoid it like the plague—no more webpages getting hung up while trying to load. Google Nest Wi-Fi is a system set up with Wi-Fi extending nodes and right now you can score a three–pack for just $124—a 22% discount ahead of new semester, down from $160. See at Amazon The pack comes with one Google Nest Wi-Fi router and two extension points. Together, all three units can can cover and area of up to 5,400 feet and can handle connections a ton of devices at once. So you can have a smart TV in every room, a few Amazon Echos or Google Assistants, a smart fridge, smart light bulbs in every fixture, a robot vacuum, game consoles, and more all connected and run into no issues providing Wi-Fi and internet access to them all. The Nest Wi-Fi system is scalable, allowing you to turn it into a mesh network by adding additional routers to your home. Each work together to blanket your home in strong, reliable internet, with each node adding another 1,600 feet. That means you can eliminate issues in those weird corners of your home that struggle to maintain a good connection to your existing router now. Nothing worse that the Wi-Fi crapping the bed on your while you're either in bed scrolling or crapping on the toilet. Turning your home into a mesh network will help prevent sitting there, trapped, and waiting for that TikTok your friend sent your to buffer. Never again. Each point even has a built-in smart speaker with Google Assistant, so you can play music or manage your Wi-Fi network with just your voice. The system works intelligently behind the scenes, shifting which node you're connected to seamlessly. This means you can take a video call on your laptop and walk with it from your bedroom, to your living room, to the basement and not notice a shift in internet connection or stability. Setup is easy and you can even decide to prioritize certain devices for faster speeds. Great for if you're downloading a huge game file on an Xbox or PlayStation or playing an online multiplayer game. The three-pack of the Google Nest Wi-Fi router with two Wi-Fi extension points is normally listed at $160. However, that has been cut down hard, now with a 22% discount. That means you're only paying $124 for the bundle. See at Amazon
Yahoo
08-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Gear Up with Home Tech Hacks for an Amazing Super Bowl Party
Super Bowl get-togethers bring out the best food, friends and big screen action -- so you already have a lot happening. But a few quick smart home changes can turn a field goal into a TD in record time. These tips work even if you only have a smart device or two, like a smart speaker or a front door lock. Check out the simple steps below to easily take your party to the next level. Read more: Super Bowl 2025: How to Watch the Kendrick Lamar and SZA Halftime Show Modern LED smart lighting often includes color options and even smart color matching to shift indoor bulbs to specific hues. For brands like Govee or Philips Hue, setting game day colors can be as easy as bringing up a team flag or logo on your TV screen and pointing your phone app at it. Or you can set background lights to sync with whatever is happening on your main displays for a more dynamic look. Setting lights to your team colors manually is also an option and will take only a couple of minutes for a fan-forward party look. Read more: We Asked the Experts Why Our LED Bulbs Fail Early With conversations and cooking noises, it can be difficult to hear every play happening over on the TV. But if you have a smart speaker nearby, you can usually fix this problem while staying in sync with everyone else. Amazon Echos, for example, can connect to any TV with Bluetooth capabilities and relay the sound no matter where they are in the house. We have a guide on how to set up Echo speakers like this in only a couple of minutes. Similar steps should work with other speakers like Nest Minis, too. A reliable smart lock keeps your door safe and even lets you set temporary access keys for guests. One of our favorite features is auto-locking, which automatically locks a front door after it's been closed for a while, useful when there are a lot of things happening at once. However, since guests often like to come and go, bring in supplies or take a "quick walk," it's a good idea to head into your lock app and bump up the relocking time window to 10 minutes or so. That way no one will find themselves unexpectedly locked out of the house. Between announcers and Super Bowl chatter, speakers and voice assistant apps may start hearing their wake words like "Alexa" or "Hey Siri" by accident. And don't forget, some companies may have Super Bowl ads that include voice assistant examples that may accidentally trigger your own devices. Consider muting your voice assistant mics until game day is over. If you have a home security system, check its arm/disarm settings for the big game day. Make sure all your sensors are disarmed for your party, both inside and outside the house. You don't want anyone accidentally triggering a sensor and setting off an alarm or giving you a cascade of annoying alerts. If friends are bringing a dog over, keep in mind that motion sensors that can ignore small animals like cats will often be triggered by larger animals like dogs. You can also shut down smart alerts to your motion-sensing home cameras for the same reason. To complete your game day plans, check out our delicious buffalo wing cooking hack, the latest big TV deals and what to expect from Super Bowl AI this year.
