Your current location can be tracked with a simple voice command to Google Nest
If you have a number of Google Assistant-enabled smart home kit, including the likes of Samsung Smart TVs, Nest Mini, Nest Hub, and others in your family home, then the latest feature from Google could prove incredibly helpful. That’s because Google is allowing younger members of the family to ask the Google Assistant to find your current whereabouts.
So, if your child has arrived home from school to find themselves in an empty house, they can now ask the Google Nest Audio to pinpoint your current location. Using data from Google Maps, the chatty AI helper will be able to give them a rough idea of where you’re hiding – and hopefully, reassure them that you’re running a little late and on the way back. The only condition is the person asking for the location needs to be over the age of 13. The new features are powered by Life360, which is a family-focused service designed to help parents or guardians keep tabs on the location of younger family members.
If you’re familiar with Apple gadgets, it brings functionality that’s very similar to the Find My app, which lets iCloud Family members find one another on the map, get notifications when someone has arrived or left a specific spot, and get turn-by-turn directions to their current location with one quick tap. Life360 offers identical features, but crucially, works even if some members of the family use iPhones, while others have Android smartphones and tablets.
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