Your smart speaker will soon be able to talk over your shouting kids
(Android Central)

Google is bringing a new feature called Ambient IQ to the Nest family of speakers. What you need to know Nest speakers will automatically adjust the volume and EQ of things like podcasts and audiobooks based on the room noise. All of the adjustments will be made on the device without the need to send any info to the cloud. The Ambient IQ feature will be rolling out to Nest Mini, Nest Wifi, Nest Hub, and Nest Hub Max starting today. If you`ve ever been at home listening to your favorite podcast and had to constantly adjust the volume because the kids keep coming in and out of the room making all sorts of noise - then you feel my pain. Thankfully so has Google, and they are introducing Ambient IQ to the Nest family of speakers to help solve this problem. In a post on the support page for the Google Nest, Google explains how Ambient IQ will change not just the volume but also the EQ of spoken media based on the sound in the room. Much like how Ambient EQ automatically adjusts th...