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Google is launching a new smart home gadget called the Google Nest Hub Max to let consumers control connected devices in their homes.

The 10-inch HD smart display - launched at the same time as Google's budget smartphone, the Pixel 3a - costs £219.

It allows users to access Google Services including YouTube, as well as keep an eye on their homes while they're away through the Nest Cam on the front of the device.

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Nest Hub Max's voice assistant can connect to what Google states is "thousands of devices from popular brands, letting you turn on the lights, turn on the kettle, and turn down your thermostat" all by talking.

Nest Hub Max is designed to be used by multiple people in the home and personalise the responses it gives to them.

The 10" Nest Hub Max is larger than the existing 7" Nest Hub and comes with an HD touchscreen over the older device's LCD display - as well as a camera.

Using its microphone and camera the smart screen can use voice and facial recognition to detect which member of the family it's talking to it and personalise its responses.

There are increasing concerns about privacy and the collection of biometrics - the unique biological measurements which can be used to identify individuals - by companies such as Google and Facebook.

Google says it will protect this data by encrypting it and storing it locally on the device, rather than uploading the data to its own servers.

Biometrics are intended to provide convenience instead of forcing users to interact with their smart home by using a keyboard or a screen.

Quick gestures towards the Nest Hub Max will let consumers pause and resume any media playing on the screen.

The smart home controller is designed with the screen for a purpose: It will let users do video calls, it will show recipes, it will auto-play through photo galleries if owners want.