along withNEST MiniIt will enter the Taiwanese market before the end of the year, which means that NEST will have deeper development connections in the Taiwanese market in the future.
In fact, the NEST team has been stationed in Taiwan for a long time, but because it was previously affiliated with Google's parent company Alphabet and operated as an independent subsidiary, and because related products and services were not sold in Taiwan, its voice in Taiwan is relatively small.
However, with the NEST team being incorporated into Google's hardware department, and the Made by Google press conference confirming that the new NEST Mini will be available in Taiwan by the end of the year, NEST will have a broader development model in the Taiwanese market in the future.
Expected to promote greater IoT and Google Assistant applications in Taiwan
Although only the streamlined NEST Mini model was initially introduced, it at least opened the door for Google's smart speakers to be sold in the Taiwanese market. With the arrival of the Traditional Chinese-supported Google Assistant in Taiwan, it is expected that the Google Assistant integrated into the NEST Mini will enable users to interact with it in a more intuitive way through voice control.
But from the same will be sold in TaiwanPixel 4CarriedGoogle Assistant, the actual operating functions will be significantly different from the US version. It is expected that the Google Assistant version equipped with NEST Mini sold in the Taiwan market will also have some differences. This is not only because of the different supported languages, but also because there are differences in local services and usage needs. As a result, the actual usage experience of Google Assistant promoted in various regions may not be the same.
According to Ben Brown, Google Nest's product technology director, the current rollout of products and services in various regions will be adjusted based on actual demand. For example, the NEST Aware service, which was announced as a monthly subscription rental service in the United States, is not planned to be available in Taiwan. This is mainly due to factors such as market demand, local regulations, and subsequent product services in different regions.
However, when it comes to user privacy and security protection, Google always allows users to decide how their private information is used, and they can also delete the original recorded content with simple operations.
The confirmation that NEST Mini will enter the Taiwanese market also means that there will be more local application services in the future, such as more Traditional Chinese localized Google Assistant functions, more local service integration, and even support for more IoT application products sold locally. This will not only depend on Google's promotion of the "Works with Google Assistant" application, but also on how the NEST team will cooperate with more manufacturers in Taiwan in the future to allow more hardware and services to be used in conjunction with NEST products.
For example, Xiaomi has already promoted a number of Mijia connected devices in Taiwan. Xiaomi also emphasizes that it currently has the world's largest IoT market ecosystem. Whether it will be possible to further connect Google Assistant, NEST products, and Mijia products in the future, or even further connect IoT devices that support Apple HomeKit specifications, or continue to introduce more NEST products and services, will depend on the NEST team's future efforts.
