
One way to check whether your Nest Hub has been updated to Fuchsia is directly on the Nest Hub. To that end, there’s no fanfare to the update, nor is there any blatantly obvious parts of the UI that say “you’re running Fuchsia OS.” Instead, you’ll need to look a bit closer in a few key areas to know for sure whether you’re on Fuchsia or Cast OS. How to check if your Nest Hub is running Fuchsiaįor all intents and purposes, Google seems to want this particular update, taking the Nest Hub off of its previous Cast OS and putting it onto Fuchsia, to be effectively invisible. Simply check back, using the guide below, every few days or weeks to see if things have changed. Google is not yet releasing the Fuchsia update widely, even to those in the Preview Program. Tap the gear in the top-right corner, then “Device information,” and finally “Preview Program.” On this page, you can check whether or not you’ve enrolled for preview updates, and enroll if you haven’t already. To do so, open Google Home, and navigate to your Nest Hub. Second, you need to be enrolled in the Preview Program via the Google Home app. First, you need a 2018 Google Nest Hub - originally sold as the “Google Home Hub” - not the second-generation device released earlier this year with built-in sleep tracking. To get your hands on Fuchsia OS today, there are currently three requirements. The company is being very cautious with this update, as switching operating systems on a retail device is no small task. How to get the Fuchsia OS updateįor now, Google is only rolling out this update to a limited number of Nest Hub devices, starting with a select few in the Preview Program.

Here are a few different ways to know whether or not your Google Nest Hub has been updated to Fuchsia OS.

Last month, Google officially released their from-scratch operating system, Fuchsia, starting with select first-generation Nest Hubs.
