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A mystery Google gadget with 60GHz Soli radar just crossed the FCC
It’s not one you’d wear or hold.
According to filings at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Google now has a mystery “wireless device” that features the short-range 60GHz radar tech — as well as 802.11n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and a “base plate” of some kind. An update to Google’s 2021 Nest Hub, which added Soli radar for sleep tracking, seems less likely — a smart home hub would certainly have a low-power radio tech like Thread or Zigbee to control other smart home gadgets, and there’s no mention of either here. But no, Google claims this device will normally be at least 20cm away from a person and didn’t conduct radiation testing for that reason:
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