View Your Google Photos Albums Like Never Before
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 พ.ค. 2024
- The Lenovo Smart Frame takes your Google Photos and displays them on a beautiful 21.5" display. The frame can be set up from an Android or iOS, has gestures controls, and connect to Google Assistant or Amazon Alexa.
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00:00 Lenovo Smart Frame Intro
01:05 Unboxing
02:44 Installation
04:18 Power Brick & Cable
06:25 Smart Frame App
09:41 Smart Frame Functions
12:25 Smart Frame Settings
16:50 Desktop Mode
19:45 Google Assistant
20:21 Amazon Alexa
21:02 Final Review
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I've been waiting all year to check this out and it was worth the wait! What you prefer to have this dedicated digital frame, or a TV that turns into a digital frame?
@ $300, this is definitely not the preferred choice. Lenovo really overestimated the desire for this haha.
man they did a really shitty job at hiding that ambient light sensor
i am not even a fan of adaptive brightness either , the google home 7" smart display
has a less noticeable sensor
the least they could have done is make the light sensors and the motion sensors not at all visible for that kind of money it should look like a real framed photo with a nice matte not like a cheap Chinese tablet
still waiting on Google to release photos app for android TV
for the money this thing costs i would just put it toward a Samsung frame TV instead
but what i would really like to see is an electronic ink frame of this size ,there have been amazing breakthroughs in color e ink displays as of late ,better to wait for something like that instead , also low power consumption of e ink displays means you could have it run on a battery and have it last for years between charges so you could hang it wherever you want and have to worry about being near a plug
First I like to say thank you very much for your videos they teach me a lot I really like this frame I went to Best buy they had no idea what I was talking about where would I order one from thank you for your time once again I appreciate all you do
great video! wondering what the dimensions are of the actual image display?
As always, great video, Brett!!
Nice review as always.👍🔥
Nice video and i'm really enthusiastic about it ! Can't wait to get it available in Belgium ;)
Watching Brett's videos is like window shopping for me. Just adding this to the list of smart home tech I need to buy :P
Great review,, considering buying one
Thanks alot
Looks great.... Nice review 👌
Hey that looks pretty slick. I'd have to do the in wall wiring though. That cable hanging down would drive me crazy.
It's interesting because cables bother me that can be seen behind the TV, but this really didn't. Maybe we just have a lot of junk in the way that hides it.
Hi Brett, Im curious how much the resolution of a Original picture from your phone or a camera low, when you share it to the frame thru Google Photos. Thanks in advance.
Always a good job 👏👏👏👏👏
Great review as usual Brett! Looks like a quality piece of tech but $300 seems a little steep given it's limited functionality at the time of making this. If they make some more useful channels and make this like quick smart home view and security cameras that would be awesome! On another note my Lenovo smart display got a new update a few weeks back the UI was totally overhauled and it is AMAZING! You should do a software review on that update!
Its pretty cool. Thanks Brett
Thanks Brett! I've been looking at purchasing this and was wondering when in dark mode, if it showed the time in full screen like the Google Nest Hub Max.
Thanks, that was what I am searching for.
This was announced to come out in August. I thought it was cancelled. I’m glad it wasn’t because I’m purchasing one. My niece also wants one. Thanks for the review, Brett.
Thanks for the comprehensive video, I really enjoy watching it. Subscribing your channel now :)
Welcome aboard!
Hi thank you for the great review! I was wondering, is it possible for the frame to read .heic photos? Thank you :-)
Thanks for this review.
I’m keeping my eyes on it. I need some art solutions, been looking at Samsung tv, however it doesn’t fully address my concerns.
Next thing to do right away, hide the sensor much better; look into the power solutions; USB C and HDMI input; more sizes.
This can be a much better product.
Hi Brett ! Great video can you tell me after 9 months how is it working for you and if you would recommend it!
Thanks for sharing the information ..
When you first turned the frame, my heart totally dropped because my brain was still thinking "that's a picture frame and it is tilted too much and it is falling!" LOL Great video as always!
Haha! I did do it pretty aggressive, it is on their pretty firm!
Would you be able to use a TV with a Chromecast to display your photos? If you could, you could control/determine the best size for your "space" and if you already had a spare TV, cheaper.
I love looking at your videos man. I appreciate you going over the tech that I actually have and like as well (Google)
You did make one comment about electrical wires in the wall and you are correct. The only thing is that the electrical that cannot go behind the wall is line voltage (120v) in a plug style. What you have is low voltage, that is okay to go into a wall. I work as an electrician, so that is the only reason I am bringing this up.
Otherwise, this makes me want to strongly consider getting this frame, because we have so many digital pics that I would prefer to show other than just static ones.. Thanks again.
Digital photo frames are obviously common but this mediatek powered smart frame from Lenovo is definitely interesting with wi-fi and Bluetooth connectivity as well.
Nice video Brett
Hi thanks for this! I just got one for good discount using Lenovo rewards points I had saved up. I’m having trouble though. When I go to the select photos channel I don’t see my google albums. Do you know why?
This is truly an amazing and quite fascinating device in my opinion. This mediatek powered gadget is one of the best options for any smart home. The hand gesture feature is my favorite.
Great review! They have this half off for labor day on their site!
FFS just make it wireless and i was sold! 🤣👍🏼
This is way better than those TVs that look like a painting when its off
Do you know when will it be available outside Canada and US?
How long is the power cord? I wanted to mount it high.
I like the Lenovo Smart Frame
Hey Man. Thanks for your video. Does the Frame has internal memory to add some files direct to the frame instead by the App?
No internal memory or SD card slot. Just Google photos plus pre-stored art in the frame OS.
Just FYI-rather than bunch the power cord down by the power brick, the wall mounting hub is designed so excess cord can be wrapped around it hidden behind the frame. Great review!
Totally forgot about that, thanks!
@@TechWithBrettdoes this frame auto turn off when it’s dark at night or have a motion sensor to turn off when no one is in room
Yes it does. You can set a schedule for it as well.
@@TechWithBrett Thanks. Sorry I needed to watch the rest of the video.
@@TechWithBrett actually. Looks like it’s not available anywhere to buy.
Nice video
This is a lot more affordable that other options and I was surprised to know it's powered by Mediatek
nice , sounds great ! do you want NFT frames ?
I think it would be nice to show security camera events on
Yeah and those security cameras give access to the government and hackers to watch everything you do!!!
hi, this frame sounds awesome. Do you know if this device is also useable for EU countries? Is there also a EU plug in the package?
Just get a US to EU plug adapter if they don’t have an EU plug version.
Have they added video functionality yet? I noticed on the screenshots in the App Store it shows the channel screen with the option to add a video channel. I haven’t been able to confirm this anywhere. Or have they added any other interesting features over the month since you did this amazing review? Thanks!
I want to know this too. Meural Canvas II apparently does.
low voltage not an exemption for putting cables behind a wall?
Here is a thought why don't they include a mountable tube ready for painting to hide the wires inside it?
I just got one of these and love the display. I have found you can only have 100 photos in an album and can combine up to 5 albums in one channel, BUT, I can't figure out how to combine 5 albums in one channel... Can you tell me how?
Is it true it shows only the 1st one hundred photos in a google photos album and it will only display from 5 albums at any one time?
thanks
Would it not be neat if it could rotate with vocie control
Does it play video clips?
Thank you for the super detailed review. I am a Google fan. But 21 inch seems too small to justify $300. How is the picture quality does it have matte finish and more realistic like a picture frame or is just like a 21 inch TV on the wall ? Thanks in advance
I am very impressed with the screen quality. It does have a matte finish. I would say it does look better than just a TV but not quite as good as the Nest Hubs ability to adapt the picture to the rooms environment.
Now if it can just have a motor to automatically swivel depending on whether it is landscape or portrait. Or, or, wait a minute, how about a big square frame to accommodate both landscape and portrait or any format even - panoramic, round, videos, etc. And that white mat would also be digital so it automatically changes shape depending on the format. And when the doorbell rings, you can see who it is. I know, asking too much, but, get the idea?
that sounds insanely complicate. I would just buy 2 frames. portrait and landscape. Then have photos upload to which orientation suits best. The other option is to have a zoom fill feature so there are no black bars visible when picture is displayed.
You should use it as a driveway/front door external monitor
Now $199 on the Lenovo website. 50% off...pretty sweeet
Does this have internal storage?
I got this for my wife after watching this review right around Christmas, and its worked great up until about a week ago. Now the app and smart Frame wont connect, its just and endless cycle of trying to log in and connect and then the app telling me there is a registration issue. Wondering if you are you having the same issue with the smart frame as myself a bunch of other smart frame owners? Maybe you can hit up your Lenovo rep and let them know the app is bricking the smart frame for people.
@ $300 this is a solid nope. Can get a cheap tv and a chromecast that will do the same thing, be bigger, and leave room in the budget to mod it to look even better while still not approaching that cost.
That certainly is an option. It would be interesting to see how long this holds up being turned on all the time vs a TV with similar use.
exactly what i did !
I've been waiting for a review of this thing. It's interesting, but mounting that enormous mount on the wall to attach it to isn't going to work for me.
The extra cord can be wrapped around base.
against code to put power through wall? even low voltage?
Where's the video link that you referenced for the in-wall wiring?
Here you go: th-cam.com/video/AFFjQhtDuvY/w-d-xo.html
Can it be a tv?
Looks nice, but a little pricey for me. Maybe Black Friday 2021.
i would like to have a tv digital frame
Hi mate thanks for the video also how it works when room is dark ??? Does it turn off does is dim??? Sleep time???
If sleep mode is off and the room is completely dark, it will dim to it's lowest brightness but still stay on.
@@TechWithBrett cheers for the reply unfortunately it's not available in UK yet how ever 300 is A BIT pricy I love it but I think around 180 200 would be more reasonable.
Also does it only have Google cloud integration? Can you not get it to show photos off of your local network storage etc?
I don't think that is the intention of this device. It only works on a cloud base platform. Warts and all. Ideally a built in storage and a wireless BT connectivity would be a good feature for people who do not like cloud base storage.
Netgear has already released a digital frame JUST like this & has bigger versions. It's called the Meural Canvas 2. Check it out for yourself
I've seen lots of poor reviews of the Meural's software experience. Has it been improved?
SO similar, it appears to be a rebrand of the same product.
If they release a larger version, perhaps cheaper, THEN I would be interested.
Wouldve been great device if 1) had a different power delivery (USB C?), That cable feels like a killer. 2) offered more than google photos (especially since google killed the unlimited photos).
Overall I was looking to purchase the Samsung frame tv to do something like this.
Can I display NFT's on these?
Please what is your company's name and where is situated
Hi Brett... I am in a bit of a trouble. I moved homes and now the smartframe wont connect to the new wifi network. I am reading that pressing the star and the minus sign together resets the frame but it is not doing it. Do you have any suggestions?
Is your new wifi the same name as the old one? That will allow everything to connect again if it is.
If not, I did have this issue once. If you hold down on the star and volume down for 5 seconds it should factory reset and then you can set it up again and connect it to wifi.
@@TechWithBrett - Hi Brett... Thanks for the quick response. The new network has a different name and pressing down the star and volume down key for 5 seconds or longer is doing nothing. The smartframe powers itself down after giving the message network not detected or something like that
it's like a more up to date version of my old sony picture frame ...
Which one. I’d like to check it out. Also looking time that would loop short video clips.
@@capttanhowdyhave to find it .. moved house and it was put away ... :(
If that frame came with built in google assistant I would buy a bunch of them to control my house. That's how I think the Google Nest Hub should be because it's speakers too bulky to properly wall mount
Kind of want to just cut a hole in my wall and put my Lenovo Smart Display in the hole now lol
Let me know how it goes. There is an in-wall mount available for the Nest Hub. th-cam.com/video/2TSPIkkLBUI/w-d-xo.html
@@TechWithBrett I would probably need to find a new home to live in if I did that 🤣
How can we unmount this?
Would be great to stream movies on that, like Netflix and TH-cam!
Can I send a frame like this to my parents’ house and write to it from afar?
Can we use photos from our cell phone, or only from google photos?
It currently is only photos from Google Photos.
Is it touch screen?
Pretty sure you could run the low voltage blue plastic conduit (smurf tube) in the wall and run the wire through that. Then simply use a brush plate at the bottom and have it plug in below. I believe as long as the wire is in conduit it is according to code.
Great video. It annoys me that this requires a Lenovo account when their smart displays work fine without one and I didn't see anything that couldn't be done with a Google account, which is required anyway when linking to Google Photos. Thanks for the video, very informative.
can photos be displayed in random/shuffle order?
I have the same question. Thanks in advance.
Seems not large enough and kinda pricey. Nice video, thank you.
Lots of info on the setup but minimal discussion regarding the actual picture quality of the device. Brightness, viewing angles, color settings, white balance, etc. all of that needs way more detail than the app functions.
Does it have a internal battery?
It does not.
Can it playback video clips?
With a recent update it can now play videos you upload from your phone or have stored in Google Photos.
@@TechWithBrett Thank you!!!
Bring For Amazon Alexa To Lenovo Smart Frame Or Google Assistant
Sucks that it can only sync with Google Photos. Great review though!
They have mentioned they may add more selections in the future.
does it play videos on google photo?
There is sort of a way to have it do this from the Lenovo Frame app.
can it play videos?
There is now an option where you can upload video files from the app and it can play them, it also has a small speaker as well.
Where to get it? I cant find it anymore😢
It is on Amazon for $399. Supply chain pricing. Home Depot also has it. There is a link in the description below his TH-cam video.
How much is the smart frame ?
Currently it is on sale for $299.
@@TechWithBrett thnx
how about poe
not available in our country so bad luck
The fact that you can't just "Hey Google, show me Christmas photos from last year." is a huge bummer.
Yes it is. It has mics built in and has the potential to do this one day but a Nest Hub will be best for that for now.
@@TechWithBrett I was completely expecting it to run through a google hub/home. It is an early stage of development product I guess, but great to see it at least has Google Photos to start. I missed the 50% off sale in June, now the recent $100 off. I will still bite the bullet and get one. Love that wall mount.
Hiiiii
It’s so big
They should have added google assistant in the smart frame
It has microphones built in so this is something they could add in the future, but no word if they will yet.
why is the smart frame called lenovo then called google in the name?
Google photos now isn’t free soon sad 😞
i think id rather buy a 32inch tv put it on the wall and just use a firestick way cheaper
The power brick design to prevent from using an embedded wall plug is a huge miss as the cord just ruins the whole product as a picture frame on the wall. Also, only HD and not UHD is a miss at $399.00. My money goes to the company who makes a smart UHD OLED with proper power cable photo frame.
This product might have been good if it supported other things other than Google photos like Plex Nas but since Google photos now is charging a premium for high quality photos it's a no go for me I'd rather go with a 14-in star something that does Nas and several other Cloud storages it is a shame I like Lenovo products I have their alarm clock
or a standard sd card to do a wireless photo backup from phone or camera. Cloud base pictures are great if you have internet or a cloud account to hold on your photos. BUT you need to trust the owner of the cloud not to access your photos for their purpose and if the site is hacked, shut down. Your service provider is down and your wifi connection fails. Really with all these negatives not sure why cloud base storage is a good idea.