First Alert’s new smoke detector will work with Google Home as Nest shuts down the Nest Protect detector line. On March 28, Google Nest announced two major changes to its Google Home lineup of smart ...

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Taylor worked with AP from 2018 to 2025, most recently as Google Editor. Google has discontinued producing the second-generation Nest Protect connected smoke detector. Existing Nest Protect units will ...

Ever since a startup called Nest Labs unveiled its smart thermostat in 2011 — with high-end industrial design, an elegant touch-screen interface, phone apps and other consumer electronics-style ...

The Nest Protect smoke detector is one of the few products that hasn’t been renewed under Google’s umbrella, and beyond that it hasn’t even been integrated into this new era, as it still doesn’t ...

Nest Protect compatibility comes to the Google Home Public Preview. Google’s also expanding Home support for third-party Matter smart locks. These new features are available on Android now, with iOS ...