Google Sunsets Two Devices From Its Nest Smart Home Product Line (pcworld.com) 16
"After a long run, Google is sunsetting two of its signature Nest products," reports PC World:
Google has just announced that it's discontinuing the 10-year-old Nest Protect and the 7-year-old Nest x Yale lock. Both of those products will continue to work, and — for now — they remain on sale at the Google Store, complete with discounts until supplies run out. But while Google itself is exiting the smoke alarm and smart lock business, it isn't leaving Google Home users in the lurch. Instead, it's teeing up third-party replacements for the Nest Protect and Nest X Yale lock, with both new products coming from familiar brands... Capable of being unlocked via app, entry code, or a traditional key, the Yale Smart Lock with Matter is set to arrive this summer, according to Yale.
While both the existing Nest Protect and Nest x Yale lock will continue to operate and receive security patches, those who purchased the second-generation Nest Protect near its 2015 launch date should probably replace the product anyway. That's because the CO sensors in carbon monoxide detectors like the Nest Protect have a roughly 10-year life expectancy.
Nest Protect and the Nest X Yale lock were two of the oldest products in Google's smart home lineup, and both were showing their age.
While both the existing Nest Protect and Nest x Yale lock will continue to operate and receive security patches, those who purchased the second-generation Nest Protect near its 2015 launch date should probably replace the product anyway. That's because the CO sensors in carbon monoxide detectors like the Nest Protect have a roughly 10-year life expectancy.
Nest Protect and the Nest X Yale lock were two of the oldest products in Google's smart home lineup, and both were showing their age.
My 15 year old z-wave devices (Score:5, Insightful)
Are still working just fine. Cloud connected is just a fancy way of saying "planned obsolescence". Once again, you get what you pay for.
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Interesting comment, one that implies that the Nest locks are not working fine despite saying it will right in TFS? Given how expensive they were, it almost sounds like you were at the same time criticising as well as shilling in support for Google. Not entirely sure what to make of your post.
Re:My 15 year old z-wave devices (Score:4, Interesting)
I think that the Nest lock owners didn't like it that the battery life was terrible,
so everyone had to carry a backup key anyway or risk getting locked out.
All for only $250 to $300.
the Yale Smart Lock with Matter (Score:2)
A smart lock with Anti-Matter would be more interesting.
Does the Protect replacement (Score:3, Interesting)
Sunset (Score:4, Funny)
"Sunsets" sounds so much nicer than "axes."
How soon until the thermostat is dumped? (Score:3)
I have a gen2 Nest thermostat. Unless I pull the white A/C wire every winter,
It'll die mid-winter because somehow, it can't pull enough current to charge its battery.
I didn't snake the extra power wire because it's a 100+ year old house and not worth the trouble.
Nest knew about the design flaw years ago, said they would fix it, and never did.
Last month, a software update broke the thermostat's wifi, and it won't connect anymore.
Nest says to reboot my router (yeah, ok) or get a new Nest router.
Best of all, it insists on resetting the inside heat to 74 degrees, every day, because it's "smart".
So now it's actually worse than a 1960's Honeywell round manual.
I could screw with it, but I really don't need another hobby.
F'n Google.
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Smoke detectors always have a 10-year life, so it's not just Nest. But your point is valid. I just don't see the point of a smart smoke detector. Now if you really what to be alerted to an alarm when you're away, they could make a smart device that hooks into the wiring for wired smoke detectors and sends notifications of any alarms. Someone really should do that.
let me tell you something (Score:1)
My house burned in the LA fire. I woke up, not because of the evacuation order (none was given, not even a warning for my area). Not because the smoke detectors were going off (because they weren't) but because my sleeping self perceived the fire and got the fuck out of my house while embers were flying at it and the smoke was so thick I would have hit anyone on the road who was driving at the same time. My house burned down less than an hour later.
Conversely, I have come back from vacation to hear all of m
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And I have a monitored alarm, it has smoke detectors on the system. I think pretty common for monitored alarms. It will also notify me via the central facility if the system batteries need replacing or if the power is off for more than a few minutes.
Re: It's only money, what's the problem, consumer? (Score:1)
I have a (single) Kidde smart wired Smoke/CO detector that does exactly that. I get a notification if it or any of my house's seven other wired smoke/CO detectors sound off.
The advantage is that I don't have to buy a more-expensive detector for every station, so that significantly reduces the cost versus what I would have had to spend to do this with the Nest Protect.
There are some compromises: All of my detectors have to be the Kidde brand because there is no required cross-brand standardization on the sig
Re: It's only money, what's the problem, consumer? (Score:1)
I have about 10 of them spread throughout the house. Hereâ(TM)s why they (currently) donâ(TM)t have any alternatives (at least in Europe).
- heads up before going off. Allows me to silence them when I burn the toast or eggs
- every uni has a name and when they go off, it tells me which unit is responsible. Before this, I had interconnected ones (that kept triggering from dust). Last thing you want at 3am is all of your alarms going off and not knowing which one is responsible
- App notifications let
Fksking IOT BS (Score:2)