Goodbye Nest, and Privacy, Hello Google Nest

Google’s smart home strategy will now revolve around only the “Works with Google Assistant” program and Nest’s ecosystem will shut down in a bit over three months, on August 31, 2019. The Nest app is for thermostats, cameras, the security system, smoke detectors, and any other old Nest products, while the smart speakers, Chromecast, and “Google Nest” smart displays use the Google Home app. Having two smart home apps for inconsistently named products seems like a really clunky solution, and with the Google Home app already picking up some basic Nest camera compatibility, it would not surprise me to hear that the Nest app will shut down.

Source: arstechnica.com