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The Nest brand name was originally owned by '''Nest Labs''', co-founded by former [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] engineers [[Tony Fadell]] and Matt Rogers in 2010.<ref name="Wired: Lowly Smoke Detector">{{cite magazine|last=Levy|first=Steven|title=Nest Gives the Lowly Smoke Detector a Brain — And a Voice|url=https://www.wired.com/business/2013/10/nest-smoke-detector/all/|magazine=Wired|publisher=Condé Nast|access-date=October 9, 2013|date=October 8, 2013}}</ref> Its flagship product, which was the company's first offering, is the Nest Learning Thermostat, introduced in 2011. The product is programmable, self-learning, sensor-driven, and [[Wi-Fi]]-enabled: features that are often found in other Nest products. It was followed by the Nest Protect [[Smoke detector|smoke]] and [[carbon monoxide detector]]s in October 2013.<ref name="Verge introduces Nest Protect">{{cite web|title=Fire drill: can Tony Fadell and Nest build a better smoke detector?|url=https://www.theverge.com/2013/10/8/4790896/nest-protect-smoke-detector|last=Patel|first=Nilay|author-link=Nilay Patel|date=October 8, 2013|website=[[The Verge]]|publisher=[[Vox Media]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008172326/http://www.theverge.com/2013/10/8/4790896/nest-protect-smoke-detector|archive-date=October 8, 2013|access-date=October 8, 2013}}</ref> After its acquisition of [[Dropcam]] in 2014, the company introduced its Nest Cam branding of security cameras beginning in June 2015.<ref name="nestcam">{{Cite press release |url = https://nest.com/blog/2015/06/17/say-hello-to-nest-cam/|title = Say hello to Nest Cam|website = Nest Blog}}</ref>

In August 2015, Google announced that it would restructure its operations under a new parent company, [[Alphabet Inc.]], with Nest being separated from Google as a subsidiary of the new holding company.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Google to be publicly traded under Alphabet Inc. in planned restructuring|url = http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/google-to-be-publicly-traded-under-alphabet-inc-in-planned-restructuring-1.3186244|access-date = 2015-08-10}}</ref>

 

 

All Revolv smart hubs, costing several hundred dollars, were deliberately remotely [[bricking|bricked]] on May 15, 2016;<ref name="CBC_brick">{{cite news |last1=Chung |first1=Emily |title=Nest's move to stop supporting Revolv smart hub leaves customers with costly 'brick' |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/revolv-bricked-1.3521927 |agency=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date=April 6, 2016}}</ref><ref name="hern">{{cite news |last1=Hern |first1=Alex |title=Revolv devices bricked as Google's Nest shuts down smart home company |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/apr/05/revolv-devices-bricked-google-nest-smart-homehttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/apr/05/revolv-devices-bricked-google-nest-smart-homehttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/apr/05/revolv-devices-bricked-google-nest-smart-home |access-date=11 February 2022 |date=5 April 2016}}</ref><ref name="ZDNet_brick">{{cite news |last1=Kingsley-Hughes |first1=Adrian |title=Nest to deliberately brick old smart hubs |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/nest-to-deliberately-brick-old-smart-hubs/ |work=ZDNet |date=April 4, 2016 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="boing_brick">{{cite news |last1=Doctorow |first1=Cory |title=Google reaches into customers' homes and bricks their gadgets |url=https://boingboing.net/2016/04/05/google-reaches-into-customers.html |work=Boing Boing |date=5 April 2016}}</ref> notice was posted on the company's website in February.<ref name="verge_brick">{{cite news |last1=Statt |first1=Nick |title=Nest is permanently disabling the Revolv smart home hub |url=https://www.theverge.com/2016/4/4/11362928/google-nest-revolv-shutdown-smart-home-products |work=The Verge |date=4 April 2016 |language=en}}</ref> The story became news on April 4.<ref name="memes"/> The "lifetime subscription" to Revolv's online service, which had been sold with the hub, was defined by Nest to be the lifetime of the device, which ended May 15.<ref name="hackaday_brick">{{cite news |last1=Walter |first1=Moritz |title=Red Bricks: Alphabet To Turn Off Revolv's Lights |url=https://hackaday.com/2016/04/07/alphabet-to-turn-off-revolvs-lights/ |work=Hackaday |date=7 April 2016}}</ref>

 

=== Nest as a part of Google hardware division ===

 

On July 18, 2018, Nest CEO Marwan Fawaz stepped down. Nest was merged with Google's home devices team, led by Rishi Chandra.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnet.com/news/nest-ceo-steps-down-after-employees-pushed-for-his-exit/|title=Nest CEO steps down after employees pushed for his exit|date=2018-07-17|work=CNET|access-date=2018-07-18|language=en}}</ref> During the [[Google I/O]] keynote on May 7, 2019, it was announced that Google Nest will now serve as the blanket branding for all of Google's home products. The [[Google Home Hub]] was retroactively renamed Google Nest Hub, while a new and larger version of the product is now available called the Nest Hub Max with both a larger screen and an amplified speaker, for a greater low-end audio experience. Also, product lines such as Chromecast, Google Home, and [[Google Nest Wifi|Google Wifi]] will now be marketed under the Google Nest brand.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/7/18531532/google-nest-rename-smart-home-rebrand-io-2019|title=Google just renamed its smart home brand to Google Nest|last=Gartenberg|first=Chaim|date=2019-05-07|website=The Verge|access-date=2019-05-07}}</ref> In addition, Nest began to deprecate its own internal platforms, announcing the discontinuation of the existing "Works with Nest" program in favor of Google Assistant going forward, and pushing users to migrate themselves from Nest's account system to [[Google account]]s. Google published Nest-specific privacy information outlining a commitment to transparency, not selling personal information, and giving users control of their data.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/05/nest-the-company-died-at-google-io-2019/|title=Nest, the company, died at Google I/O 2019|last=Amadeo|first=Ron|date=2019-05-10|website=Ars Technica|language=en-us|access-date=2019-05-10}}</ref>

 

=== Partnership with ADT ===

 

=== Use with Amazon Alexa ===

In October 2013, Nest announced its second product, the Nest Protect smoke and carbon monoxide detector. The Nest Protect is available in both black and white (the black is exclusively sold through Nest directly<ref>{{cite web|title=Where can I buy the black Nest Protect?|url=https://nest.com/support/article/Where-can-I-buy-the-black-Nest-Protect|access-date=27 February 2015}}</ref>) and also comes in battery or AC-powered models. The Nest Protect features a multicolored light ring which is color-coded to indicate different operations, such as yellow to indicate an early warning or red if an alarm is sounding. The ring also has a motion detector which turns it white briefly when someone passes under to provide illumination. The Nest Protect warns of an alarm sounding briefly before it does. It is also able to communicate with the Nest Thermostat to provide the Auto-Away feature information that someone is present in the house, as well as to shut off the furnace in the event of a fire or carbon monoxide. It is available for sale in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Belgium, France, Ireland, and the Netherlands.

 

<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/aarontilley/2014/04/03/googles-nest-stops-selling-its-smart-smoke-alarm-for-now/|title=Google's Nest Stops Selling Its Smart Smoke Alarm For Now Due To Faulty Feature|first=Aaron|last=Tilley|website=[[Forbes]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-26879987|title=Google-owned Nest halts sales of its Protect smoke alarm|work=BBC News|date=April 4, 2014}}</ref> 440,000 existing Nest Protect units were recalled because of this problem on May 21, 2014, and a software update was distributed to disable this functionality.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cpsc.gov/en/Recalls/2014/Nest-Labs-Recalls-to-Repair-Nest-Protect-Smoke-CO-Alarms/ |title=Nest Labs Recalls to Repair Nest Protect Smoke + CO Alarms Due to Failure to Sound Alert |publisher=CPSC.gov |date=2014-05-21 |access-date=2014-07-22}}</ref><ref>By Tom Cheredar, VentureBeat."[https://venturebeat.com/2014/05/21/nest-recalls-smoke-alarms/ / Nest recalls 440K smoke alarms that shut off unintentionally]." May 21, 2014. Retrieved May 22, 2014.</ref>

 

A weatherproof outdoor model was announced in September 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/20/16337042/nest-cam-iq-outdoor-home-security-camera-facial-recognition|title=The Nest Cam IQ Outdoor is the latest security camera to use facial recognition|last=Goode|first=Lauren|date=20 September 2017|work=[[The Verge]]|access-date=20 September 2017}}</ref> The indoor version of the Cam IQ also received an update to add [[Google Assistant]] functionality to the device in 2018.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/20/google-assistant-is-coming-to-nest-cam-iq/|title=Google Assistant is coming to Nest Cam IQ|last=Kumparak|first=Greg|date=20 September 2017|work=[[TechCrunch]]|access-date=20 September 2017}}</ref>

 

 

=== Nest Secure ===

 

 

 

[[File:Nest Hello.jpg|thumb|Nest Hello]]

 

===Nest Cam with Floodlight===

 

== Works with Nest ==

In 2016, Nest announced that the devices of Revolv customers would be [[bricked]] on May 15, as they were shutting down the necessary cloud software.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/nest-to-deliberately-brick-old-smart-hubs/|title=Nest to deliberately brick old smart hubs|first=Adrian|last=Kingsley-Hughes|work=ZDNet|date=2016-04-04|access-date=2019-01-31}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/apr/05/revolv-devices-bricked-google-nest-smart-home |title=Revolv devices bricked as Google's Nest shuts down smart home company |first=Alex |last=Hern|newspaper=The Guardian|date=2016-04-05|access-date=2019-01-31}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.wired.com/2016/04/nests-hub-shutdown-proves-youre-crazy-buy-internet-things/ |title=Nest's hub shutdown proves you're crazy to buy into the Internet of things |first=Klint |last=Finley|magazine=Wired |publisher=2016-04-05|access-date=2019-01-31}}</ref> Karl Bode and Emmanuel Malberg of ''[[Vice News]]'' compared the move to a remote deletion of purchased [[Xbox Fitness]] content by Microsoft.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nintendo Makes It Clear that Piracy Is the Only Way to Preserve Video Game History|url=https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/wjm5kw/nintendo-makes-it-clear-that-piracy-is-the-only-way-to-preserve-video-game-history|last1=Bode|first1=Karl|last2=Maiberg|first2=Emanuel|date=2019-01-29|website=Vice|language=en|access-date=2019-01-31}}</ref> The [[Federal Trade Commission]] entered into an investigation of the matter.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://slate.com/technology/2018/09/apple-remove-purchases-itunes-digital-ownership.html|title=When You Buy Something From iTunes, You Don't Really Own It|last=Perzanowski|first=Aaron|date=2018-09-18|website=Slate Magazine|language=en|access-date=2019-05-08}}</ref>

 

 

===Parody after Google acquisition===

 

 

The next day, Google trademark lawyers issued a [[cease-and-desist]] letter to Peng, asking them to change the site and to transfer the [[domain name]] to Google.<ref name="arstechnica">{{cite web|title=Google scolded for "polite trademark bullying" of parody site|url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/05/google-scolded-for-polite-trademark-bullying-of-parody-site/|last=Mullin|first=Joe|date=21 May 2014|website=Ars Technica|access-date=22 May 2014}}</ref> The site replaced its content with a note explaining the situation, and the [[Electronic Frontier Foundation]] responded on behalf of Peng with a public letter saying that noncommercial political commentary is not prohibited under [[trademark law]],<ref name=arstechnica/> and that the site would not likely be confused after the ample press coverage received.<ref name="EFF">{{cite web|title=Re: google-nest.org|url=https://www.eff.org/files/2014/05/20/google-nest.org_correspondence_from_c._mcsherry_copy.pdf|last=McSherry|first=Corynne|date=2014-05-20|website=Electronic Frontier Foundation|access-date=22 May 2014}}</ref>

 

==Controversies==

 

==See also==

* {{Official website|http://www.nest.com/}}

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