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Google Home Gains Support for Nest Protect Smoke Alarms and You Can Delete Your Nest App Now

Kellen January 16, 2025 13

As a part of the Public Preview program for the Google Home app, Google is introducing support for Nest Protect smoke and CO alarms. These might be the final Nest devices that were stuck in the old Nest app, so this is pretty big news for those of us who...

Google’s Beautiful New Nest Thermostat (4th Gen) is $50 Off

Kellen November 29, 2024 1

The Nest Thermostat line has always been one of my favorite smart home accessories because of the way it it blends into your life and makes it immediately more efficient. With the launch of the new Nest Thermostat (4th Generation), Google took its popular...

All Nest Cams Now Eligible for Google Home Transfer in Public Preview

Tim November 19, 2024 4

Google announced this week that it has opened eligibility in Public Preview for all Nest cameras dating back to 2015 to be transferred over to Google Home. This means that your eligible camera will be controlled via the Google Home app instead of the Nest app,...

Gemini Users Can Now Control Smart Home Devices

Tim October 31, 2024 9

For those in the Google Home Public Preview, you can now control your smart home devices and compatible accessories with what's described as "natural language" thanks to the updated Google Home extension inside of the Gemini mobile app. This means that to...

Nest Thermostat (4th Gen) Review: A Stunner of a Smart Home Device

Kellen October 29, 2024 7

The new Nest Learning Thermostat (4th Gen) arrived in late August as a major upgrade to the previous "Learning" model, as well as the mid-range Nest Thermostat from 2020. The new model brings a striking new design, full compatibility with the Google Home app,...

New Nest Thermostat (4th Gen) Gets Update to Help With Low Brightness

Kellen September 18, 2024 2

The new Nest Thermostat (4th Gen) sure is a thing of beauty on the wall. The elegant design, big new display, and improved feature set have all made for a nice upgrade to my old Nest Thermostat E during testing. However, since setting up, the brightness on the...

Google is Upgrading Google Assistant on Nest Speakers and Displays

Kellen August 6, 2024 12

With the focus from Google on Gemini and all things AI in recent years, there have been questions surrounding Google Assistant and what its future holds. Will Google eventually replace Assistant with Gemini in all devices? Probably, yeah. Will that happen...

Where to Pre-Order New Google TV Streamer, Nest Thermostat (4th Gen)

Kellen August 6, 2024 2

Assuming you saw the big news this morning surrounding the Google TV Streamer and new Nest Learning Thermostat (4th Gen), you may be looking for pre-order options, since both are now available. For those who missed it, you should read up on the Google TV...