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All Nest Aware Subscribers Now Have Access to Garage Door Detection

Tim July 25, 2024 8

Late last year, Nest rolled out in Public Preview the ability to detect an open or closed garage door. The testing must have gone well, as the feature is now rolling out to all Nest Aware subscribers with the necessary equipment. To work, you don't need...

Google Working to Take Google Home Offline, Meaning Functionality Even Without Internet

Tim April 1, 2024 10

As it stands, Google Home functionality like turning on a lightbulb, requires an internet connection. This is ultimately due to the command being routed to Google's servers and then beamed back to your home. But what if we could skip the middleman? This is...

Google Reorganization Results in Many, Many Layoffs Across Multiple Divisions

Tim January 11, 2024 15

Google is getting an early jump on spring cleaning, with reports about layoffs and statements from the company popping up like crazy since last night. Now confirmed by Google, the company is indeed reorganizing multiple divisions, including the Pixel, Nest,...

Nest Cams Can Now Spot Open Garage Doors

Tim November 29, 2023 8

For the longest time, I've been using a myQ garage door detector to alert me when and if I forgot to close my garage door. It also lets me open and close the door from my phone, but if you're looking to purely spot if your wife (or any significant other)...

Thanks to Court Ruling, You Can Add Your Google Speaker to Multiple Groups

Tim October 10, 2023 11

A federal judge recently found that two patents belonging to Sonos are invalid. These same patents were being used by Sonos to stop Google from allowing Nest and Google speakers from belonging to multiple speaker groups in the same household. For us consumers,...

Google Home App Gets 3 Improvements, Including Favorite Reordering

Kellen April 20, 2023 10

The new Google Home app that has been in public preview since November has seen a number of improvements since landing on our devices. Google seems committed to listening to feedback on it and then delivering ideas that have made it more and more useful. This...

Google Sets Date to Shutdown Nest Secure and Dropcams

Kellen April 7, 2023 10

Google is shutting down support for a new round of products, the company announced to end the week. Owners of the Nest Secure and Dropcam devices have a year to find replacements or hope that Google will offer them a free or discounted option. In Nest...

Stream Your Nest Camera Feeds on Desktop With New Google Home Website

Tim October 25, 2022 16

Earlier in October, Google began detailing the Google Home for web experience. This morning, the company announced that starting this week, you'll be able to stream your Nest camera feeds directly to your desktop computer via an updated home.google.com website...