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Google discontinues Nest Protect smoke alarm and Nest x Yale lock | Google continues backing away from smart home hardware.
Google continues backing away from smart home hardware.
Google acquired Nest in 2014 for a whopping $3.4 billion but seems increasingly uninterested in making smart home hardware. The Nest Protect smoke and carbon monoxide detector is a common fixture in homes, but Google says it has stopped manufacturing it. The feature set is similar, too, with in-app early warnings for alarms, voice alerts, and support for both wired and battery setups.
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