Ever since a startup called Nest Labs unveiled its smart thermostat in 2011 — with high-end industrial design, an elegant touch-screen interface, phone apps and other consumer electronics-style ...

“It’s 4 a.m. and what the hell is that beeping?!” If you haven’t been rudely awaken by your smoke alarm’s dying battery cries yet, just give it time. For such essential and potentially life-saving ...

After months of marketing the new “Protect” fire alarm and its “wave to hush” feature, Google-owned Nest has halted sales of the device following the discovery that users could accidentally disable ...

Support for 1st- and 2nd-gen Nest Learning Thermostats ended last week, but they can still be used and they may not stay dumb for long.

First Alert, the fire-safety brand owned by Resideo, and Google Home recently announced a new life-safety collaboration with its new First Alert Smart Smoke & Carbon Monoxide (CO) Alarm. The First ...

In summary ・Support for gen 1 and 2 Nest Thermostats ends 25 October ・No more Google Home or Nest app support or software updates ・Will be limited to on-device controls for basic features If you have ...

Google announced the end of support for early Nest Thermostats in a support document earlier this year that largely flew under the radar. As of October ...