The Nest Protect smart smoke and CO2 alarm has just been added to the Google Home app in Public Preview. Rather than using the old Nest app, Nest Protect users can now monitor and control their smoke ...

Taylor worked with AP from 2018 to 2025, most recently as Google Editor. Google has discontinued producing the second-generation Nest Protect connected smoke detector. Existing Nest Protect units will ...

The Nest Protect has long stood at the top of our list of the best smart smoke detectors, but its reign is at an end. Google today announced that it's ending sales of the venerable product, and ...

Google’s Nest Protect is being discontinued, as is the Nest x Yale Smart Door Lock, as part of a move to build a platform “that all device makers and developers can use,” the company told me in a ...

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 ...

Nest Protect compatibility comes to the Google Home Public Preview. Google’s also expanding Home support for third-party Matter smart locks. These new features are available on Android now, with iOS ...