With the new Google Home hub and Google Assistant speech-recognition engine, plus integration with Nest IoT devices and audio/video via Cast, Google will rival Apple (Homekit) and Amazon (Alexa) in voice-controlled home automation.
Developer Chowmain updates IFTTT driver for Control4 home automation, adding support for Google Home IoT hub and Google Assistant voice control. CEO compares Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant integration platforms.
The Verge obtained a letter from new Nest CEO Marwan Fawaz to employees that outlines the company’s direction going forward.
Google Home was officially announced on Wednesday and will rival Amazon Echo.
Honeywell filed the lawsuit against Nest Labs back in 2012.
Research firm Citigroup predicts that self-serve security solutions from tech firms like Google and Apple will make up 62.5 percent of the home security market in 20 years.
Google has now filed a patent entitled Security Scoring in a Smart-Sensored Home.
The companies are working to connect Nest’s thermostat and smoke/carbon monoxide alarm with ADT’s Pulse system.
The Open Interconnect Consortium looks to deliver a specification, an open source implementation, and a certification program for wirelessly connecting devices.
Nest has announced that it will acquire Dropcam for $555 million and hints at a hardwired security device.
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