The Google Home App Will Soon Support The Nest Protect

Will nan past instrumentality leaving nan Nest app please move retired nan lights? The clip yet arrived; Google has announced it’s transitioning the Nest Protect fume and CO alarm to nan Google Home app. This intends you’ll beryllium tin to get alerts and notifications for your siren consecutive done Google Home, arsenic bully arsenic hush alarms, according to a blog position from Google. This intends you nary longer request nan Nest app for immoderate device, but you tin still usage it — for now, astatine least.

The Nest Protect was nan past instrumentality that could only beryllium accessed and controlled from nan Nest app, pursuing Google’s efforts complete nan past mates of years to afloat larboard its Nest cameras and different devices to nan Home app. With this move, Google will yet beryllium tin to sunset nan Nest app, though nan institution has said it will support it successful attraction mode indefinitely.

The caller usability for nan Nest Protect is coming to Google Home users in Public Preview on Android this week and to iOS “soon.” According to Google, it will alteration nan pursuing features:

Alongside nan Nest updates, nan Google Home app is too getting expanded support for smart locks connected via Matter, adding nan expertise to group passcodes, among different features. The fastener updates are rolling retired done nan app’s “Public Preview” characteristic connected Android, pinch iOS support coming successful early 2025.

This will fto overmuch manufacturers’ locks to activity pinch Google Home and bring overmuch functions to nan app, including passcode guidance and automatic locking. Google says that not each of nan features will activity pinch each Matter locks; it depends connected nan fastener manufacturer. Here’s a rundown of what will beryllium added: