Home Automation news and trends

Google Assistant Makes Its Home In Nest Cam
Google // February 22, 2018

A new update now allows the Nest Cam IQ Indoor to get support for Google Assistant. Earlier this month, it was announced that Nest was back under Google’s control, making it easier to integrate Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) technology, as well as Assistant, into future...

Google Seeks To Feather Its Smart Home With Nest
Partnerships / Acquisitions // December 01, 2017

Google is reportedly considering combining Nest Labs, its home automation unit, with its hardware team, reported The Wall Street Journal. Citing sources familiar with the talks, The Journal reported that the move would reverse a big part of Google’s move two years ago, which split...

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Building The ‘Home Oasis’ One Smart Device At A Time

April 28, 2020
The house (or the apartment or the studio or your parents’ basement) is increasingly becoming a focal point of daily life. Time, then, to picture the house as a bit more like home. As PYMNTS found in one recent study, “Navigating The COVID-19 Pandemic: The Post Pandemic Reset,” as many as 32 percent of consumers […]

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Google Assistant Makes Its Home In Nest Cam

February 22, 2018
A new update now allows the Nest Cam IQ Indoor to get support for Google Assistant. Earlier this month, it was announced that Nest was back under Google’s control, making it easier to integrate Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) technology, as well as Assistant, into future Nest products. “All of Google’s investments in machine learning and […]

Google Seeks To Feather Its Smart Home With Nest

December 01, 2017
Google is reportedly considering combining Nest Labs, its home automation unit, with its hardware team, reported The Wall Street Journal. Citing sources familiar with the talks, The Journal reported that...