Nest, maker of the Learning Thermostat and Protect smoke detector, is pushing out automatic updates to its companion iOS and Android apps. Your smart home is about to get a little smarter. Nest, maker ...

On Monday, Google bought Nest—a maker of high-tech thermostats and smoke detectors—for the princely sum of $3.2 billion. Much of the response so far has involved 1) sussing out the strategy behind ...

The Nest Protect is a ‘smart’ smoke and carbon monoxide alarm. It gains this moniker because it can connect to the Internet and give status updates through a web browser and status updates and alarm ...

The Nest Learning Thermostat is about to get a sibling. The Protect. If this report is correct, the company behind the incredibly popular Learning Thermostat is prepping a smoke detector. Yep, a smoke ...

A $130 smoke detector aims to replace your annoying, beeping smoke detector. Oct. 8, 2013 — -- In 2012, Tony Fadell, a former Apple executive who has been widely credited as the father of the ...

If you have a Nest Learning Thermostat, you may have noticed a software update this morning. That's Nest 4.0. It's a total redesign of the Android and iOS mobile apps (the Web app got a makeover, too) ...

After the iPod and reinventing thermostats, Nest CEO Tony Fadell’s next project is another device in the “unloved” category. You know the drill: The smoke detector screams, people panic, arms and ...

The Google Nest Protect (second generation) brings high-tech prowess to what has historically been a rather low-tech device—the humble smoke and CO alarm. Beyond the many convenience features ...

Gosh, we were really excited to tell you what Nest's latest product is (we really didn't think you were going to guess), but then someone had to go and spoil the surprise. At any rate, the news is now ...

Nest, the company behind the iPhone-connected Nest Learning Thermostat, is working on developing a smoke detector, reports former Wall Street Journal journalist Jessica Lessin. While information is ...

Since Nest's hardware and app go together like birds of a feather, new mobile software was inevitable after it launched the Nest Protect smoke detector. However, the startup darling has also taken the ...

Your smart home is about to get a little smarter. Nest, maker of the Learning Thermostat and Protect smoke detector, is pushing out automatic updates to its companion iOS and Android apps. The ...