Nest Protect will be available in the U.S. in November for $129 in both wired and battery-powered models. It’s also going to be the first Nest product officially available in the U.K.

First, it will sunset the Nest Protect smoke & CO alarms. Existing products will continue to function and receive security updates until their expiration dates.

Existing Nest Protect units will continue to receive software and security updates. Google recommends the SC5 Smart Smoke & Carbon Monoxide Alarm from First Alert as a replacement for Nest Protect.

Right now, you can pick up the Google Nest Protect smart smoke alarm and carbon monoxide detector for $110.22 (save $8.78). Our testers named it the “best overall” pick among smart smoke ...

On a Nest Protect front, if you are already enrolled in the Google Home Public Preview (with version 3.27 or higher, sign-up) on Android, you should already see your Nest Protect devices in the app.

Nest CEO Tony Fadell has sent an open letter to customers as well as a separate letter to resellers halting all sales of the Nest Protect: Smoke + Carbon Monoxide alarm immediately.

Nest, the connected-home device maker Google agreed to buy in January, is disabling a feature that allows its Nest Protect smoke and carbon-monoxide alarm to be silenced with a wave of the hand.

Nest developed technology which it calls the Nest Wave that allows owners to turn off the Nest Protect: Smoke + Carbon Monoxide alarm at a distance, among other things.

In April 2014, Nest halted sales on the Nest Protect: Smoke + Carbon Monoxide alarm after the company discovered a software flaw that caused the ‘Nest Wave’ deactivation feature to be ...

As it stands, Nest Protect users must use the legacy Nest app to configure and control the smoke alarm, meaning owners of the alarm who also have newer Nest products are stuck using two apps to ...

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