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Google has discontinued the 2nd-gen Nest Protect smart smoke detector. The search titan has posted on the Google Nest Community Blog that it is no longer producing new units of the Nest Protect.

On March 28, Google Nest announced two major changes to its Google Home lineup of smart devices. First, it will end sales of its Nest Protect smoke detector, which is featured on our list of ...

But while Google itself is exiting the smoke alarm and smart lock business, it isn’t leaving Google Home users in the lurch. Instead, it’s teeing up third-party replacements for the Nest ...

The new First Alert alarms have several of the same features found on the Nest Protect. These include automatic safety checkups, a “Heads-up Early Warning” that sends voice and app alerts ...

Google’s Nest Protect is being discontinued, as is the Nest x Yale Smart Door Lock, as part of a move to build a platform “that all device makers and developers can use,” the company told me ...

Google announced today that it is no longer manufacturing the 2013/15 Nest Protect or 2018 Nest x Yale Lock, but has some third-party alternatives lined up.

The Nest Protect will be replaced soon by a First Alert smoke and carbon monoxide detector. This device will work with Google Home, as well as the First Alert app, and it can integrate with an ...

First-generation Nest Protects need to be replaced 7 years after their manufacture date, while second-gen models have a 10-year lifespan. Here's how to find out when your Nest Protect will expire).

After around a decade of Nest Protect Smoke & CO Alarms dominating the market, Google is moving away from the established platform to partner with First Alert. The company announced today that it ...

Nest Protect users can start using it in the Google Home app now, although you will need to be part of Public Preview. To do this, you’ll need to have the latest version of the Google Home app ...

Google hasn’t announced plans to migrate Nest Protect to the new app beyond what was said back in 2020 and later reiterated in 2023. But this integration, even if minimal, is certainly a glimmer ...