Ever since a startup called Nest Labs unveiled its smart thermostat in 2011 — with high-end industrial design, an elegant touch-screen interface, phone apps and other consumer electronics-style ...

Google acquired Nest in 2014 for a whopping $3.4 billion but seems increasingly uninterested in making smart home hardware. The company has just announced two of its home gadgets will be discontinued, ...

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 ...

We’ve all experienced that annoyance: You’re cooking bacon on Sunday morning and the smoke alarm goes off. How convenient would it be to yell, “Bacon!” and have the alarm shut off? We’re not there yet ...

For years, owners of Google’s Nest Protect smoke detector have been asking when their devices would make the leap from the older Nest app to Google Home, and the answer was always the same: one day, ...

The Nest Protect has long stood at the top of our list of the best smart smoke detectors, but its reign is at an end. Google today announced that it's ending sales of the venerable product, and ...

“It’s 4 a.m. and what the hell is that beeping?!” If you haven’t been rudely awaken by your smoke alarm’s dying battery cries yet, just give it time. For such essential and potentially life-saving ...

Google has discontinued its smart smoke alarm and partnered with First Alert on a new $129 detector that will work with current Nest Protect alarms. Google has discontinued its smart smoke alarm and ...

Properly installed smoke detectors are often the first line of defense against a house fire, keeping the homeowner informed and ready to take action. However, it's important that the smoke detector ...

(AP) Smoke detectors frequently produce more headaches than useful warnings. The devices have an irritating habit of shrieking when there’s no cause for alarm, and always seem to wait until the middle ...

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has recalled 440,000 Nest Protect smoke alarms. They were recalled because the "Wave" feature, which disables the alarm sound if a person waves at the ...