iCool
Control your climate with these iPhone-friendly thermostats
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Looking for a sweet new WiFi thermostat but not sure what's out there? Take a look at these fine options.
Nest
Smart. Secure
ADT teams up with LG and Nest for secure home automation
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ADT announced today that it will team up with LG and Nest to launch new home automation products later this year. Home security company ADT is teaming up with LG and Nest to launch new home automation products later this year, including an all-in-one "Smart Security" product from LG, and integration with ADT's Pulse platform with Nest products. ADT says that its partnership with...
Automate everything
Nest can now talk to more third-party services
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After launching the Works with Nest initiative last year, Nest is announcing a slew of new partnerships that include Philips, LG, Insteon, Withings and more. The new integrations mean that your Nest thermostat will be able to communicate with a wider range of devices and services. Here's a list of all the services that now work with your Nest thermostat: August smart lock Automatic...
At The Core
Serenity, the holidays, and the connected home
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Greetings and happy December 29, iMore! The major winter holidays have mostly passed us by, and hopefully you've survived — and dare I hope, enjoyed — the family get-togethers, the excess food, and terrible party games. Some of you are undoubtedly back at work today, while others are still enjoying the last fragments of a winter vacation. Me, I'm somewhere in-between. Clearly, I'm at...
Nest Gets Smarter
Nest to release 4.3 software update for thermostats
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Nest has announced an upcoming 4.3 software update for smart thermostats. This software upgrade will begin rolling out to Wi-Fi connected Nest thermostats through next week, enabling home owners to take advantage of some new features and improvements. The company has been able to fine tune algorithms used to help customers save even more energy. The auto-schedule tool has been...
Smart thermostats
Nest coming to the EU
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Nest has announced that it will be bringing its connected thermostat and smoke detector to more countries in Europe, with initial availability across France, Netherlands, Belgium and Ireland set to commence by the end of this month. Customers in these countries will be able to buy Nest's products from over 400 retail locations at launch, with an additional 150 stores set to be added by...
Protect thyself
Nest Protect software updated to 2.0
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The Nest Protect is going 2.0 and getting some cool new features, which will be rolling out this week. Within the update, the Protect gets a bit smarter and will help keep you at ease in the process. New in the update are steam check, Protect history, learn and prepare, improved pathlight, and CO level notification. Steam Check: Protect's humidity sensor, which can help it...
LiftMaster's MyQ app will work with Nest to help with energy use
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Garage door maker LiftMaster has announced a new partnership with Google subsidiary Nest that will enable the company's MyQ app to work with the thermostat so it can better regulate heating and cooling use in the home. Liftmaster stated: MyQ will allow users to easily and quickly set their Nest Learning Thermostat to "Home" and "Away" modes from within the MyQ app. Additionally,...
Google's Nest is officially in competition with Apple HomeKit
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Not that this is any sort of surprise, but Google has finally announced a developer program for the Nest division. The timing couldn't be much better since I just finished writing about why I'm looking forward to the primary mobile players, Apple and Google, integrating "Internet of Things" hooks into their respective operating systems. "Works with Nest" is a set of APIs that...
Don't wave
Nest Protect smoke alarm sales halted over saftey issue
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Nest has put a halt to sales of their connected Nest Protect smoke detector over concerns that the alarm could be unintentionally deactivated. Protect smoke alarms have a "Protect Wave" feature which allows users to deactivate the alarm when it's activated under not dangerous conditions (say, smoke from cooking) by waving at the alarm. The Nest Wave feature has been found in Nest's own...