Nest Labs is an American programmable home automation manufacturer, self-study, sensor driven, Wi-Fi-enabled thermostat, smoke detector, security camera and other security systems. It introduced Nest Learning Thermostat in 2011 as its first product. Smoke detector and carbon monoxide Nest Nest was introduced in October 2013. After the acquisition of Dropcam, Nest Cam recruiting was introduced in June 2015. Finally, in July 2016, Nest Cam Outdoor was released.
Founded by former Apple engineers Tony Fadell and Matt Rogers in 2010, the fast-growing start-up company has more than 130 employees by the end of 2012. Google acquired Nest Labs for US $ 3.2 billion in January 2014, when it has 280 employees, forwarding Nest brand identity. In November 2015, Nest Labs has grown to more than 1,100 employees, with a new engineering center in Seattle. Following Google's reorganization under its parent company Alphabet Inc., Nest has since operated as a corporate division, but rejoined the Google hardware unit in February 2018.
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History
Nest Labs was founded in 2010 by former Apple engineers Tony Fadell and Matt Rogers. The idea came when Fadell built a holiday home and found all the available thermostats in the market were insufficient, motivated to bring something better in the market. Initial investors at Nest Labs include Shasta Ventures and KPCB. On January 13, 2014, Google announced plans to acquire Nest Labs for $ 3.2 billion in cash. Google completes its acquisition the next day, on January 14, 2014. The company will operate independently of other Google businesses.
In June 2014, it was announced that Nest would buy Dropcam cameras for $ 555 million. With purchase, Dropcam integrates closely with other Nest products; if the Protect alarm is triggered, Dropcam can automatically start recording, and the Thermostat can use Dropcam to feel the movement.
In September 2014, Nest Thermostat and Nest Protect are available in Belgium, France, Ireland, and the Netherlands. Initially they were sold in about 400 retail stores across Europe with 150 other stores to be added by the end of the year. In June 2015, the new Nest Cam, replacing Dropcam, was announced, along with the second generation of Nest Protect.
In August 2015, Google announced that it would restructure its operations under its new parent, Alphabet Inc., with Nest being separated from Google as a subsidiary of a new parent company. The restructuring caused Tony Fadell, CEO of Nest, to announce in a June 2016 blog post that he left the company he founded with Matt Rogers and stepped into the "advisory" role. It culminated after months of rumors about Nest's corporate culture demanding under Fadell's leadership, and the displeasure of former Dropcam CEO Greg Duffy, who publicly regretted the sale of his company to Nest. As of June 2016, the Nest acquisition was described by some press as "catastrophic" for Google.
The Nest issue in 2016 comes largely from the limited market. According to Frank Gillet of Forrester Research, only 6% of American households have devices connected to the internet such as equipment, home monitoring systems, speakers, or lighting. He also expects this percentage to grow to only 15% by 2021. Furthermore, 72% of respondents in the 2016 survey conducted by Pricewaterhouse Coopers do not expect to adopt smart home technology over the next two to five years.
On February 7, 2018, it was announced by hardware head Rick Osterloh that Nest has been merged into Google's hardware division, directly with units like Google Home and Chromecast. This will retain separate Palo Alto headquarters, but Nestle CEO Marwan Fawaz will now report to Osterloh, and there are plans for tighter integration with Google platforms and software such as Google Assistant in future products.
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Products
Nest Learning Thermostat
The Nest Learning Thermostat is a programmable, self-programable, and self-directed Wi-Fi-enabled thermostat that optimizes home and business heating and cooling to save energy. It is based on the machine learning algorithm: for the first weeks the user must set the thermostat to provide the reference data set. The nest can then study the schedule of the people, at which temperature they are used to and when. Using internal sensors and location of the phone can switch to energy-saving mode when realizing no one is at home.
The Nest Thermostat is built around an operating system that allows interaction with the thermostat through spinning and controlling the control wheel, which presents an option menu to switch from heating to cooling, access to device settings, energy history, and scheduling. Users can control Nest without touch screen or other input devices. Because the thermostat is connected to the Internet, the company can push updates to fix bugs, improve performance, and add additional features. For updates to occur automatically, the thermostat must be connected to Wi-Fi and the battery must have at least a cost of 3.7 V to provide enough power to complete downloading and installing updates.
The operating system itself is based on Linux 2.6.37 and many other free software components.
Nest is currently available for sale in the United States, Canada, Mexico, UK, Belgium, France, Ireland, Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Italy and Spain. Nevertheless, it is compatible with many heating and cooling automation systems in other countries. Nest Labs has surveyed existing users who are known to be outside the area that is officially available. The use of thermostats outside the United States and Canada is complicated by the timing of software settings and other functions based on zip codes. For international users, this means they must disable Wi-Fi to set the time correctly or use the nearest US postal code that may lead to erratic behavior because the thermostat makes the wrong assumption about a good inactivity when sleeping or the occupants of the house are on the go.
In September 2017, Nest released Thermostat E, a cheaper version of the original Thermostat Next. Its function is similar to the standard model, except with plastic, bezel rings like ceramic (not metal) and "opaque" layer for appearance. Unlike the original, the screen is only active when the device is in use; This design change is intended to make the device look more natural in the home. Thermostat E also does not have many cable connectors as a more sophisticated model; Nest stated that this would make it support at least 85% of homes (compared to 95% for standard models).
Nest Protect
In October 2013, Nest announced its second product, Nest Protect smoke and carbon monoxide detector. Nest Protect is available in black and white (black is exclusively sold via Nest directly) and is also present in a battery or an AC powered model. Nest Protect has color rings colored in color to indicate different operations, such as yellow to indicate an early warning or red if the alarm sounds. This ring also has a motion detector that turns it white briefly when someone passes under it to give the illumination. Nest Protect is turned on by voice and warns the alarm that sounds for a while before doing so. This tool can also communicate with Nest Thermostat to provide Auto-Away feature information that a person is at home, as well as to turn off the furnace in case of fire or carbon monoxide. Nest Protect also features a controversial Wave Silence feature to stop the alarm sounding with the wave if there is a potential false alarm. It is available for sale in the United States, Canada, England, Belgium, France, Ireland and the Netherlands.
On April 3, 2014, Nest Protect's sales are paused, as potential alarm features are disabled by mistake. 440,000 existing Nest Protect units were recalled due to this issue on May 21, 2014 and distributed software updates to disable this functionality.
On June 17, 2015, Nest launched a new version of Nest Protect. This is the first smoke alarm carrying a commercial-grade photoelectric sensor to the home; called the Split-Spectrum Sensor - it uses two wavelengths of light to find various types of smoke, which help capture rapid and slow-burning flame rapidly. In addition, because of the long lasting carbon monoxide sensor, Nest Protect lasts for ten years. The new Nest Protect also has a feature called App Silence that lets you mute it using your smart device if you are not in the US or Canada. Also, when you're not at home, the smoke detector will test itself by using an attached microphone. The Safety Awards enable Nest Protect users who have their insurance through American Family and Liberty Mutual to earn savings on their bills.
Nest Cam Indoor
In June 2014, Nest acquired Dropcam, maker of Dropcam security cameras. In June 2015. Nest announced Nest Cam, an enhanced security camera and renamed based on Dropcam. The features are 1080p video resolution, rotation, magnetic stand, night vision, two-way warning, voice and movement, and optional Aids Filter service at additional cost. It was renamed as Nest Cam Indoor after the Nest Cam Outdoor announcement in July 2016.
The double design error makes Dropcam vulnerable to allow third parties to stop recording, allowing thieves to sneak at home without being recorded.
Nest Cam Outdoor
The Outdoor Nest Cam was announced in July 2016, and is a Nest Cam version adapted for outdoor monitoring. The main difference from the Nest Cam Indoor is its design made to withstand outdoor conditions.
Nest Cam IQ
Nest Cam IQ was announced in June 2017, and is a more premium model of their Indoor Nest Cam. It features a 4K camera sensor with HDR. It also comes with the ability to recognize and differentiate between different faces when using the Sadar Nest service. It also has some minor improvements, such as improved wi-fi connectivity, lighter infrared LEDs, louder speakers in addition to additional microphones, and a close-up tracking view, which magnifies the actions that occur within the camera's view.
The weatherproof outdoor model was announced in September 2017. The version in Cam IQ also received an update to add Google Assistant functionality to the device in 2018.
Nest Secure
Nest Secure is a home security system announced in September 2017. The system consists of Nest Guard (alarm, keypad, and motion sensors), Nest Detect (window/door and motion sensor), and Nest Tag (keychain). This product was released in November 2017.
Nest Hello
Nest Hello is a video embedded shortcut with facial recognition. The device was originally scheduled to be launched in February 2018 but has since been postponed to March.
Working with Nest
Working with Nest is a program that allows third-party devices to communicate with Nest products.
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Litigation
In February 2012, Honeywell filed a lawsuit claiming that some of his patents have been violated by the Nest; Nest said he would fight the lawsuit.
On April 12, 2012, Nest announced publicly that they would see Honeywell reach the court because they believed that none of the seven patents suspected of infringing were actually infringed. Honeywell claims that Nest has infringed patents related to remotely controlling thermostats, thieving-power thermostats, and thermostats designed around a circular and interactive design, similar to HoneywellÃ, T87. However, Honeywell holds a patent that is almost identical to that expired in 2004. Nest has taken the position that they will see this through a patent court because they suspect Honeywell is trying to harass them, voluntarily and financially, out of business.
On May 14, 2013, Allure Energy, Inc. ("Allure") was issued a patent by the USPTO entitled "Auto-Adaptable Energy Management Apparatus." On the same day, Allure filed a lawsuit against Nest and two other defendants in the Eastern District of Texas declaring that Nest violated their recently issued patent; lawsuit is in progress.
On September 11, 2013, Nest announced that it signed a patent licensing agreement with Intellectual Ventures. In addition, Nest announced that it has acquired several Intellectual Venture patents that will help Nest to better defend their products from patent infringement claims. It is not clear how many Nest patents are licensed and purchased from Intellectual Ventures.
On November 4, 2013, BRK Brands, Inc. ("BRK"), the maker of the First Alert smoke detector brand, filed a lawsuit against Nest in the Illinois Northern District Court accusing Nest Nest's Nest Protect product of infringing the claims of six of its patents.
In May 2016, an employee filed a lawsuit against unjust working practices with Region 32 of the National Labor Relations Board against Nest and Google. In the indictment, the employee suspects that he was dismissed for posting information about Tony Fadell's poor leadership to a personal Facebook page consisting of current and former employees. The allegations also allege that Nest and Google have engaged in unlawful controls and unauthorized interrogations of employees to prevent them from discussing the work environment at the Nest.
Parody after Google acquisition
On May 7, 2014, German activist group Peng Collective released a parody website called Google Nest , insinuating Google's privacy policy and practices with counterfeit products mimicking Google's art style, which should have been made as a result "of the intensive period studying user behavior "in response to" public debate around privacy and government oversight ". This site describes four new recognized services that compromise Google's data collection trends enabled with Nest technology: Google Trust, Google Hug, Google Bee and Google Bye , respectively "insurance data" is paid with personal data, location services that encourage personal emotional interaction, "personal drone", and warning sites created from automatically collected information.
The next day, Google's trademark lawyers issued a stop and prevent letter to Peng, asking them to change the site and transfer the domain name to Google. The site replaces its content with notes explaining the situation, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation responds on behalf of Peng by a public letter saying that noncommercial political commentary is not prohibited under trademark law, and that the site will not be confused after much press coverage is received.
Deliberate hardware deletion
In October 2014, Nest acquired Revolv, a company that works with home automation. Nest announced on its website, in April 2016, that all Revolv Hub devices previously purchased and installed by customers will be permanently disabled and stop operating the following month, since Nest will shut down Revolv servers that US $ 300 "Revolv Hub" depends on.
This has led to extensive media criticism, given the high cost of hardware, and that previous customers have been confirmed "Lifetime Subscription". The Electronic Frontier Foundation states that this sets an undesirable precedent for companies with the ambition to sell self-driving cars, medical devices, and other top-notch gadgets that may be important to one's life or physical safety, arguing that the owner of Revolv hardware ( and similar Google Nest products) should be allowed to redirect their devices on different servers, or collaborate on upgraded software, the practices they propose currently potentially violate the DMCA section of the United States 1201.
In April 2016, Google announced that it could offer case-by-case compensation to buyers of Revolv products.
See also
- Internet stuff
- Machine learning
- The Brillo Project
- X10
- ecobee
References
External links
Media associated with Nest Labs on Wikimedia Commons
- Official website
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