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Looks like something that should've been under the Nest brand. Whatever happened to that?

by izolate 10y ago

cookiecaper 10y ago
This is competing with the Amazon Echo. It's more oriented toward the Google brand because it's about searching for information. Obviously, Google still wants people to think of Google whenever they want to know something, even if the search is conducted by voice.
demian0311 10y ago
You're right. When I got the Nest products I assumed Google would foster integration with them. If I can't raise my Nest thermometer by voice with this then that'll be Google training me once again to not invest in their platforms.
- angryasian 10y ago
  During the presentation they specifically mentioned integration with Nest and other at home integrations
- chrisper 10y ago
  You know that you can already do this right? https://nest.com/support/article/How-do-Google-voice-actions-and-Google-Now-work-with-the-Nest-Thermostat https://nest.com/support/article/How-do-Google-voice-actions...
  - danellis 10y ago
    I didn't know that. Thanks for the link!
makomk 10y ago
Apparently Nest are having trouble actually releasing anything. There were rumours in the press about this being developed outside of the Nest group for that reason a while back.
knz 10y ago
Perhaps they will rebrand Nest?
supergeek133 10y ago
Awhile back Nest was hiring tons of audio engineers. My guess was that they took it back with the recent strife, or felt it better connected to the Google brand because of search and music.
L_Rahman 10y ago
Nest and Tony Fadell have a deeply product oriented philosophy - they clearly define what their product do and then go iterate till they get to the most aesthetically appealing, polished thing and release. Fadell brought that way of thinking with him from Apple, and from everything that's been published about his management style he's been able to sustain that attitude at Alphabet. Home or any other AI/machine learning driven product needs to take a much more iterative approach. With those products you start by defining your platform goals and release that. Your product gets better through invisible improvements in your backend, not in the physical thing you sell to people. It makes sense that this product belong to the same team that built Chromecast.

Looks like something that should've been under the Nest brand. Whatever happened to that?

by izolate 10y ago

Looks like something that should've been under the Nest brand. Whatever happened to that?

This is competing with the Amazon Echo. It's more oriented toward the Google brand because it's about searching for information. Obviously, Google still wants people to think of Google whenever they want to know something, even if the search is conducted by voice.

demian0311 10y ago

You're right. When I got the Nest products I assumed Google would foster integration with them. If I can't raise my Nest thermometer by voice with this then that'll be Google training me once again to not invest in their platforms.

angryasian 10y ago
During the presentation they specifically mentioned integration with Nest and other at home integrations
chrisper 10y ago
You know that you can already do this right? https://nest.com/support/article/How-do-Google-voice-actions-and-Google-Now-work-with-the-Nest-Thermostat https://nest.com/support/article/How-do-Google-voice-actions...
- danellis 10y ago
  I didn't know that. Thanks for the link!

makomk 10y ago

Apparently Nest are having trouble actually releasing anything. There were rumours in the press about this being developed outside of the Nest group for that reason a while back.

knz 10y ago

Perhaps they will rebrand Nest?

supergeek133 10y ago

Awhile back Nest was hiring tons of audio engineers. My guess was that they took it back with the recent strife, or felt it better connected to the Google brand because of search and music.

L_Rahman 10y ago

Nest and Tony Fadell have a deeply product oriented philosophy - they clearly define what their product do and then go iterate till they get to the most aesthetically appealing, polished thing and release. Fadell brought that way of thinking with him from Apple, and from everything that's been published about his management style he's been able to sustain that attitude at Alphabet. Home or any other AI/machine learning driven product needs to take a much more iterative approach. With those products you start by defining your platform goals and release that. Your product gets better through invisible improvements in your backend, not in the physical thing you sell to people. It makes sense that this product belong to the same team that built Chromecast.