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 aesthet

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.