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My only concern with this move is that Nest products might become less open as a result. Apple, Google, and Amazon are developing competing ecosystems and Appl
by cptskippy 9y ago
My only concern with this move is that Nest products might become less open as a result.
Apple, Google, and Amazon are developing competing ecosystems and Apple has been making/keeping theirs as closed as possible. Amazon has remained relatively open and Google has been somewhere between the two.
I get the feeling that Google would love to be a completely closed system and they seem to be moving in that direction.
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- stcredzero 9y agoMy only concern with this move is that Nest products might become less open as a result. Will they become better tested, or will it work the other way?
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- cptskippy 9y agoI guess that largely depends on your opinion of their current level of testing and Google's level of testing for their other hardware. Presently Nest utilizes the Centercode platform to manage a pool of beta testers.
- jamieomatthews 9y agoYou can certainly guarantee you'll never have Alexa assistant inside the nest (like echobee for example)
- ocdtrekkie 9y agoFWIW, Nest products were never very open. I had one pre-Google acquisition, and there was never a way to talk to it that wasn't via Nest's own servers, even though it's on my network. Of course, the likely thing is that Google will not go out of their way to make it possible to make Nest plugins for Alexa, Cortana, etc.