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If a developer has gone to the effort to integrate their solution with Nest, I'd be very surprised if they don't get their solution integrated with Google Assis

by amanzi 7y ago

If a developer has gone to the effort to integrate their solution with Nest, I'd be very surprised if they don't get their solution integrated with Google Assistant, and Apple HomeKit too while they're at it. So I assume that when end-users switch over their Nest devices to the Google Assistant platform, their existing Nest integrations will be available on the Google Assistant platform too. Doesn't appear to be as doom and gloom as most other commenters here are predicting.

Klathmon 7y ago
I believe the kind of Google Assistant integration you would need to replicate this kind of access is impossible in publicly available APIs currently. Google has much more integration capabilities, but they seem to be this far "invite only", you can't request it.
- saulrh 7y ago
  So... The functionality exists and is currently in testing, it's only just become stable enough that we're hearing about it, and they're notifying developers targeting the current service as far ahead of time as possible? I mean, it won't do anything for stuff that's too crappy to take software updates, but that's an entirely different matter. Edit: Finally went and read the announcement. They're really not giving people much time, are they? Nevermind, three months is pretty bad.
  - IshKebab 7y ago
    No, this isn't a case of moving functionality from Nest to Google. They've removed the Nest API ("set the temperature", "set to away", "what's the temperature?"). They say "move to Google Assistant" but Google Assistant doesn't let you do that. Also - I could sort of understand it if they provided a proper IFTTT style system in Google Home but they don't. All you can do is trigger actions based on a custom voice command or a time.
cortesoft 7y ago
The FAQ seems to say that isn't the case... the google system does not provide any API to actually control the nest devices, or at least not directly, which is likely required for a lot of the functionality third parties provided.

by amanzi 7y ago

Klathmon 7y ago

I believe the kind of Google Assistant integration you would need to replicate this kind of access is impossible in publicly available APIs currently. Google has much more integration capabilities, but they seem to be this far "invite only", you can't request it.

saulrh 7y ago
So... The functionality exists and is currently in testing, it's only just become stable enough that we're hearing about it, and they're notifying developers targeting the current service as far ahead of time as possible? I mean, it won't do anything for stuff that's too crappy to take software updates, but that's an entirely different matter. Edit: Finally went and read the announcement. They're really not giving people much time, are they? Nevermind, three months is pretty bad.
- IshKebab 7y ago
  No, this isn't a case of moving functionality from Nest to Google. They've removed the Nest API ("set the temperature", "set to away", "what's the temperature?"). They say "move to Google Assistant" but Google Assistant doesn't let you do that. Also - I could sort of understand it if they provided a proper IFTTT style system in Google Home but they don't. All you can do is trigger actions based on a custom voice command or a time.

cortesoft 7y ago

The FAQ seems to say that isn't the case... the google system does not provide any API to actually control the nest devices, or at least not directly, which is likely required for a lot of the functionality third parties provided.