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> Google's smart home strategy will now revolve around only the "Works with Google Assistant" program This arguably makes more sense anyway, and I think it ope

by rch 7y ago

> Google's smart home strategy will now revolve around only the "Works with Google Assistant" program This arguably makes more sense anyway, and I think it opens up some interesting possibilities that might not have been possible while Nest was a standalone entity.

hunter2_ 7y ago
Works With Nest means arbitrary third parties having API access to a Nest device. Any person could make a dev account and start logging data, sending commands, etc. Works With Google Assistant means Google (and in this case, only Google, given the WwN sunset) having API access to whatever device, in this case a Nest device. Correct me if I'm wrong.
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- rch 7y ago
  I'm expecting that the extra context available in the Assistant platform will yield integrations that are generally more useful, even if there are fewer of them. As for tinkering... it's not that difficult to build a smart thermostat these days.
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