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Looking at the Nest lineup, I was reminded of that adage: "Google is getting better at design faster than Apple is getting better at web services." Those produ

• cbeach 12y ago
  Of course they look good. They were designed by the Nest team, not by Google's own designers. Nest was an acquisition, and I can't see those guys getting involved in the huge challenge of making Google's other properties look good.
  • amrrs 12y ago
    And co-founder of Nest is ex-Apple guy. Now you know from where the growth comes.
  • AVTizzle 12y ago
    You're absolutely right. I understand, and completely agree. But by virtue of said acquisition, Nest's design chops == Google's design chops.
    • hueving 12y ago
      Well nest is still independent from what they want people to believe at least, so it's actually unlikely that the nest designers will help any other Google products. It's like saying Tina Fey is part of Comcast's acting talent because of her role in 30 rock.
  • nevi-me 12y ago
    Yea, they bought it. Doesn't that give them the right to call it their own product? Will that always apply to future Nest products, or is it only for the ones that existed at the time of acquisition? If 'we' acquire something at work, it becomes ours. We incorporate its results and start being measured by its performance.
• chrisdevereux 12y ago
  good design != looking good
  • loganu 12y ago
    True, but in this case the design is actually really good as well. Nest has the best unboxing and set-up experience I've ever seen. I was blown away by how much thought they'd put into it, and how easy they made everything. It's also really well designed from an on-going experience perspective... but I never really have to touch it now that it's installed and programmed.