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New protocol for "Internet of Things" called Weave. Looks like it's going to use JSON or type-compatible. They didn't address why existing solutions aren't good

by zimbatm 11y ago

New protocol for "Internet of Things" called Weave. Looks like it's going to use JSON or type-compatible. They didn't address why existing solutions aren't good.

tbatchelli 11y ago
Hmm... networking + Weave, where have I seen that before? Ah, http://weave.works http://weave.works . Google did the same with Go as a language, didn't they?
- dragonwriter 11y ago
  Weave apparently has been the name of the Nest protocol for quite some time (before the Google acquisition, I think); there have been articles about it for quite a while. The new thing with Weave isn't something with that name being created by Google, its it becoming available to third parties, as well as the Android-derived Brillo IoT stack.
drcode 11y ago
sigh and another system where all kinds of data is managed/owned centrally by Google.
- digi_owl 11y ago
  There was also a API for checking via Android (aka Google) if a URI passed via intents was "kosher".
- jsingleton 11y ago
  Let's hope it's an open protocol. I'm guessing this came out of Nest so they may want to make it interoperable. I'm a big fan of https://www.particle.io https://www.particle.io (previously Spark). http://nodered.org http://nodered.org and https://resin.io https://resin.io are also good but not used them seriously.
Someone1234 11y ago
When watching that this XKCD immediately came to mind: https://xkcd.com/927/ https://xkcd.com/927/ If they had announced how open and free their new standard was to use, I might have taken notice, but as it stands it is a Google-owned "standard" which likely only Google would use.
yc1010 11y ago
the word Weave reminded of Google Wave, anyone remember that?
dragonwriter 11y ago
> New protocol for "Internet of Things" called Weave. From past news articles, "Weave" -- with that name -- has been Nest's protocol for a long time. What seems to be new is availability outside of Nest/Google.

by zimbatm 11y ago

New protocol for "Internet of Things" called Weave. Looks like it's going to use JSON or type-compatible. They didn't address why existing solutions aren't good.

tbatchelli 11y ago

Hmm... networking + Weave, where have I seen that before? Ah, http://weave.works http://weave.works . Google did the same with Go as a language, didn't they?

dragonwriter 11y ago
Weave apparently has been the name of the Nest protocol for quite some time (before the Google acquisition, I think); there have been articles about it for quite a while. The new thing with Weave isn't something with that name being created by Google, its it becoming available to third parties, as well as the Android-derived Brillo IoT stack.

drcode 11y ago

sigh and another system where all kinds of data is managed/owned centrally by Google.

digi_owl 11y ago
There was also a API for checking via Android (aka Google) if a URI passed via intents was "kosher".
jsingleton 11y ago
Let's hope it's an open protocol. I'm guessing this came out of Nest so they may want to make it interoperable. I'm a big fan of https://www.particle.io https://www.particle.io (previously Spark). http://nodered.org http://nodered.org and https://resin.io https://resin.io are also good but not used them seriously.

Someone1234 11y ago

When watching that this XKCD immediately came to mind: https://xkcd.com/927/ https://xkcd.com/927/ If they had announced how open and free their new standard was to use, I might have taken notice, but as it stands it is a Google-owned "standard" which likely only Google would use.

yc1010 11y ago

the word Weave reminded of Google Wave, anyone remember that?

dragonwriter 11y ago

> New protocol for "Internet of Things" called Weave. From past news articles, "Weave" -- with that name -- has been Nest's protocol for a long time. What seems to be new is availability outside of Nest/Google.