Apr 03
In a letter from Nest CEO Tony Fadell today, the company announced it would stop selling its Protect fire alarm while it reconsidered a key feature of the device: The ability to "wave to hush" a warning alarm.
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Dec 10
Nest managed to do the seemingly impossible with its Protect: it made a smoke detector… exciting
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Oct 08
What home appliance do you hate the most? Odds are good it’s the smoke detector—that incessantly chirping, totally inconsistent mess of beige plastic that we can only hope actually works when needed. That may be about to change: Today, Nest Labs unveiled Protect, a Wi-Fi connected alarm that lets you keep tabs on your home even when nothing’s on fire.
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Sep 24
Now that Nest has rolled out its second-gen smart thermostat, it looks like it’s gearing up to reveal its next project: an intelligent smoke detector dubbed Protect. Jessica Lessin, formerly of the Wall Street Journal, first broke word of the device and now AllThingsD is chiming in to confirm its existence. Specifics are slim, but it’s said Protect will connect to the outfit’s existing A/C hardware (presumably over Bluetooth), lending it long battery life since it won’t need a WiFi chip. Lessin notes that a subscription-based monitoring service and the ability to sense carbon monoxide have been considered, but ATD‘s sources say the contraption won’t be tied to a monthly fee. An official unveiling is expected to occur soon, and retail availability could come by year’s end. Now that intelligent smoke detectors appear poised to head into homes soon, we can only hope they’re as charming as Gilbert Gottfried.
[Image credit: Katy Warner, Flickr]
Source: Jessica Lessin, AllThingsD
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