Google Home, Assistant, Nest and Cast Present One Unified Smart Home Ecosystem

When Nest founder Tony Fadell left the company in June, he said in a statement the company had grown into much more than a thermostat company. “We’ve created a hardware + software + services ecosystem,” he wrote in a blog post, “which is still in the early growth stage and will continue to evolve to move further into the mainstream over the coming years.”

What that means for Nest is still unclear. For now, it might mean tighter integration with Google Home, rather than being an ecosystem unto itself.

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By: Julie Jacobson