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Google Nest
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 Google Nest Retail Stand | |
| Formerly | Nest Labs |
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| Company type | Subsidiary |
| Industry | Home automation |
| Founded | 2010 |
| Founders | Tony Fadell Matt Rogers |
| Headquarters | , U.S. |
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| Products | Smart speakers, smart displays, streaming devices, thermostats, smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, cameras, home security systems, video doorbells, smart locks |
Number of employees | 1,100 (2015) |
| Parent | |
| Website | nest |
| Footnotes / references [1] | |
Google Nest is a line of smart home products including smart speakers, smart displays, streaming devices, thermostats, smoke detectors, routers and security systems including smart doorbells, cameras and smart locks.[2]
The Nest brand name was originally owned by Nest Labs, co-founded by former Apple engineers Tony Fadell and Matt Rogers in 2010.[3] Its flagship product, which was the company's first offering, is the Nest Learning Thermostat, introduced in 2011. The product is programmable, self-learning, sensor-driven, and Wi-Fi-enabled: features that are often found in other Nest products. It was followed by the Nest Protect smoke and carbon monoxide detectors in October 2013.[4] After its acquisition of Dropcam in 2014, the company introduced its Nest Cam branding of security cameras beginning in June 2015.[5]
The company quickly expanded to more than 130 employees by the end of 2012.[3] Google acquired Nest Labs for US$3.2 billion in January 2014, when the company employed 280. As of late 2015, Nest employs more than 1,100 and added a primary engineering center in Seattle.[1][6][7]
After Google reorganized itself under the holding company Alphabet Inc., Nest operated independently of Google from 2015 to 2018. However, in 2018, Nest was merged into Google's home-devices unit led by Rishi Chandra, effectively ceasing to exist as a separate business.[8] In July 2018, it was announced that all Google Home electronics products will henceforth be marketed under the brand Google Nest.[9]
- ^ a b Demmitt, Jacob (November 18, 2015). "Google's Nest Labs plans top secret project at new Seattle engineering center". Geekwire.
- ^ Statt, Nick; Bohn, Dieter (May 9, 2019). "Google Nest: Why Google finally embraced Nest as its smart home brand". The Verge. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
- ^ a b Levy, Steven (October 8, 2013). "Nest Gives the Lowly Smoke Detector a Brain — And a Voice". Wired. Condé Nast. Retrieved October 9, 2013.
- ^ Patel, Nilay (October 8, 2013). "Fire drill: can Tony Fadell and Nest build a better smoke detector?". The Verge. Vox Media. Archived from the original on October 8, 2013. Retrieved October 8, 2013.
- ^ "Say hello to Nest Cam". Nest Blog (Press release).
- ^ Lashinsky, Adam (June 15, 2014). "Is Tony Fadell the next Steve Jobs.. or Larry Page?". Fortune. Retrieved June 15, 2014.
- ^ "Google to Acquire Nest" (Press release). January 13, 2014. Retrieved January 13, 2014.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
:0was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Statt, Nick; Bohn, Dieter (May 7, 2019). "Google Nest: Why Google finally embraced Nest as its smart home brand". The Verge. Retrieved July 12, 2021.
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