Google beefs up Home with Nest Protect and expanded Matter smart lock suppo

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• Nest Protect compatibility comes to the Google Home Public Preview.
• Google’s also expanding Home support for third-party Matter smart locks.
• These new features are available on Android now, with iOS coming soon.

Google Home already exists at the core of the smart home experience for so many of us, and little by little it’s only picking up new functionality. One way we’ve seen it expand a few times over the years has been by way of integrating control from other apps — and specifically, Nest stuff. That’s already brought Wi-Fi controls to the Home app, as well as Nest camera feeds, and back in November we spotted evidence that Nest Protect smoke and carbon monoxide (CO) detectors could soon join them.

Today, Google makes that addition official, welcoming Nest Protect to Home as part of the app’s Public Preview. If you’ve got a Nest Protect and sign up for the Home Public Preview, you can start getting smoke and CO alerts, adjust device configuration, and coordinate testing all from the Home app.




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