Nest Labs logo before becoming the hardware division for Google Nest Labs before acquisition by Google In July 2018, it was announced that all Google Home electronics products will henceforth be marketed under the brand Google Nest. However, in 2018, Nest was merged into Google's home-devices unit led by Rishi Chandra, effectively ceasing to exist as a separate business. Īfter Google reorganized itself under the holding company Alphabet Inc., Nest operated independently of Google from 2015 to 2018. As of late 2015, Nest employs more than 1,100 and added a primary engineering center in Seattle. Google acquired Nest Labs for US$3.2 billion in January 2014, when the company employed 280. The company quickly expanded to more than 130 employees by the end of 2012. After its acquisition of Dropcam in 2014, the company introduced its Nest Cam branding of security cameras beginning in June 2015. It was followed by the Nest Protect smoke and carbon monoxide detectors in October 2013. The product is programmable, self-learning, sensor-driven, and Wi-Fi-enabled: features that are often found in other Nest products.

Its flagship product, which was the company's first offering, is the Nest Learning Thermostat, introduced in 2011. The Nest brand name was originally owned by Nest Labs, co-founded by former Apple engineers Tony Fadell and Matt Rogers in 2010. 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.

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