<story><title>Nest to join forces with Google’s hardware team</title><url>https://nest.com/blog/2018/02/07/nest-to-join-forces-with-google-hardware-team/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>pxlpshr</author><text>I really wish Google&amp;#x2F;Nest would end their corporate beef with Apple and integrate with HomeKit. What happened with the openness of Google?&lt;p&gt;Instead of buying Nest&amp;#x27;s &lt;i&gt;entire line&lt;/i&gt; to outfit the house I&amp;#x27;m building, I&amp;#x27;m avoiding them completely even though I think their products are at the top of their class.&lt;p&gt;Nest isn&amp;#x27;t unique anymore... neither are their cameras... and they are late to the party with the doorbell. Do I think they are great products? Absolutely!! But they aren&amp;#x27;t in a position of leverage, the market is becoming commoditized, and forcing consumers to use only your app is a poor strategy. Especially considering it wasn&amp;#x27;t until a few weeks ago did Nest&amp;#x27;s app support iPhone X&amp;#x27;s new format, MONTHs after it was available to the public.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>nwah1</author><text>HomeKit is not using open standards. Google and Nest are. Your question should be reversed. Why doesn&amp;#x27;t Apple just use OpenThread or one of the competing open source IoT frameworks?&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.theregister.co.uk&amp;#x2F;2016&amp;#x2F;05&amp;#x2F;11&amp;#x2F;google_open_sources_thread_in_bid_to_win_iot_standards_war&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.theregister.co.uk&amp;#x2F;2016&amp;#x2F;05&amp;#x2F;11&amp;#x2F;google_open_sources...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Nest to join forces with Google’s hardware team</title><url>https://nest.com/blog/2018/02/07/nest-to-join-forces-with-google-hardware-team/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>pxlpshr</author><text>I really wish Google&amp;#x2F;Nest would end their corporate beef with Apple and integrate with HomeKit. What happened with the openness of Google?&lt;p&gt;Instead of buying Nest&amp;#x27;s &lt;i&gt;entire line&lt;/i&gt; to outfit the house I&amp;#x27;m building, I&amp;#x27;m avoiding them completely even though I think their products are at the top of their class.&lt;p&gt;Nest isn&amp;#x27;t unique anymore... neither are their cameras... and they are late to the party with the doorbell. Do I think they are great products? Absolutely!! But they aren&amp;#x27;t in a position of leverage, the market is becoming commoditized, and forcing consumers to use only your app is a poor strategy. Especially considering it wasn&amp;#x27;t until a few weeks ago did Nest&amp;#x27;s app support iPhone X&amp;#x27;s new format, MONTHs after it was available to the public.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>sofaofthedamned</author><text>Not true.&lt;p&gt;For similar - see Android Auto &amp;#x2F; Apple Carplay, where Android can use any music&amp;#x2F;map service, but the Apple version is limited to theirs.&lt;p&gt;I have my issues with Google but they&amp;#x27;re like night and day when it comes to interoperability.</text></comment>