Google's Nest is disabling some of its customers' old smart-home devices

Re:Google's Nest is disabling some of its customers' old sma... by bitJericho on Monday April 04, 2016 @06:04PM (#11426111)

I've done such installations. The simple solution is to use Honeywell products. It's good stuff that works as intended. The downside is its not even in the same ballpark as modern google/amazon/startup type devices. The customer gets what the customer wants so if someone wants ultra modern then conservatively designed products don't fly. Best advice is to vote with your wallet and stop trusting google products.

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Re:Google's Nest is disabling some of its customers' old sma... by jpindar on Monday April 04, 2016 @07:29PM (#11426616)

Good point.

My Hue lights work without an internet connection, and can be controlled from a device on my local network. And they are also made by an old-school company, Phillips.

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Re:Google's Nest is disabling some of its customers' old sma... by ocdtrekkie on Monday April 04, 2016 @07:47PM (#11426697)

There's ups and downs to Hue. If you recall earlier they tried axing out support for third party bulbs from their app. But they also deserve some kudos for basing their app and devices on a open platform to begin with.

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Re:Google's Nest is disabling some of its customers' old sma... by jpindar on Wednesday April 06, 2016 @08:23PM (#11443576)

Yes, but once people protested, they admitted their mistake and reverted it. AFAIK their position now is that they won't go out of their way to support third party bulbs unless the manufacturer joins their "friends of Hue" program, but their hub firmware isn't blocking them and should work with other bulbs that meet certain specs.

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