Google has made some big changes to its home safety offerings, discontinuing both its Nest Protect smart smoke and CO alarm and its Nest ... appears to be stepping back from producing its own ...

The replacement is called the First Alert Smart Smoke & Carbon Monoxide Alarm. If you’ve used the Nest Protect before ... You can check the back of the device for the manufacturing date.

The Nest is a hardwired unit, so installation was a bit more elaborate than the other smoke detectors I tested ... They should have a clear marking on the back to indicate the testing laboratory ...

On April 3, Nest Labs halted sales of the Nest Protect smoke and CO alarm and deactivated the hush feature, called the Nest Wave, over concerns that the alarm could be unintentionally deactivated.

Fadell is the electric CEO of Nest, which makes an Internet connected thermostat and smoke/carbon monoxide detector ... Nest's VCs got a lot of back slaps for bagging a mega return on their ...