The premise of Nest Protect is pretty simple. Smoke detectors are annoying ... It’s also got a heat sensor, three motion detectors, an ambient light sensor and humidity sensor.

For example, Nest’s motion sensors can tell when people ... This “gestural hush,” detected by motion sensors in the smoke detector, gives them some time to deal with the offending situation.

His Silicon Valley-based start-up released the Nest thermostat ... engineers "gutted" the typical detector and put in new sensors, including a photoelectric smoke sensor, CO sensor, heat sensor ...

At any rate, the news is now official: Nest is indeed coming out with a smoke ... carbon monoxide detector, the Protect also acts as a night light of sorts: it has a motion sensor that allows ...

Similar to how the thermostat’s motion sensors can figure out ... the uncooperative thermostat, and now Nest Labs has remade the lowly household smoke detector, which all too often ends up ...

The new detector has a “split spectrum sensor” for smoke detection, a step beyond the single photoelectric in the original one. Nest says that ability to detect smoke with a sensor that can ...

Nest Protect is designed to offer more than just basic smoke detection. It incorporates advanced sensors that can differentiate ... in the dark when it detects motion, adding an extra layer ...

Not Nest’s alarm. With its light sensors and color cues ... installed ultrasonic sensors to detect your hand motion. No need to flap the smoke away; it’s as if you were saying goodbye to ...

We’ve all experienced that annoyance: You’re cooking bacon on Sunday morning and the smoke alarm goes ... The Nest Protect uses what Google calls a Split-Spectrum Sensor, which uses a ...

There's smoke in the hallway,” a firm, direct female voice announced. “The alarm ... a real fire. Nest Protect has other features that purport to help. Its batteries and sensors are checked ...

The best smart smoke detectors ... sensors are generally better at alerting you about smoldering, or slow-burning fires. You should have both types of alarms in your house. Smoke alarms such as ...

motion sensors, flood and temperature sensors, a car-style key fob, and surprisingly, the smoke detector. Nest famously has some extremely expensive smoke detectors, but ADT's press release calls ...