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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A square with rounded corners, Nest CEO Tony Fadell ... you can turn off the alarm by simply waving at the Protect, which senses the wave with an ultrasonic motion sensor. If you have more than ...

Having the best smoke ... detectors at the press of a button. Sensors, alarms, voice, battery level and Wi-Fi connectivity checks are all available from the app, wherever you are. The Nest Protect ...

If you need to replace your smoke detectors ... Simply download the Nest app and ensure the device is connected to your home's Wi-Fi. This detector also features nightly sensor testing of ...

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 ...

But while Google itself is exiting the smoke ... Nest Protect near its 2015 launch date should probably replace the product anyway. That’s because the CO sensors in carbon monoxide detectors ...

We also happened to evaluate the thermostat in a home with Google Nest Protect smoke/CO detectors and discovered that the thermostat uses not only its own motion sensor, but also the motion ...