The new Nest Protect: Smoke + Carbon Monoxide alarm is a smart alarm that ends frantic flapping with a tea towel. Richard Trenholm was CNET's film and TV editor, covering the big screen, small screen ...

Nest ID'd a potential flaw in the gadget's Wave feature, which lets users turn off the alarm with a wave of a hand. Our team tests, rates, and reviews more than 1,500 products each year to help you ...

A smoke detector is an absolute necessity for any residence. It acts as the first line of defense against fire-related hazards. One of the high-end smoke alarms on the market right now is the ...

“It’s 4 a.m. and what the hell is that beeping?!” If you haven’t been rudely awaken by your smoke alarm’s dying battery cries yet, just give it time. For such essential and potentially life-saving ...

Nest Labs, the company acquired by Google for $3.2 billion in January, has halted sales of its smart smoke and carbon dioxide alarm over concerns the device could be unintentionally turned off. The ...

Nest, the connected-home device maker Google agreed to buy in January, is disabling a feature that allows its Nest Protect smoke and carbon-monoxide alarm to be silenced with a wave of the hand. The ...

We’ve all experienced that annoyance: You’re cooking bacon on Sunday morning and the smoke alarm goes off. How convenient would it be to yell, “Bacon!” and have the alarm shut off? We’re not there yet ...

Back in 2011, a company called Nest introduced a smarter thermostat, one that tracked heating habits, and had a touchscreen interface, and was WiFi-enabled so you could control it from your phone. By ...

On March 28, Google Nest announced two major changes to its Google Home lineup of smart devices. First, it's going to end sales of its Nest Protect smoke detector, which featured on our list of ...

Nest Labs says old-school smoke alarms have “become annoying.” They cry wolf “every time you make stir-fry,” or chirp you awake, “just as you’ve fallen asleep,” kvetches the hot startup that Google ...

Google recently announced plans to purchase smart home appliance maker Nest for $3.2 Billion (£1.95 billion). Clearly Google thinks Nest is set to be the next big thing. So much so that the company is ...

On this side of the pond most if not all ‘smart’ smoke detectors are not available anymore. It’s mostly because legislation now requires them to be locally interlinked so when one sounds they all ...