Nest to disable key feature of IoT Protect smoke alarm Nest Wave feature could delay the sounding of an alarm in an emergency
By Martyn Williams April 4, 2014 Computerworld IDG News Service - 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 feature, Nest Wave, is one of the key selling points of the device, but it "could delay an alarm going off if there was a real fire," the company said on its website. As a result, Nest is sending an update to the US$129 Internet-connected Nest Protect alarms that will disable the feature until it comes up with a fix for the problem. That's expected to take between two and three months. Nest is also immediately halting sales of the device and said customers who didn't want to keep the alarm could get "a complete refund." ... http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9247439/Nest_to_disable_key_feature_of_IoT_Protect_smoke_alarm _______________________________________________ Medianews mailing list [email protected] http://etskywarn.net/mailman/listinfo/medianews_etskywarn.net
