Voice-Controlled Nest Thermostat Points To the Potential of the Internet of Things

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Google and Nest are making it even easier to change the temperature in your home. You can now use your voice to ask Google Now to set the temperature of your Nest Thermostat through your phone, tablet or computer.

With Google and Nest, it's now even easier to change the temperature in your home. You can now use your voice to ask Google Now to set the temperature of your Nest Thermostat through your phone, tablet or computer.

When Google acquired the smart thermostat company, Nest, the company announced a “Works with Nest” development program that would enable all sorts of smart products to interact with those made by Nest.  It is one of the first practical examples of the internet of things.

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While we have yet to see this integration fully appear, it does look as though we are about one step away from it becoming a reality.

According to Droid Life, if you tell Google to set the temperature on your Nest Learning Thermostat, it tries to complete the task. It fails initially, but that’s because it needs you to authorize your Google account to work with Nest, so there is an option to opt-in accompanying the failure notice (the “Works with Nest” button).

"Ok, Google, set Nest to 72 degrees."

The authorization step needs to go live from Google in order for all of this to work. Google and Nest have a webpage setup for this action to take place, but when you tap on “Yes, I’m in,” it redirects to a page that is not quite live yet.

As the page shows, there are two controls that we will soon be able to use: setting the temperature, and setting if you are home or away. These actions will be accompanied by a Google Now card.

Now, how long before we will be able to ask the kitchen, "Tea, Earl Grey, Hot"?


SOURCE  Droid Life

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