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Google to let Nest work with HomeKit, brings smart home unification one step closer – CNET
What will bring them together? A smart home connectivity standard, expected later this year, called Matter.
According to Google, soon Nest thermostats will be compatible with competing smart home ecosystems like Apple HomeKit.
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In the relatively near future, you’ll be able to do something you’ve maybe never done before: Incorporate products made by Google into Apple’s HomeKit ecosystem, quickly, easily and — get this — directly. No janky workarounds, no third-party services like IFTTT to bridge the gap. Just you, your smart home gadgets, and the smart home platform of your choosing,…
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