Hi #AVtweeps! If you’ve been around for a while, you know Lee Distad feels a type of way about smart home politics. And by that I mean interoperability (or lack thereof), the DIY of it all, etc. Well, the latest is that Google is discontinuing a few Nest products, so if you forked out the cash for certain Nest products, they’ll no longer work with your Google smart home. They will become …. Just Thermostats. Read more here.

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