In an effort to unite the smart-home market under a single networking protocol, Google/Alphabet's Nest today launched OpenThread, an open-source implementation of the Thread protocol. The Thread Group ...

Nest wants to make it easier (and quicker) to get more smart home gadgets on the market. In a move to build out its smart home presence (and propel the industry forward), the company is opening up its ...

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Google, through its Nest Labs home automation division, today announced ...

Thread, an open wireless protocol for the Internet of things, is getting a boost from one of its biggest boosters, Google-owned Nest Labs. An IPv6 networking protocol built on the 802.15.4 mesh ...

Recently Google’s Nest, along with Samsung, launched Thread, a new networking standard for smart homes and the Internet of things. Similar to Wi-Fi, it remains to be seen if Thread will become as ...

Google’s Nest subsidiary and heavy hitters including Samsung Electronics and Arm Holdings are launching the latest bid to make sensors, cameras, appliances and other devices in homes easily talk to ...

is a former news writer for The Verge. Google appears poised to launch an updated Nest router equipped with Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth Low Energy, and Thread mesh networking radios later this year, according ...