Google Faces Continued Criticism Over Nest Integration Despite Recent Improvements
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Google purchased Nest almost a decade ago, but integrating it with Google Home has faced continued criticism over lacking features and reliability issues.
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The Google Home app and Nest hardware has improved over the past 2 years with new features, but it still lacks parity with the old Nest app.
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Many users remain very frustrated with Google Home and Nest, as seen by the extremely negative response in a recent Reddit AMA with the Google team.
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However, competing smart home platforms also have downsides like privacy issues and complicated setups. Nest still offers simplicity despite its flaws.
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Google should continue improving Nest integration and communication, but no system is perfect. Nest remains a decent option given tradeoffs.