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Mike Prospero

Google kills off Nest Protect, partners with First Alert for new smart smoke detector

Nest Protect.

The Nest Protect has long stood at the top of our list of the best smart smoke detectors, but its reign is at an end. Google today announced that it's ending sales of the venerable product, and partnering with First Alert for a smart smoke detector that will work with Google Home.

Along with the Nest thermostat and Drop Cam, the Protect was one of the original products made by Nest, before it was acquired by Google. And while the thermostat and security camera have been updated with several new models in the past decade, the Nest Protect remained largely unchanged.

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