Business Insider reported on the 30th that Nest was split in two, the hardware department remained the same, and the software department was included in Google, obeying Hiroshi Lockheimer, senior vice president of Android. Lockheimer is responsible for the development of the streaming TV stick Chromecast, and is currently working on the home smart device Google Home, to compete with Amazon's Amazon Echo.
According to the report, Nest's new personnel arrangement shows that Android will become the main force of Google's development. Nest originally has its own operating system, which is not connected to Android. Now the Nest engineer is changed to Android. The era of paralleling multiple platforms on Google is over. Android will be a common platform for all kinds of devices, including smart. Mobile phones, tablets, notebooks, smart temperature controllers, etc.
Google's parent company, Alphabet, recently announced that it will reorganize Nest Labs, its smart home division that produces thermostats and smoke detectors, and that Nest will be fully integrated into the Google IoT division.
This means that Google had spent $3.2 billion in 2014 to acquire and hope for the smart home brand Nest, which will lose its status as an affiliate of Alphabet, and will become a part of Google's division.
The news shows that the combined Nest will be invested in the development of Google Home products, and will compete with Amazon's smart home product Amazon Echo in the future. And how many Nest employees can stay and enter Google's R&D system, and the Alphabet spokesperson declined to respond.
In fact, Nest has been negative since the acquisition of Google.
In June of this year, the original Nest co-founder and CEO, Tony Fadell, known as the "father of the iPod" announced his departure, although he himself said that this move is due to personal reasons, will continue to serve as Google mother after leaving office The consultant of the company Alphabet, and has more time and flexibility to pursue his new career. However, the industry generally believes that Fadel's management style is simple and rude, unable to stimulate the creativity of his subordinates. He was strongly dissatisfied and even jointly protested by many subordinates, so he was swept out by his parent company, Alphabet.
What's more, after the acquisition of Nest, a variety of products including smoke detectors have experienced large-scale quality problems, and once fell into the dilemma of being forced to leave the shelves and apologizing to consumers.
In addition, the industry generally believes that Nest's rhythm in launching new product development is too slow to stimulate the continued enthusiasm of consumers.
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