The smart thermostat Nest is as of today available in the Netherlands. We were allowed to play with the automation to make sure that our energy is going to change now. Really radically
What is Nest?
Nest is a company that has built two specific devices. In 2011, the already introduced the Nest thermostat, a smart heat regulator that you take over regular home thermostat and self consider how you want you. Temperature controlled The thermostat will include a profile when you are at home when you go to work and how it is with your family. It is controlled via an app, the equipment so you can turn when you get home in the car. Fixed heating
In addition to the smart thermostat Nest also a clever smoke and carbon monoxide detector, called Protect ‘. Which has some useful features, such as a motion and light sensor so that the detector knows when you are sleeping, and he tells you in a friendly female voice or your kitchen is on fire.
How do you connect it to
The thermostat and smoke alarm take the place of your current equipment. The smoke detector is simple to install with a few screws, but the thermostat can only join if you are handy set. To the thing connected to get your resume or your gas furnace or boiler is recommended to hire.
What can the devices
The smart thermostat learns from your behavior a mechanic . The first few times you put ‘em manually on and off, but after a week the thermostat is starting to understand what your daily routine is and is responding.
The thermostat also has a motion sensor, so he can see if anyone is home. Is there a certain time no movement detected? Nest cools your house itself off until you walk back inside.
The smoke has some other useful features. The main difference with an ordinary smoke detector is the real message that you get at a fire. Indeed, the device gives no such blood annoying beep again, but talking to you in a calm female voice – a woman’s voice, children namely the easiest awake. The voice not only that something is wrong, but also what and where. Tells you “There is smoke in the hallway,” or “there is fire in the living room.”
the smoke detector also has a built-in light. That gives go to sleep for you again if the battery is full enough, but jumps automatically when something is wrong and you want to go. Research
Sounds funny, but is that really useful?
If you read it as the Nest devices sound more like souped normal home devices with some additional features, but is it revolutionary? To answer that, you have to actually look at the platform that the Nest thermostat and Protect has been set up.
“Work With Nest ‘is the name of the program that Nest invites other developers to develop applications nest, or to work together with the thermostat. their own smart devices Only then creates things that we find really handy.
For example, Mercedes has a partnership with Nest, where the cars are late talking with the thermostat. Drive away from your work, then calculates the navigation of your car right away what time you get home so you thermostat at exactly the right time will get you there in a nice warm house.
Also works Nest with The smart move bracelet Jawbone, which can measure when you sleep. Through the Jawbone thermostat you can heat your home exactly as you wake up, and cool down again when you leave the house.
These are just two examples of how Nest is already working, but in the future is to connect Nest, each smart device in theory and vice versa. In a world where soon every device is connected to the Internet in your home, from your fridge to your table, which offers endless possibilities.
What about your privacy?
This is a hot topic, especially since the company was purchased recently. Google That’s not exactly a good name on privacy. Yet the makers swear that they do not play your personal data to Google – in fact, Google can not there. Also, all data is collected anonymously and encrypted. “We earn our money products, not data,” the company says. We keep on the safe side anyway as the terms of use in mind.
What does it cost?
Nest is for sale. Effective today For the thermostat, you pay 219 euro, but remember that you want it installed by a professional. Nest has such special technicians trained in an hour connect 80 to 100 euros in your house
The smart smoke detector is cheaper.; which costs only 109 euros. You can choose between a wired version or with a battery. The price for this is the same thing, but remember that you probably need more in your house
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