🛠️ Invention or technique

Smart home (Nest thermostat, domestic IoT)

Hogar conectado (termostato Nest, internet de las cosas doméstico)

Date
2011-2014 · confidence high
Place
Nest Labs, Palo Alto, California, United States; Ring, Santa Monica (video doorbell, 2013)
Credited to
Tony Fadell and Matt Rogers (Nest, acquired by Google in 2014); Jamie Siminoff (Ring, acquired by Amazon)
People
👤 Jamie Siminoff1976–👤 Matt Rogers👤 Tony Fadell1969–
Field
Tools

What it is

Internet-connected appliances that learn habits, are controlled from a phone and integrate with voice assistants. They turned the home into a data node.

What it led to

  • Mass-market home automation and automated energy savings
  • Home surveillance (Ring cameras shared with police) and privacy
  • Low-power networks (Zigbee, Thread, Matter)
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Built on

Made possible

  • Matter standard
  • smart locks
  • home energy management

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