The end of the route is programmed for Nest Secure and Dropcam products. Users have until April 8, 2024.
Google has announced multiple end-of-life dates for a number of products that rely on the Nest app, products that will not be eligible to upgrade to the new Google Home app. If you have Nest Secure or Dropcam home security products, you have about a year before they become useless. Shelving these devices could be a signal that a new Home app is coming soon, much more customizable.
Planned path completion for Nest Secure and Dropcam products
Nest Secure will run until April 8, 2024. To ease the transition, Google is offering its customers some benefits — as the giant often does when one of its products ends up in the Google graveyard. Nest Secure users will receive a voucher for ADT self-configuration system worth up to $485; or they can opt for a $200 Google Store credit. Mountain View explains that it has already sent out an email to relevant users with instructions on how to use it.
Meanwhile, Dropcam products will also stop working after April 8 next year. Google encourages users to download and back up their video history before this date to avoid losing their data. As a consolation prize for these users, the American giant is offering a free Nest Cam (internal wired version) to those with a Nest Aware subscription; others can take advantage of a 50% discount voucher when purchasing the same camera.
Finally, Works With Nest, an API that allows you to integrate third-party products with incompatible home automation accessories, will stop working after September 29th. Alternatively, Google directs users to Assistant-based routines in the Google Home app. The company also plans to launch a script editor “in the coming months”to restore any lost functionality. The American giant also explains that it is “actively working”with partners to secure new integrations.
Users have until April 8, 2024 to take advantage of it.
Google announced its new Home app in October last year and insisted that this could be the main reason for the disappearance of these products. The new Home app integrates Matter, including the Fast Pair feature. It is currently in public preview.
Nest Secure was launched in 2017 in an attempt to revive the connected home security market. Conceived and designed to counter historic brands like ADT, which Google later invested in, the system included a guard station, motion detection sensors for windows and doors, and key tags to enable or disable the system with ease. In 2020, Google announced that it was no longer developing this platform, but promised that it would remain operational. At the same time, Dropcam was launched as a pioneering brand in the connected home security market with the launch of the first cloud cameras. Google/Nest bought the startup in 2014 for $555 million.