I love my cute lil’ Nest Thermostat — it makes my home feel like a spaceship. But there’s one thing that’s stopped me from feeling total futuristic vibes: its integration with other voice-activated assistants. Yeah, the Nest works wonderfully with Google Home, but Apple’s Siri or Amazon’s Alexa? You’d have more luck speaking to a potato. But this might change very soon. In a blog post published this week, Google announced that it’s bringing Matter to Nest and Android. So, what is Matter? Basically, it’s an open standard that wants to make every bit of smart home tech work with whatever…
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