Google Discontinues Nest Protect, and Apple's WWDC gets a date – here's your week's gear news


Google provides Its smart-home range is a shake-up, and postponed two of its products to replace them with third-party cooperation. That means, after 12 years, it's time to say goodbye to Nest Protect Smoke & Co Alarmand it also ends doing nest x yale lock, A smart lock debuting in 2018.

The replacement of the nest protect came from the first alert, a well -established player in the smoke detector space. Arrival in the coming months for $ 130 and available for preorder today, the First Alert Smart Smoke & Carbon Monoxide Alarm Offer safety voices alerts, safety checkups, and the ability to silence alarms from the app.

It can connect to the existing Nest Protect Protect devices, so if you have, you can still install the first alert system elsewhere, and if a fire is detected, both units sound alarm. Like protection, it can be set up and controlled through the Google Home App.

First alert alert and yale smart lock

Photo: first alert; Yale

The nest x yale lock replacement is the Yale smart lock with something—Ma no nest -brand, though it is “designed for Google Home” and meant to complement Google Nest video doorbell. Yale claims to be easy to install, sports 12 months of battery life, has many unlocking positions (such as an entry code, app, or key), and will be included in the Google Home App. This is it too Object-certificateThis means you should easily connect it to other smart platforms at home. It came this time.

Both postponed Google products will continue to receive security updates (Nest Protect will continue working through its expiry dates), and you can still buy them in retailers while supplies are last.

Apple's WWDC gets a date

An image of Tim Cook that responds to the crowd in the event of Apple on September 9 2024 in Cupertino California.

Tim Cook discussed most during Apple's event on September 9, 2024, in Cupertino, California.Photo: Julian Chokkattu

Mark your calendars. Apple is there officially confirmed The annual Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) will begin on June 9, with an in-person event and live-streaming keynote. Here we will find new software capabilities for company hardware, including the next versions of iOS, Ipados, Macos, Watchos, TVOS, and Visionos. The details of what to report will have to wait until then, but rumors are emerging about what to expect.

Apple has been reported to “prepare one of the most dramatic software overhaul in the company's history, aimed at changing the iPhone, iPad, and and Mac interface for a new generation of users,” according to In Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. This includes updating the style of menus, apps, icons, windows, and system buttons for a more consistent look. It has also been a year's mark since Apple Intelligence has been announced. It had a rocky launch, and Apple recently delayed updates on the new Siri experience that should be understood Your Context. We will probably find a lot of news about the voice assistant and future artificial intelligence features to come. -Brenda Stolyar

Rivian has released a new start of micromobility

There is a new start of micromobility in the town also called, and it comes from Rivian. It began as a stealth program to explore how Rivian's software and bravery could be applied to smaller electric vehicles, but Rivian decided to “deserve its own company.” Rivian maintains a minority owner of the stake as well, with opportunities for collaboration and the ability for the company to use Rivian's retail. Rivian founder and CEO RJ Scaringe, will also be chairman of the Board of Directors.

Expect to see the first designs from the late also this year, with a flagship reported to have arrived in 2026, According to Techcrunch. It is unclear exactly what we will see first, but the first product has a seat and two wheels, a screen, some computers, and a battery. That sounds like a dick -awful like a Electric bike Or a motorcycle, but we have to wait and see.

Pixel 9a gets a release date

4 Google Pixel 9A mobile phone with white black blue and color -rose facial laying to show their rear camera.

Photography: Brenda Storyar

Google Pixel 9a announced last weekBut before the news came out, the company changed the release date from March 26 to a vague “April.” Turns there is a small issue of substance quality affecting a “Small number of pixel 9A devices“And Google wants to inspect it. All of this seems to be compliant now.

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