Google’s Nest Secure alarm system is about to double as a voice assistant
Is there anything quite as wonderful as unlocking the hidden potential of a gadget years after it first debuts? Today, owners of Google’s $400 Nest Secure home security system will find out as Google starts issuing an over-the-air update that adds Google Assistant voice assistant functionality so you can talk directly via your Nest Guard hub + keypad.
Technically, you’ve been able to arm the Nest Secure with your voice ever since it launched in November 2017 — as long as you had you had a different Google Assistant device, like a phone or a Google Home speaker, to listen to your commands. But today, Google says it’s found a way to add voice commands directly to the Nest Guard, presumably thanks to a microphone or three that we didn’t…
