A new Nest doorbell and Google Home desktop experience are coming in 2022

(Pocket-lint) - Google precocious announced spooky Halloween ringtones for its Nest video doorbells. Unfortunately, they don't enactment the original Nest Hello doorbell, which was precocious rebranded to Nest Doorbell (wired). But now, Google has confirmed it is moving connected a successor.

The caller doorbell volition enactment 24/7 signaling and volition enactment with the Google Home app, alternatively than the Nest app. It should motorboat successful 2022.

In a blog post, Rishi Chandra, GM of Google Nest, said Google is committed to being much transparent with customers connected wherever it is "taking the camera portfolio". Chandra added: "We cognize that those with wired doorbell connections similar to person a doorbell that tin besides enactment 24/7 continuous video past (via the Nest Aware subscription). We are excited to stock that we volition beryllium launching a 2nd procreation of Nest Doorbell (wired) successful 2022".

He didn't supply immoderate different details astir the caller doorbell, similar whether it volition person offline retention and artillery backup - 2 features recovered successful Google’s newer battery-powered Nest cameras and doorbells. The latest Nest Doorbell (wired) besides has immoderate features the artillery mentation doesn’t offer, specified arsenic Alexa and SmartThings integration, a 2K colour sensor, wider tract of view, upgraded zoom capabilities, and alerts for sounds via a Nest Aware.

Chandra did sermon the merging of the Nest app with the Google Home app, however. Currently, users indispensable unfastened the Google Home app to negociate newer Nest devices. If they ain older Nest devices, they person to usage the Nest app. But Chandra said Google is "committed to bringing the experiences and Nest devices you person travel to emotion successful the Nest app into the Home app". He besides noted: "This volition instrumentality clip to get right".

Finally, Chandra revealed a desktop enactment for the Google Home app is coming adjacent year, truthful you tin presumption and power your Nest devices that way.

Writing by Maggie Tillman. Originally published connected 30 September 2021.