Nest Samsung and Google partner on "new" home automation standard

Nest Samsung and Google partner on "new" home automation standard ,

Nest Labs Samsung, owned by Google, and five other companies have joined forces to create the Discussion Group, which will focus on the development of a new protocol without wire network for smart homes. Discussion uses both radio frequency and the same chips as Zigbee, a wireless technology based on standards used by products such as Hue Phillips customizable LED bulbs. It can connect more than 250 devices with low power, mesh network with Internet access and cloud. The new protocol is designed to answer some of the issues present in the competition, including the lack of interoperability, high power requirements, and hardware dependencies.

So it offers features such as scalability and "class banking, public key" cryptography, the biggest advantage of this discussion is that it is just a software update away from be compatible with so many products on the home automation market. Additionally, with Samsung involved in its development, the radios of the discussion may begin to appear in the next wave of smartphones and tablets. Nest Learning Thermostat and Nest Protect already using a version of thread, and we may see more material using the protocol next year. GigaOm reports that the discussion group intends to provide rigorous testing, certification and application -. A process that is expected to begin mid-2015