Google's Nest Labs have started offering their APIs to other companies in attempts to promote better consumer innovations.
The APIs would be available through Google's Nest Developer Program, which provides a platform for 5,000 interested developers to initiate interactions and invention with Nest products and other developers.
"More than just linking and remote-controlling the devices in your home, the Nest Developer Program allows everything - from lighting to appliances to fitness bands and even cars - to securely connect with Nest products, bringing the conscious home to life by making those homes safer, more energy-efficient, and more aware," Google officials stated.
In January 2014, Google officially acquired Nest. The acquisition of Nest was part of Google's efforts to establish itself as a major player in the field of Internet of things. Before the acquisition, Nest's produced two major products: a sensor-sensitive and WiFi enabled thermostat and smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. Both of these devices were designed to be self-learning.
According to a report by eWeek, the API-sharing initiative and the Nest Developer Program will create more innovations that grant consumers electricity savings and the freedom to enjoy efficient appliances at home.
Matt Rogers, founder and vice president of engineering at Nest, explained to eWeek that their products the Nest Learning Thermostat and the Nest Protect alarm helped people curb their electricity consumption. He also added that the company aimed to instill the idea of saving and efficiency in every home.
Nest APIs are currently being integrated into different companies. Logitech offered a Harmony Ultimate universal TV remote which could also be used to control the lights, start a movie, adjust the room temperature, and turn a TV on or off, all from its control panel. Whirlpool clothes dryers, meanwhile, relied on Nest thermostats to start longer and more efficient energy cycles.
