I have a persistent dream where my phone (a Google Pixel) keeps falling apart. My actual phone is as solid as ever. But maybe my dream is telling me what I know about Google, which is that you can't trust it to support its products. Case in point: the company is turning its back on Nest thermostats. Google bought the company 11 years ago for $3.2 billion. It brought an early form of AI to thermostats that would learn about your heating preferences. Only the most recent version supports Matter, the Internet of Things (IoT) specification. Google "is also pulling Nest thermostats out of Europe entirely, citing 'unique' heating challenges." Would I buy a Nest in the future? No - it might fall apart on me. More: Pixel Envy. Related: Google has also just killed the driving mode feature in Google Assistant. I'm glad I don't depend on Google Assistant.
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