The Nest smart home ecosystem as we know it is dead. At its annual Google I/O developers conference last week, the search giant announced a broader restructuring of its smart home lineup that was long coming. Gone is the Google Home brand, as is the standalone Nest, which it acquired in 2014. In its place is the new Google Nest. The latest rebranding is the result of a shakeup that brought the Nest and Google Hardware teams together February last year. But in a separate announcement, Google will discontinue the Works with Nest program on August 31 this year, effectively…

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