First Alert and Google Nest Announce Connected Life-Safety Partnership

New First Alert Smart Smoke & CO Alarm compatible with Google Home ecosystem and designed for seamless integration with Nest Protect Smart Smoke & CO Alarm, /PRNewswire/ -- First Alert, America's most trusted fire-safety brand* owned by Resideo (NYSE: REZI), and Google Home, a technology leader in the smart home, today announced a new life-safety collaboration. The new First Alert® Smart Smoke & Carbon Monoxide (CO) Alarm is compatible with the Nest Protect Smart Smoke & CO Alarm. Existing Nest users can add a First Alert Smart Smoke & CO Alarm in the Google Home app to extend their existing coverage or replace an expiring Nest Alarm for seamless coverage. First Alert and Google Nest Announce Connected Life-Safety Partnership First Alert and Google Nest Announce Connected Life-Safety Partnership Experience the full interactive Multichannel News Release here: https://www.multivu.com/resideo/9300651-en-first-alert-and-google-nest-connected-life-safety-partnership The First Alert smart, two-in-one alarm can connect with Nest Protect Smoke & CO Alarms, and if one alarm sounds, all connected and compatible alarms will alert families to the danger, whether at home or away. The new First Alert smart alarm also offers essential safety checkups, critical safety alerts, and the ability to silence alarms within both the First Alert and Google Home apps. "At Google Home we're deeply committed to building a platform that makes it easy to set up, control and automate all of your smart home devices in one place," said Anish Kattukaran, Chief Product Officer at Google Home & Nest. "The Nest Protect has been one of our most beloved devices and we are excited to be partnering with established industry leaders like First Alert so users can manage more of their safety devices together, for a safer and more protected home."The new First Alert alarm was designed for easy installation so that Nest Protect customers can seamlessly replace their devices or extend their smart coverage in the Google Home app. More information about the First Alert and Google Nest collaboration is available on the Google Nest Community blog.New First Alert Smart Smoke & Carbon Monoxide AlarmThe smart, two-in-one alarm offers Precision DetectionTM advanced sensing technology to provide early warning and detection. The technology addresses modern home construction and design trends, as fires burn hotter and faster in homes built with more open spaces and are furnished with lighter, synthetic materials.The First Alert Smart Smoke & CO Alarm and First Alert App experience offer broad Wi-Fi range, easy alarm testing, and a seven-day, low-battery warning to eliminate low-battery chirps. It also provides: Critical Safety Alerts. Voice alerts describe the type and location of the emergency within the home and mobile alerts provide awareness when away from the home. Heads-up Early Warning. Voice and app alerts provide an early indicator to an emerging smoke or CO event before it becomes an emergency, and the alarm can be silenced via the First Alert or Google Home apps. Interconnected System. The alarm's wired and wireless interconnectivity ensures that when one alarm sounds, all compatible alarms will sound to notify the home of the smoke or CO emergency. This exclusive synchronized alert system provides comprehensive coverage with compatible alarms, and enables a non-connected First Alert smoke or CO alarm to signal with the First Alert app. "First Alert branded products have been trusted to protect homes for 65 years, and partnering with the well-known Google Nest brand will provide an essential solution to help save lives," said Pat Tessier, Vice President of Product Development for First Alert and Honeywell Home solutions at Resideo. "A trusted life-safety ecosystem is a necessity, and our new First Alert Smart Smoke & CO Alarm with its dual-app experience and interconnected system can help homeowners be alerted to a fire or CO emergency whether at home or away."The First Alert Smart Smoke & CO Alarm will be available in hardwire or battery powered options in the coming months through U.S. and Canadian retailers, on the Google Store and FirstAlert.com for $129.99 (projected U.S. MSRP). It also will be available through Resideo's professional distribution partners, including the electrical channel and builder partners. Customers can pre-order the First Alert Smart Smoke & CO Alarm now at FirstAlert.com.*First Alert Brand Trust Survey, April 2024 – Results are based on the responses of 1,232 adult homeowners, ages 25 and older, living in the U.S. who completed an online survey asking them to choose from eleven brands in the home security category.About ResideoResideo is a leading global manufacturer and developer of technology-driven products and components that provide critical comfort, energy management, smart living, safety and security solutions to over 150 million homes globally. Resideo's trusted First Alert® brand offers smart and standard smoke alarms, carbon monoxide alarms, fire extinguishers, water leak detection solutions, and cameras. Through the ADI Global Distribution business, Resideo also is a leading wholesale distributor of low-voltage security and smart living and life safety products for commercial and residential markets. For more information about Resideo, visit FirstAlert.com or Resideo.com.Media contact:Abigail Cox[email protected]312-565-3900SOURCE Resideo Technologies, Inc. WANT YOUR COMPANY'S NEWS FEATURED ON PRNEWSWIRE.COM? 440k+ Newsrooms & Influencers 9k+ Digital Media Outlets 270k+ Journalists Opted In

First Alert and Google Nest Announce Connected Life-Safety Partnership

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