Security News > 2023 > April > Google to kill Dropcam, Nest Secure hardware next year

Owners of Dropcam security cameras and Nest Secure systems have been given an unwelcome deadline from Google: their smart home products will be shut off April 8 next year.

Google made the announcement Friday on the Google Nest Community site, where it said point blank that Dropcam and Dropcam Pro devices "Will no longer work after that date," the same going for Nest Secure systems.

Google spent $555m on Dropcam in 2014 before killing the product line the next year and giving free Nest cameras to Dropcam owners who wanted to switch.

Google explained the move at the time as being due to the Dropcam backend not communicating properly with the newer Google systems.

Google's operating system lands on real-world consumer devices, starting with 2018's Nest Hub Google Nest server outage leaves US, European smart homes acting dumb.

Future products are being transitioned to Works With Google Home, and "Existing connections will continue to work with your Nest Account until September 29, 2023," Google said.

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