Using the Google Nest Protect Smart Smoke Alarm in 2023

Today we're going to take a look at the 2nd gen Nest Protect and how it integrates with your smart home in 2023.
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[@ChrigamingDK]

Honestly i would love these more than normal smoke alarm cus this warns you with the bip sound other than the others who just go off without a warning.

[@latifawinters32]

Try not 🚭 to have you ready yet lol and then you can go to

[@whelen4004shorts]

I have a smart home and your the one that helps my smart home even better! your the best!

[@ShaneChuang]

You are my favorite KZbinr in the whole entire world. Just remember that love is all the matters.❤❤❤ this is my old account

[@ElBuitre640]

Sounds like a real good product, I’ve never hear of it but will definitely be getting a few of them for my house, I also liked that you explained very well, thanks 😊.

[@abc123fhdi]

they are a bit pricey to be buying several of them unless they've been discounted or if they are on sale.

[@ElBuitre640]

Yes they r, I bought one but haven’t installed it yet.

[@ElBuitre640]

I installed it over the weekend n was amazed but how ez it was, I’m not a tech savvy guy or an electrician, n I as able to install it with ease :)

[@ericpatterson4827]

Glad to see you're back making more smart home videos! Keep up the great work. 👍🏾

[@TechWithBrett]

Thank you for the support!

[@mishal7870]

@@TechWithBrett i like you

[@ZamsWorldOfficial]

@TechWithBrett I have been watching you since 2020

[@user-ce5gd7fd9v]

Hi

[@LucianoBahena]

No

[@CFL-TECH]

Great devices so far. The auto checks are great. We have three battery only versions for the last two years. Turned off the breaker for the original ones that came with the home that chirp at the worst times. Set it and forget it. Just make sure to dust check them every so often.

[@Fhfhdjdhf]

Battery 🔋

[@MrLuffy9131]

just wondering i have the same problem with originals ones with the home but why do you have to turn off the breaker?

[@CFL-TECH]

@@MrLuffy9131 with the wired detector and batteries as backup, if you leave the power on to the detector it still may chirp because it's looking for the battery. We did experience this one time. This is with the standard detectors that come with a new home.

[@Kittycats890]

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[@Kittycats890]

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[@SNWxGaming]

Ima pick one of these up today. I have one old fashioned battery detector in the hallway and alot of other Google nest accessories. Just makes sense to add this to the enviorment.

[@MCXConnectHub]

Just to let you all know. Nest Protect wired also has onboard batteries in the event the power goes out.

[@robertmolnar9131]

Im thinking of installing a smart smoke detector. Can I mix the wired and wireless Nest detectors? I would prefer the wired version as I have the wires already in place, but I might add a wireless at a later date.

[@snatr]

Nice. Got one of these myself (wired version). Like the idea of alerts away from home. Also, the pathway light feature is decent if not a little weak. But I'm sure it could be helpful if there was smoke situation.

[@snatr]

@Margaret fuller You're scaring me 😬

[@NickzAndMikz]

How dark is the pathway light feature in real life? Looks quite dim on camera

[@snatr]

@@NickzAndMikz It's pretty dim. But in total darkness it illuminates the area. I try and imagine it's usefulness in a smoke situation.

[@Denkan378]

@@NickzAndMikz see in camera of light is more weaker than in person so you know.

[@queenpoppy7340]

​@romanf6hi there 🎉

[@PatHiggins-Mayo]

Nice review Brett 👍

[@billwdwc]

Thanks for this great video

[@johng9435]

Great product. Have had 2 for several years. Google, however has abandoned the Nest ecosystem (Secure, Door Lock, etc.)

[@TechWithBrett]

I'm not sure how I forgot to say this..., but the Nest Protect does show up in the Google Home app (if you have migrated your Nest account to Google) under the Presence Sensors and it will be used if you have Nest Thermostat, to adjust presence. But that's it. See it in action here: kzbin.infoNDGm71a8e9o

[@jamesm568]

But can you set it up using the Google Home App only instead of the Nest App? The Nest Protect not even relevant on the ADT app at the moment which renders it useless.

[@TechWithBrett]

Everything still needs to be done in the Nest app.

[@jamesm568]

@@TechWithBrett I'm not looking for the Nest app to be around much longer whenever Google bricks The Nest alarm next April.

[@jackmfimbrez]

Oh I thought you said does not

[@yomairaApsicologa]

Igual que tú amor 💕💕💕💕💕 y que r a mi no me gusta w me gusta estar 😊

[@BigBluePile]

I can't stand Google home. I've had these smart detectors installed for over a year now and had zero issues. With vaulted and 10' ceilings, they were a must. The ability to remote cancel is awesome and the night light feature is nice.

[@Warp3326]

Yeah like you havent realized that they are tracking everything? You are not very smart

[@MattRobloxYT1]

I think this content is very useful and nice.

[@owenjennings8575]

Very nice review!

[@danielbalogun9565]

Nice thanks

[@its_me_mark_johnson]

Our old smoke detector decided to start chirping every few minutes at 3 AM. I had to get up and go get our extended ladder out of the garage to pull it down from the vaulted ceiling. I went Office Space on it later that day. Instead of replacing the $2 battery I finally took the plunge and got the $120 Nest detector. Sort of a set it and forget it type of device. It would have been cool if it could be a little smarter and give air quality readings. I know it's job is safety but it's one of my more boring smart devices 😅

[@shanew7361]

Always takes a 💩 at 2 or 3 am.

[@emilsecker7881]

I have some. They work great in Home Assistant

[@mickegullberg574]

How do you set them up in ha ? I try the integration in ha but doesn't work

[@gazoutg]

I have a very high ceiling (11') , Since I hate changing the batteries do they need to be changed every six month or the fact they are plugged in mean the keep working for the lifespan of the detector? (My current one is wired without AA batteries, It still stay alive when power is off so I guess they have some form of battery or capacitor to store some power... but I only have to climb up there once every 10 years)

[@OdelliaFirebird]

Can you disable the beep? Or adjust the volume? Or delay to have more time to silence it? I just need the voice warning. It's less aggressive. Please let me know. I will be grateful for the answer as I am looking for an alarm that has a different sound. I am super sensitive to high pitch and I have pets. Thank you!

[@oneandaboveall]

Good video :) When the light is triggered at night can it make other smart lights turn on that you have set up in the google home app?

[@TechWithBrett]

It cannot. That would be cool but not possible right now.

[@joespazio3965]

You mention a camera on the options while going through menu.,. Is there camera in this unit? Or does it link to other cameras turning on in the houses common areas per individuals house set up… ? Thx

[@TechWithBrett]

There is no camera on the unit. It links to separate Google Nest Cameras.

[@RedicL]

I miss when Nest was actually Nest (not owned by Google). Those were the good days. The Nest app is beautiful and I loved their products!

[@LucianoBahena]

Yas

[@LucianoBahena]

No

[@abc123fhdi]

this hasn't change since it came out years ago, maybe over 10 years now. I have the battery version and will say you don't need the wired version unless you're replacing an existing wired smoke alarm. You could just use the battery version anyway and just tie off the existing wires with wire nuts. The wired version also has a battery in case there is a power outage and will need to be replaced after 10 years just like the battery version.

[@sifisomzoneli2557]

KAUFMANN Ka k😢

[@bowlingmaster1111]

Hey brett, how does your phone takes you to the nest app? Does your phone use the microphone to listen to the smoke detector and does it know that it got silenced by the microphone

[@melvilletucker9320]

Does it detect gas smell?

[@SELSecuriry]

I love your nest protect 😂 ! 123 smoke

[@theamjadjamousable]

Hey man. Does it mesure co2 levels . Or just for monoxide fire levels ?

[@TechWithBrett]

It is a 10 year electrochemical carbon monoxide sensor. So it can only detect if Carbon Monoxide is in the room, not how much there is.

[@iPheek]

We bought a new house and we have 7 😬 haha so many and so much money, but worth it. We’ve only had problems when I burning dinner but we can silence that noise. The downfall…. They expire in 10 years. So you’ll have to buy more in 10 years.

[@shanew7361]

Ouch spendy

[@dennishacolon7346]

DOES IT NOTIFY YOU THE cO LEVEL ON THE PHONE?

[@nikolaosbeglitis5508]

This is one of these products that although they have been around for a while, they still look and work perfectly well and are 100% useful rather than gimmicks. I hope Google keeps selling and supporting them

[@loricarthum]

Great video. Thank you. Is there a small green power light that should be on all the time? I followed your setup and must have done something wrong because ours does not have the small green light illuminated and in the app it’s showing Power is Out. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

[@loricarthum]

I should have mentioned, I have the wired version 2nd generation.

[@TechWithBrett]

So in our new home I am experiencing this too. That means it is not getting constant power for some reason. Do the rest of your smoke alarms connect together?

[@loricarthum]

I’m not sure if they do or not. We have 7 in total. I have only replaced 3 so far with the Nest Protect. I want to figure out the power issue before I install the other 4. We have a 20 foot ceiling in one room so I scheduled an electrician to install that one. If I can’t figure out the power issue over the next couple days, hopefully the electrician will be able to.

[@ianmcalister8172]

How does the Nest Protect affect your none Nest smoke detectors? So they all still work as normal and Nest work separately?

[@martinsmith2258]

No, the nest protects work separately and do not link with other smoke detectors which is crazy to me.

[@Noname23489]

do we have to pay for the subscription to get notifications if we are not home via the nest app?

[@AJDIYNetwork]

Nope. Don’t have to pay

[@MRSTEEL15]

Can it be installed in a guest house when you're not there? Do you just let the NEST work on its own? Since your guests don't have the app set up on their phone? TY I SUBSCRIBED

[@TechWithBrett]

Thank you! As long as your home has constant Wifi it will work just find when you are not there. You may want to turn off the Security checks so they don't get random alerts. It will just continue to work as a normal thermostat. If there are any alarms you will then be notified on your phone with the Nest app.

[@user-ff1bb7rh9q]

I just got one today for the hallway

[@Al3xg13]

Mine was wired correctly and still works but the system tells me the power is out even though everything in the locations work properly

[@charlesbuzz]

Just curious, there is still compatible camera to the Nest app ?

[@mknightstalkerx]

Yes. But they are costly. Since they don't make them anymore. New ones only work in Google home app.

[@DestinPlayz]

yo I've been watching u its been a long time

[@stevensalter9697]

I had these, the light sensor would go off when nobody walked passed it. They also would go off with heavy use of a humidifier in a closed room, even though they have a humidity sensor. Also if you have multiple make sure they can hear each others microphone. I had issues where it would constantly say it failed to do a sound check. Now, google has recently abandoned this entire product. sad :(

[@IceBotYT]

What do you mean by that it's abandoned?

[@stevensalter9697]

@@IceBotYT woudn't expect a new model, basically.

[@IceBotYT]

@@stevensalter9697 yeah probably. I hope they continue to sell them because there’s nothing else like it

[@amoryerenhouse5535]

Kind of like the Nest x Yale lock, although I hope these will get redone soon cuz they just re did their camera stuff about a year ago

[@jaybartgis5148]

That's factually incorrect. Google did not abandon Nest Protect

[@aprilfendley8142]

Wow

[@meganrowlett4293]

So smart “ready! press to test.”

[@shanew7361]

Damn, I installed the latest Ecobee thermostat should have went with Google Nest then I could've added these lol

[@Feintgames]

You still can. Ecobee works with Google Home

[@nicolaashcroft2914]

Nest is also avalible on samsung also

[@milanleon]

W😂 I just got off the freeway and saw the

[@adamseek5231]

Good

[@Exefredbearp27735]

Nice

[@Georgia_firealarms1]

I have 4 of those

[@Jo5ue1]

Very nice looking cellphone, is that the Pixel phone?

[@southamericandeath6045]

At 8:00 what do you mean by turn on cameras? Does this device record or functions as a camera too?

[@TechWithBrett]

Sorry for the confusion. This device does not do that. If you have other Nest Cameras in your home and the state of those cameras are off, it could trigger those cameras to turn on to record.

[@southamericandeath6045]

Ok got it. Thanks!

[@Nthuziast]

i like how he replaced it because it was creating false alarms not that its so old that its starting to change colors

[@jcravatt1]

i have the 2nd gen nest doorbell- thermostat-nest protect and was gonna add outdoor cameras- but have found the smoke detector doesn’t work in google home- which is fine but the new doorbell won’t work with the old nest app- which means u have to use 2 apps for nest products- annoying

[@GaryBeltz]

In the original version, there was a feature that you could wave at to silence the alarm. Unfortunately, I'm not sure why they removed that.

[@JJROGERS41]

My dad works at Google so thank you

[@SonicFanaticEthan]

I have my nest protect before but it was 1st generation

[@TechWithBrett]

That means you're old school cool.

[@gulenyilmaz2195]

👍👍

[@neaf_clover]

Boutta install this in the middle of my room and see what happens 🤣 Hell nah, it's a need in ma' home 😭

[@alexdalkilic544]

Is this smoke detector available?

[@RicTone]

Can someone let me know when there is Home app integration. Thanks

[@Feintgames]

There's Home App integration

[@BlakeFA_TECH]

Hey Brent I put them all over my house and my server room but they go off all the time but when I disconnect the one in my server room it doesn’t go off any reamonndachons

[@ACAIDC]

Maybe move house?

[@BlakeFA_TECH]

@@ACAIDChaha no houses in fl are expensive

[@TechWithBrett]

Are they all wired together?

[@BlakeFA_TECH]

@@TechWithBrett yes

[@jamesmorales710]

It should have a speaker for music..

[@jenniferarroyo7140]

And I found in the decide to watch it

[@Sheikah_Architect]

My Nest detector says it's detecting smoke but there isn't any smoke. It won't stop flashing yellow, what can I do?

[@Nolinadiu424]

There can be big bugs inside of it

[@LesliesMusic-gg6uw]

cool dude

[@jennimaeshaw4793]

Thank you 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😮👇

[@jennimaeshaw4793]

You’re almost at 600 videos on KZbin 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@Kimcuc27]

❤

[@tails6730]

I love your video is fire 🔥 alarm and i got 5 of them i had a fire at my home 🏡 it went of at 8 am in the morning 😢 but it was a tast ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😂😂😂😂

[@Smokedetor]

Google nest hub, my detect a loud noise

[@Cruz-z9d]

I wish they had flashing lights like blue flashing lights

[@jackmfimbrez]

I might need to tell my dad to get this. My smoke alarm keeps going off when to many electronics are on.

[@sherinpaul52]

nest❤❤❤

[@lsilverbush]

Does anyone care that these can't alert the Fire Department like a traditional smoke detector in the event you aren't home and don't see the alert appear on your phone?

[@liebakkiang6924]

Googol good fom 💧

[@SECRET-yw5bl]

😊

[@bladerunner2434]

Nest alarm is a photoelectric sensor only. Steam from the shower will definitely false alarm it😂😂😂😂

[@liasutton7020]

Did you know that the nest protect can tell you if the power is out?

[@IvanHopper]

The nest protect is good! The sensors on mine will stop working every now and then

[@TechWithBrett]

Do you keep the monthly test on to make sure everything is checked?

[@IvanHopper]

Not really, but I take the batteries out for a while and they're working again

[@shanew7361]

I'm in the Ecobee ecosystem unfortunately.

[@rishiraj5128]

Like a genie in a lamp

[@Mayen911]

Is Google oh my god

[@Somebody_you_met]

does nest protect still work in 2024?

[@TechWithBrett]

Yes it does.

[@a_aronhdtech1328]

Can this be made silent and only give notification on phone etc? Our dogs have PTSD with the smoke alarm sound.

[@martinsmith2258]

No it can’t be made silent. That’s why it’s a smoke detector; it detects smoke and rings. Unfortunately if you want to live in the event of a fire your chances are better having working smoke alarms than looking for a silent alarm because of your dogs.

[@a_aronhdtech1328]

@@martinsmith2258 I live in a studio. I'm pretty sure I'll know when there is a fire. 😂

[@tails6730]

A hafe at in my room and kitchen and lounge and holl weing and my mum and dad's room too it was loud 😂😂😂😂😂

[@loukascalderon6885]

That one is cool! Maybe that one is new…

[@user-kh8ty8mf6f]

Hi

[@codysturcken6937]

Will they ever come out with a new nest protect?

[@hudsonandjodie]

Yes

[@Denkan378]

yes when they have money to build new google home nest protect around the world.

[@rodicavasilicamusescu8525]

Goog👍

[@magdalenabiaek5819]

UAE 😊

[@glennremillard2794]

It works good if you have 2G I got a new Router that only have 5G and the smoke Detector does not work with just 5G

[@miketheike1231onroblox.]

7:35

[@user-to1mf1wz4t]

🎉😊😊

[@Endermanch2]

ON

[@stevenmorton9038]

add google nest to cart

[@malinois71]

Does this not work with the Home app?

[@TechWithBrett]

Not yet. It just shows up as a presence sensor for the thermostat.

[@malinois71]

Thanks! and wow, that's pure garbage for how long Google has sold this and it's 2024. Literally won't buy it now because of that@@TechWithBrett

[@tamir-channel]

Google Nest Test Smoke Smart

[@rodicavasilicamusescu8525]

💨🔴 face dacă dai cu spray și faci city!

[@albamusmuca9698]

Lello😂😂😂😂 na na I can, do it bro😂😂😂😂😊

[@VLandrew]

They need to be wired interconnected by code