Nest released a new product called ‘The Protect’ which is a smart smoke detector that collects data about its environment before setting the alarm off. All houses have built in smoke detectors but the universal complaint is that they are too sensitive to smoke and frequently set out false alarms with high pitch sounds that shrieks.

The Protect when detecting smoke, speaks out in a voice and sends out warnings rather than a high pitch sound and lights up in three different colors, each representing the urgency level of the smoke rather than rapidly blinking lights.

I think this new product will be a huge competitor in the market as it brings various features that is an improvement to the ‘faults’ of the previous smoke detectors. The biggest complaint for this product,however, is the price. The Protect is set at a price of $129 US while regular smoke detectors range from $15-$80. Even though the product may be reviewed differently to different consumers, I believe this product will be a significant product that may eventually be widely used in households.

(image ‘The Proctect’, google image)