The Google home that switches on the lights, turns on the morning news and starts the coffee maker with a touch of a button just got a bit closer to becoming a reality.
Nest, which makes smart home gadgets and was acquired by Google earlier this year, has purchased a startup called Revolv that has a device to control gadgets in the home through an app, the Wall Street Journal's Digits blog reported.
Financial details of the acquisition have not been disclosed.
Revolv starting selling its Internet-connected device in November 2013 and has said that the service will continue for current subscribers, but the company won't be taking on any new customers. Instead, the startup's next focus will be the Works with Nest program, an initiative intended to help Nest devices interact with other smart home devices.
Google paid $3.2 billion to acquire Nest in January. Over the summer, the smart thermostat maker in turn brought on Dropcam, a startup that offers a home security system.
Revolv has been selling a hub to connect devices in the home for $300. Since the device will no longer be sold to new customers, it appears that the purchase was mostly about bringing on the Revolv team's experience in connecting wireless devices.
"We are not fans of yet another hub that people should have to worry about. It's a great team, an unbelievable team," Nest co-founder and VP of engineering Matt Rogers told Re/code in a phone interview. There's a certain amount of expertise in home wireless communications that doesn't exist outside of these 10 people in the world."
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