SmartThings - Not Ready For The REAL World ?!

[SBDOBRESCU (Bobby)]

@JDRoberts

Neither side is being arbitrary. They just have a different design philosophy. And the two happen to be incompatible.

I would not call it incompatibility. There are plenty of partners on the works with Nest list that allow control of the thermostat and cameras, including changing modes from external sources, which is not available on the IFTTT chanel of either companies. So not much openness there on both sides. Is the ego that plays a bigger role here, before anything.

[JDRoberts]

@SBDOBRESCU

@JDRoberts

Neither side is being arbitrary. They just have a different design philosophy. And the two happen to be incompatible.

I would not call it incompatibility. There are plenty of partners on the works with Nest list that allow control of the thermostat…

Limited control, not full control. It’s not an ego thing on either side.

What's the deal with Nest?

I don’t believe this is true. The “official” Nest integration would be greatly stripped down as we would have to remove functionality in order to allow you to connect Nest to SmartThings. For example - you’d only be able to use it with certain SmartApps (as defined by Nest).