Google has pledged to follow five new safety rules in order to make people feel safer when using its smart home products such as the Nest Hub Max, Chromecast Ultra, and the recently announced Google Wifi Gen 2.
A commitment to five years of software and security upgrades, as well as insight into which devices are linked to your account, are among the new criteria the business is implementing. Nest also says it would collaborate with an outside organization to ensure that any gadgets it brings to market are compliant with industry standards.
The firm said on its new Safety Center portal, where it outlines the five improvements, “We want you, your family, and your visitors to feel comfortable utilizing these devices and services, because their goal is to help and offer peace of mind.” “We also understand that we are visitors in your house, and we respect and value that invitation.”
In addition to the other requirements, Google says it will use certified boot software to ensure that your devices haven’t been altered with every time they start up, and it will continue to engage in security research to ensure that hackers don’t obtain access to its hardware through a software vulnerability.
This is as important to Google and Nest as it is to you
Following a tumultuous few years of data breaches, hacks, and exploitation across the digital sector, Google and Nest appear to be attempting to reclaim your confidence with some promising new offerings, particularly the use of a third-party firm to keep the corporation responsible.
Google has already stated how it uses your data, and the firm has stated that it will continue to be honest about the data it gathers and how it intends to use it in the future. Many people, however, are still concerned about the security of data gathering and storage.
There are reasons on both sides of the security debate – Google allows you to remove your search history, but it doesn’t mean these gadgets are immune to attacks like we’ve seen in the past. In the end, it is up to Google to maintain strong security standards and ethical procedures in order to protect our personal information.
Today’s new efforts are a step in the right way – on the overall, extended support implies more data protection for those who aren’t planning on upgrading their Nest devices – but it’s a route Google will have to continue down in order to keep consumers feeling safe.
All in all you should always expect five years of software patches and third-party analysis for any new device – which is indeed good!
