Google-owned Nest halts fire alarm salesApril 4, 2014 - 10:13 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Google-owned Nest has halted sales of its Nest Protect fire alarm after the firm found out that users could accidentally disable the device by waving their arms, BBC News reported. The company said the feature, Nest Wave, which allows users to wave their arms to deactivate the alarm, could be activated unintentionally. In a blog post, the company said current users should disable Wave. Google bought Nest Labs for $3.2bn in January. The firm, which is primarily known for its hi-tech thermostat, launched in the UK this week after strong sales in the U.S. Nest chief executive Tony Fadell wrote: "We identified this problem ourselves and are not aware of any customers who have experienced this, but the fact that it could even potentially happen is extremely important to me and I want to address it immediately. We're enormously sorry for the inconvenience caused by this issue." All current users of Nest Protect who have their device connected to the internet via wi-fi will have the feature disabled automatically. Fadell said that all current owners of Nest Protect alarms would be offered refunds, and added that he thought a fix could take between two and three months. He stressed that the company discovered the fault via its own testing and had not received any complaints from customers about the issue. Photo: Getty Images Related links: Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |