Nest’s Revolv and the Internet of Broken Things
When Google’s Nest acquired Revolv in 2014, it was buying what was thought of as the Rosetta Stone of the Internet of Things (IoT). Revolv enabled users and vendors to connect their gear together regardless of their connection protocols, from Bluetooth and Wi-Fi to ZigBee and Z-Wav.
Consumers who had bought Revolv’s $300 device might have felt a bit queasy when the first thing that Nest did with Revolv was to discontinue the product. Things would only get worse. Now they have.
This month, Nest announced that the remaining Revolv connected-home hubs will not be supported beyond mid-May. “We can’t allocate resources to Revolv anymore and we have to shut down the service,” the company’s founders said on the Revolv website. “As of May 15, 2016, your Revolv hub and app will no longer work.”
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