You can now migrate your Nest Account to a Google Account.

Your Amazon Echo and Nest Learning Thermostat can continue to talk to each other forever. Last May, Google announced that its smart home branch was merging with Nest to form a single entity called Google Nest. As part of this change, all Nest customers will be encouraged to merge their Nest accounts into Google Accounts to take advantage of the latest features. This change began Monday night, as Google announced that the account migration was ready via a blog.

You can go to the Nest app and select "connect with Google" to get started. Google Nest will also send emails inviting you to switch providers. You will probably have to wait at least until you get the email to make the change.

As the marks merge, Google closes the popular Works with Nest a program that allows third-party gadgets to control Nest devices. If you change your system, you may lose some features of your smart home and not be able to recover them. Fortunately, nothing is urgent. Google will book new features for Google Accounts, but Nest accounts will continue to receive security updates.

If you keep your Nest accounts, your existing Works with Nest integrations will remain intact even after the program closes on August 31st. Here you are. how do you know if you should go.

Google has a similar program with Google Assistant to replace Works with Nest, but it's not as robust. Google is working to add new features to replace what Works is doing with Nest, but it's an ongoing process. In the blog post announcing the change, Google promises not to send email, inviting you to migrate until your existing integrations are ready, but you still want to check.

Amazon and its popular Alexa assistant seemed to be one of the major integrations that could be shut down when Works with Nest was closed. Fortunately, a new Alexa skill is ready for Nest owners. Therefore, if your only smart home gadgets are Nest devices and Amazon Smart Speakers, you should be able to switch. Google announced the new jurisdiction Monday with the start of the merger.

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