Leaving the Nest - Tony Fadell on Google/Nest at DLD conference

Basically Tony says that the acquisition allows them to focus on new devices and to rapidly expand globally without having to build up the support networks and regional customisation work that needs to be done for hardware products.

I believe it will allow them to quickly buy up regional similar services that have focused on the hardware interfaces. Here in Munich for example we have a startup that seems perfect for an acquisition, since they never focused on the hardware design, but only on the interface to the heating systems, which are very regional in Europe.

I wonder if this is an opportunity to build up an interest network to share the regional variances and offer a testing service for new hardware products focused on the home, since their biggest challenge is global scalability.