![](https://abouttheinternetofthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/gettyimages-176512107-e1472834445247.jpg)
It was only a matter of time – Fortune has exclusively revealed that Nest‘s entire platform team will now become part of Google, in order to create a unified Internet of Things platform.
The combined group also will continue to work on Google Home, a smart speaker rival to the Amazon Echo, while simultaneously fending off Amazon challenges elsewhere in the smart home.