Google’s ADT partnership finally has a new home security product to show for it
, which launched last month, will now integrate with Google Nest devices — including its video doorbell and indoor and outdoor cameras.
While ADT has offered Google’s smart home devices as part of its professionally-installed packages since shortly after the investment, this is the first time the two companies have offered a complete software security integration for a DIY product. Now ADT’s sensors and Google’s cameras can be controlled directly in the Google Home app or on a Google Nest Hub, as well as through ADT’s app. Plus, you can arm and disarm the system using a Nest hub.
This is a compelling package on paper, and, starting at $219.98 for a basic setup , is a lot less expensive than Google’s excellent but overpriced $400 Nest Secure system. That product wasADT Self Setup is competitive with offerings from Ring and SimpliSafe, whose hardware packages start at $200 without a video doorbell. Professional monitoring costs $20 and $28 a month, respectively .
But we’ll have to wait to see how the hardware pans out. From the looks of it, ADT’s Self Setup hardware is the same as what it sold with its ill-fated first DIY home security system,
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