Nest Protect, will it detect smoke alarms from manual smoke alarms?

[DavidY]

I have a few older smoke alarms. Thinking of getting a Nest Protect. If my older smoke alarms emit an alarm, will the Nest Protect hear it and alarm as well? I am also in Canada. 

Thanks All, 

David

[aspeer]

No it will not. The nest's use a wireless interconnect to relay alarm status to other nest alarms only.

[DavidY]

Thanks! 

[EmersonB]

Hello folks,

@DavidY I'm dropping by to ensure that everything is covered here and I wanted to follow up and see if you are still in need of any help. Please let me know if you are still having any concerns or questions from here, as I would be happy to take a closer look and assist you further.

Thanks for lending a hand, aspeer.

Best,
Emerson

[janthadeus]

Hey DavidY,

Checking in should you still have further questions here. Let us know by replying to this thread.

Thanks for the help, Emerson.

Regards,

JT

[aatienza]

Hey there,

Just checking in to make sure that you've seen our responses. Please let me know if you have other questions or concerns as I will be locking this in 24 hours if I won't hear back from you again. Feel free to start a new thread and we'll be happy to help.
 

Thanks,

Archie

[aspeer]

How is it that we get 3 replies to this but nothing to when the API will be accessible for home automation tasks?

[aatienza]

Hey aspeer,

We don't have any information to share about this. Our team is working hard to deliver the best experience for our users — we'll take this as feedback. Keep your eye on the Google Nest Community page https://goo.gle/2JvnMRy for any updates. Please let me know if you have other questions or concerns as I will be locking this in 24 hours if I won't hear back from you again. Feel free to start a new thread and we'll be happy to help.

Check out this link on how to file feedback.

Thanks,

Archie