Remote silencing of low battery alarm

[Parasite]

I'm out of the country for 2 months and my app and neighbour tells me the alarm of my Nest Protect is chirping (low batteries). Can I silence the chirp remotely and if not why not?! I cannot be the only person to have this problem. My neighbour is annoyed and quite rightly so!

I saw several posts about this from years ago, but still no solution??

[MT]

Parasite, I quite agree. I made the original post in 2021 and still no further forward. Seems like a good idea ie remote silencing of the low battery "chirp" 

I had to drive 165 miles recently to silence low battery alarm for my elderly mother! Not very happy! I don't hold out for any meaningful action! 

[Parasite]

Seems like a major design flaw for a company making 'smart' home products...

[MplsCustomer]

@Parasite 

This Google Nest Help topic says the chirps caused by a low battery on a Nest Protect "can't be silenced" and the batteries must be replaced:

https://support.google.com/googlenest/answer/9249356

[Parasite]

Yes, indeed. But as I am on the other side of the world and cannot possibly replace the batteries, this seems like a major design flaw for a company making smart home products...

[MplsCustomer]

@Parasite 

Judging from the post, perhaps it is an industry requirement.

[Parasite]

Perhaps. But then the requirement would be to alert the  owner. I would be more than happy to sign an electronic waiver after i received the notification and silenced the alarm. When I am at home I can also silence it, by taking out the batteries. I do not see the juridical difference should Nest allow me to deactivate the device remotely. Now it is going to cost me new locks on my door...

[MT]

In the UK local authorities have legal powers to enter property and silence alarms if they are causing a nuisance! Remote silencing by the owner would surely be better?