It’s been over a decade since Google acquired Nest, and Workspace account holders still can’t access basic features like Sleep Sensing on the Nest Hub (2nd Gen) or view the Nest Cam on the Hub Max. Despite paying for Workspace, we’re locked out of features that free Gmail users get.
This isn’t a minor oversight—it’s a years-long failure that reflects just how disconnected Google has become. Users have been raising this issue forever, and there’s been zero progress or transparency.
At the same time, Google is losing ground across the board—AI, cloud, hardware—and the cracks are showing. The company still has tremendous brand equity in its ecosystem, but instead of building on that by making things work better together, it’s doing the opposite: creating friction, punishing power users, and slowly driving us away.
If anyone at Google is paying attention: fix this. Let Workspace users access Nest. Stop giving us more reasons to leave.
