https://thenextweb.com/business/2019/05/13/google-forces-nest-users-to-use-google-accounts-raising-privacy-concerns/

The Nest smart home ecosystem as we know it is dead.

At its annual Google I/O developers conference last week, the search giant announced a broader restructuring of its smart home lineup that was long coming. Gone is the Google Home brand, as is the standalone Nest, which it acquired in 2014. In its place is the new Google Nest.