http://www.techradar.com/news/google-may-merge-with-nest-again-to-better-take-on-amazon >The race to create the best "connected home" system is in full swing now, especially with new, serious competition from the likes of Amazon.  >As such, it's hard to be surprised by a new report from the Wall Street Journal that Google's parent company Alphabet is considering merging Google and Nest again. Unfortunately, the sources who relayed the information don't give much more information than that.