My vision is that if you want to automate your home, all of the parts need to be able to talk to each other. The Nest could not (and still can't).

It's the same with WeMo, Hue, and every other recent "home automation" product we've seen.


I really have no idea. I'm not sure what would be the best route, either. The existing standards all have their own problems.

What I'd love to see is for Google to make a new, unencumbered standard that anyone can use (like Android). License fees seem to hurt the prices of devices based on current standards, but I don't have anything to back that up...