Recall by Google's Nest reveals 440,000 fire alarms shipped in U.S.

By Alexei Oreskovic SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc's Nest Labs is recalling 440,000 smoke detectors, according to a U.S. government notice on Wednesday that provides the first public revelation of how many of the smart home appliances have shipped since sales started in November. Nest, which Google acquired earlier this year for $3.2 billion, shipped 440,000 of its smoke alarms in the United States between November 15 and April, according to figures contained in a notice by the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Nest halted sales of the smoke alarms in April after it discovered a defect that could cause users to turn it off unintentionally. Tony Fadell, the company's founder, was quoted in media reports in December saying that "tens of thousands" of the Protect devices had been activated in the first nine days of its availability in the United States, Canada and Britain.



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