Nest Recalls 440,000 Smoke Alarms

Good news: Nest has apparently sold more than 400,000 smoke alarms since the product launched in October. Bad news: The company has issued a recall on all of them.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) says Nest is recalling 440,000 smoke and carbon monoxide detectors to repair a glitch that accidentally silences the device.

The smart home device maker first announced last month that it had halted sales on the device after discovering a flaw related to a feature called Nest Wave, which let users turn off the device simply by waving their hands in front of it. The problem is that the feature can also be activated accidentally. Read more...