Earlier this month we announced our latest mesh Wi-Fi system, Nest Wifi Pro. With a new design, faster speeds and simple set-up, Nest Wifi Pro is a solid foundation for your smart home, supporting up to 100 devices per router. And it’s officially available today.

One of Nest Wifi Pro’s biggest perks is that it uses Wi-Fi 6E, the most advanced Wi-Fi technology in over 20 years. But what exactly is Wi-Fi 6E and how does it improve your connection? Let’s dig a little deeper.

New, open radio band

Wi-Fi 6E is an extension of Wi-Fi 6 (hence the “E”). Unlike previous Wi-Fi generations, it can access a wider and less crowded radio band — 6 GHz — for even faster speeds and performance. With the ability to access this new band, as well as the standard 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz radio bands most Wi-Fi systems use, Nest Wifi Pro has a true tri-band connection. As a result, it offers speeds up to two times faster than Wi-Fi 6[7128ae].

Less latency and faster connections

Wi-Fi 6E is still early in its adoption, so it’s not overly crowded. With less network congestion, Wi-Fi 6E improves your speed and reduces your chance of interference, making connections faster and smoother than before. With more room to operate, 6E can also handle multiple high-bandwidth activities, like streaming 4K movies or taking video conference calls from home — or all of them at once.

We like to think of 6E as driving in the fast lane on a super highway, providing a clearer and more direct path to get you where you want to go.

Works with all devices

Even though Nest Wifi Pro is built with advanced Wi-Fi 6E technology, it’s still compatible with older devices like laptops and phones. That’s because it can access all three radio bands, allowing it to easily connect to your existing devices while setting it up to support the next generation of technology.

And with Matter, coming soon via software update, you’ll enjoy the advantages of the new standard for in-home connectivity — like access to more smart devices, more customization and expanded coverage for your home.

Nest Wifi Pro retails at $399.99 for a three pack, $299.99 for a two pack or $199.99 for a one pack. Check out the Google Store to learn even more about Nest Wifi Pro and to order yours today.

Just 10 years ago, the smart home felt out of reach for most people — it was expensive, complicated and intimidating to set up. Today, a lot has changed. The average household now has 25 connected devices — seven times more than just five years ago — and those devices have become a natural part of our everyday lives. Our homes automatically adjust to our preferred temperature, lights turn on and off with a simple voice command and our security cameras instantly alert us when something is amiss.

With so many smart home devices around today, we believe they can make an even bigger impact on people's lives. And we're constantly working on new features to do just that. Today, we’re sharing our latest Nest products and features to help you keep your family safe and secure, stay better connected and make more sustainable choices.

More sustainable options with Nest Renew

Your smart home can support a carbon-free future. With products like Nest Renew, your thermostat can automatically shift your heating and cooling usage to times when you can maximize clean energy sources in your area, like wind and solar. Nest Renew is coming out of early preview today, where it’s already helped our customers prioritize over 20 million hours of cleaner energy usage — while also saving them money.

New and smarter devices

Our new Nest Doorbell (wired, 2nd gen) has smarter features to bring you more peace of mind. It uses your existing doorbell’s wires so you never have to worry about charging it or running out of power. And with the help of Google’s built-in machine learning, it can do things like send faster, more accurate alerts and tell the difference between people, packages, pets and vehicles. Best of all, our new Nest Doorbell provides industry-leading image quality so you never miss an important moment.

And with the Chromecast with Google TV (HD) we introduced last month, your smart home can help out in new ways. Find what to watch (without jumping from app to app) using Google TV, or check out your front porch on the big screen with your new Nest Doorbell.

Stronger connections with Wifi Pro and Matter

Along with building new products and features to make your smart home better, it’s just as important to get the foundation right. Across the industry, connecting all your smart home devices isn’t nearly as easy as it should be. Devices are hard to set up, they don’t always work when you need them to and there are too many apps to navigate. Managing your smart home should be as simple and reliable as flipping a light switch.

We believe a lot of that can change with Matter, a new smart home connectivity standard developed by Google and other industry partners launching this fall. With Matter, the next wave of smart home devices will be more secure, more reliable and able to work with each other right out of the box. We’re committed to supporting Matter across our Google ecosystem — from enabling Fast Pair with Matter on billions of Android phones for simple device setup, to updating our existing Google Nest smart speakers, smart displays and routers to control Matter devices.

That includes our Nest Wifi Pro router, our new high-performance Wi-Fi 6E tri-band mesh router system. With Nest Wifi Pro, you’ll get access to the all-new 6 GHz radio band, enabling Wi-Fi up to two times faster than Wi-Fi 6. It uses AI to constantly optimize network traffic, automatically switching bands to avoid congestion. And it can proactively monitor itself, diagnose issues and fix network problems on its own. With built-in Thread and Matter hub support, it’s one of the most reliable connectivity solutions for your smart home.

A redesigned and more helpful Google Home app

With Matter as the foundation, we can also better connect our smart home ecosystem. Your smart home should be helpful across all of your devices — including smart speakers, phones, watches and tablets. For us, that starts with the Google Home app.

The newly redesigned Home app is built to support your smart home now and in the future. You can access and manage over 80,000 different Works with Google Home devices in a single place. We’re also introducing new customization features, like Favorites and Spaces, so you have more control over the devices that matter most to you and your home. We’ve redesigned the camera experience so you can quickly access the live view of your cameras, easily scroll through video history and revisit your most important moments. And we’ve made it even easier to automate your smart home devices with a new Automation tab, plus more starters and actions. Early next year, we’ll launch a script editor with over a 100 new features and capabilities to help you create more unique routines that fit your needs. These new Google Home app experiences will be available first in Public Preview over the next few weeks.

To learn more about Nest Wifi Pro, Nest Doorbell (wired 2nd) and all the Google Home app updates, check out the Google Store.

When we built the Google Home app nearly 10 years ago, our average user had fewer than three devices. Now the average US household has 25 connected devices and it’s growing fast. While more of our devices are connected to the internet today, we’re still far from a truly smart and helpful home. Devices are hard to set up, they don’t always perform when you need them to, they don’t all work well together and there are multiple apps to navigate.

So we set out to imagine what it would take to make the smart home as simple and reliable as the light switch on your wall. We envisioned a future where your smart home is easy to navigate and reflects the unique needs of your home. Where you could control everything in one place, from any surface, and where all your compatible devices work together to be more helpful.

We believe that Matter, the new smart home connectivity standard, will help to address many of these challenges. And, we think that the Google Home app can be the single best place for you to set up, control and automate your compatible devices. Not just for your Nest devices but all your devices, including every Matter device and the 80,000+ devices that work with Google Home today.

With updates on Matter for Android and Nest devices, and a new and improved Google Home app, we're taking a big step towards that vision. Whether you have a few smart lights or are a smart home enthusiast with dozens of connected devices, the Google Home app will improve your smart home experience. The new app will be available in Public Preview first so you can test out the latest features, share feedback and help us shape the future of Google Home.

Fast Pair with Matter

Setting up a smart light bulb can feel like it requires an engineering degree. With Fast Pair for Matter, this will literally become plug and play. Your Android phone will automatically detect a Matter device and help you securely set it up quickly. Matter setup and app linking will be available by default on billions of Android devices with Google’s launch of Matter support later this year. We are even working directly with top device makers to ensure we have support across as many Matter-supported devices as possible. We’re also ​​updating our existing Google Nest smart speakers, smart displays and routers to control Matter devices.

Your home, your way

With the rapidly growing number of compatible devices in people’s homes, it was clear to us that there was no one size fits all model to organize the home. That’s why we’re making customization and personalization a core principle for the new Google Home app and why the first thing you see in the app is the Favorites tab.

For me, I care most about making sure our doors are locked and viewing our security cameras, while my wife loves quick access to the thermostat. With favorites, you can your own personalized view of their devices, actions and automations that matter most. And this also includes being able to favorite all of your Nest cameras so you can view your live streams, right when the app opens, no additional taps required.

Spaces make it quick to access devices grouped by important categories like your lights, cameras, thermostats or network devices in one simple view. Next year, we will be adding even more customization options with custom spaces. For example, you can create a space for your cat that groups together all your compatible pet cams, cat feeder, vacuum and air purifier.

And we can’t forget to mention the media mini player, that allows you to see what’s playing in your home. You can quickly adjust the volume or access the remote when you want to change the channel.

A better, more familiar, camera experience

The Nest app made security cameras accessible and easy to use. We wanted to honor that by combining the best of the Nest app with the best of Google Home app. The result is a completely refreshed Nest camera experience that works for both battery cameras and wired cameras like the new wired Nest Doorbell, that’s launching today in the U.S. and Canada. The new Nest camera controller also allows you to quickly find important moments and do a detailed scrub so you can get to the critical 10 seconds in the clip. You can scroll through hours of video history in seconds and thanks to machine learning capabilities on Nest Cams and Doorbells, important events will be labeled and organized by type, such as person, package, vehicle, activity or animal.

Over the last year, we've focused on building the right camera experience in Google Home app for our latest Nest cameras and doorbells and over the next year we are committed to add support for our legacy Nest cameras too.

A helpful, more automated home

While smart devices can now do more on their own, the real helpfulness happens when they all work together — regardless of who made the device. When I’m away from home for the day, all my compatible lights automatically turn off, my Nest Thermostat goes into Eco mode, and my smart locks auto lock. When I connect my smart water meter to my Nest speakers, it announces when my plants need some love and water. This is why we’re making home automation front and center in the new Home app with the new automation tab. We’re also expanding Household Routines to support more of your smart home devices as starters and actions so you can create automations like these, more accessible, more capable and easier to set up.

We also understand that many of our most advanced users want to create even more powerful home automations. Early next year we plan to launch a new script editor, which will offer more than 100 new features and capabilities to fit your unique understanding of your home and what you want it to do.

Home is everywhere you are

There are times where using your phone to control your home isn’t convenient, like if you’re on a run and want to adjust the temperature in your home or when you want to check in on your Nest cameras from your computer. We want to ensure your home experience is unified and available everywhere you are — from your display, tablet and phone to your TV, watch and laptop. That’s why we are bringing the Google Home app to Wear OS and the web.

The new Google Home app for Wear OS, that we gave you a sneak peek of on the upcoming Google Pixel Watch at Google I/O earlier this year, will be rolling out to Wear OS 3 devices over the coming week. You will be able to turn off the lights, adjust your Nest Thermostat, get notifications from your Nest cameras and more — all from your wrist.

In a few weeks we’ll also be rolling out a new camera experience on Google Home for the web that lets you view all your Nest camera and doorbell feeds. Onhome.google.com you’ll be able to easily check in on live views in full screen, zoom in to see more details, view camera status, and more all from your web browser.

Thank you for the feedback

As we build a more helpful home, we want to thank everyone who's given us feedback to help us get there. We are listening and are far from done. We appreciate you being on this journey with us, and we’ll continue to focus on getting the experience right. The new app on iOS and Android will be available first to users in our Public Preview program in the next few weeks.