As apart of Google LLC's plan to strengthen its hardware division, the Mountain View-based company plans to re-obtain the home automation company, Nest Labs, from its parent company, Alphabet Inc. Google originally purchased Nest Labs back in 2014.
Google is attempting to better compete against the likes of Amazon, who currently owns the home automation market, with Alexa-enabled devices. Google's own hardware division has grown in recent years, going from collaborating with partners for hardware to designing it in-house. Their smartphones are currently being manufactured by HTC, with a few exceptions. At the end of last year, Google began purchasing the mobile division of the Taiwanese company, which concluded in the beginning of this year.
This new combined division of Google is currently one of the largest divisions of the company. It will comprise of Nest Labs, which will retain its name, HTC's former mobile division, and Google's Pixel team.
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