The Verge Releases Season 4 Episode 3 on Tony Fadell's Nest Reinvention
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Updated · The Verge · Jun 28
The Verge Releases Season 4 Episode 3 on Tony Fadell's Nest Reinvention
1 articles · Updated · The Verge · Jun 28
Summary
The Verge’s Version History published the third episode of its fourth season, tracing how Tony Fadell returned from post-iPhone retirement to build Nest and rethink the thermostat.
Fadell’s frustration with outdated, expensive home temperature controls drove the effort, which the podcast frames as an attempt to reshape how homes work.
The episode says Nest scaled quickly largely because of Fadell, while arguing the thermostat itself was a mixed product that got key ideas right but missed in important ways.
The Nest story extends Version History’s smart-home season, following earlier episodes on the Harmony remote and Roomba and adding context on Nest’s broader impact on connected-home design.