Okweminyaka embalwa, ama-thermostat enkampani yeNest, iGoogle ayithenge eminyakeni embalwa eyedlule, abe yisilinganiso sokuklanywa nokusebenza kwalolu hlobo lwedivayisi. Kepha kusukela manje, abaningi bekungabakhiqizi abebethula amadivayisi amasha afanayo, amadivayisi angakaze avelele ekwakhiweni, iphuzu lokuqala abathengi balolu hlobo lwedivayisi abavame ukulicabangela.
Abafana baseRedmond bahlanganyele noJohnson Control ukwenza i-smart thermostat entsha, i-thermostat engeyona nje ubuhle obuhle, Unomsizi onguCortana, ngaphandle kokuthembela kubantu besithathu ukuxhumana naye, inzuzo uma iqhathaniswa, ngokwesibonelo neNest, yize kungeyona yodwa.
Ngaphakathi kwale thermostat esobala ebhabhadiswe ngegama elithi GLAS, sithola isistimu yokusebenza ye-Windows 10 IoT Core, evumela abaphathi bayo ukubonga kuCortana ngemiyalo yezwi. I-thermostat ye-GLAS ayikwazi ukusikhombisa kuphela igumbi lokushisa nokulilawula, kepha futhi iyasivumela thola ulwazi ngekhwalithi yomoya, ukushisa kwangaphandle, ukusetshenziswa kwamandla ... cishe imisebenzi efanayo naleyo i-Nest thermostat esinikeza yona, ireferensi emakethe.
Lesi yisinyathelo sokuqala seMicrosoft emhlabeni we-Intanethi Yezinto, umkhakha obelokhu uchuma eminyakeni yamuva nokuthi kancane kancane kuzoba yinto ejwayelekile emakhaya ezigidi eziningi zabantu. Windows 10 IoT iyatholakala nakwezinye izinhlobo zeziqandisi ezivela kumkhiqizi waseKorea LG, iziqandisi esingasebenzisana ngazo sibonga uCortana. I-GLAS iphinde ihlanganiswe nezinsizakalo zefu zeMicrosoft Microsoft Azure, insizakalo yamafu ezuze inani elikhulu lamakhasimende eminyakeni yamuva.