Nest Labs recalling smoke and carbon monoxide alarms

All Nest Protect Smoke and Carbon Monoxide alarms are being recalled, according to federal officials, because of problems with the sound alerts.

The alarms are made of black or white plastic and are about 5-square inches with rounded corners and the word “nest” on a large button on the face of the alarm. Nest Labs has received no reports of incidents, injuries or property damage.

The repair is an automatic electronic update that disables the Nest Wave feature and is delivered automatically to devices connected wirelessly to the Internet and linked to a Nest account.

Consumers should take one of the following actions:

Consumers who have not connected their Nest Protect devices to their wireless network and linked them to a Nest account should immediately do so. The devices will automatically receive the update that disables the Nest Wave feature.

Customers should confirm that their devices have been updated by going to Nest Sense on their Nest account mobile or web application and ensuring that the button for Nest Wave is off and grayed out.

Instructions on how to connect to a network and disable the feature are available at http://support.nest.com/article/Nest-Protect-Safety.

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