Google's Nest Launch: After entering the mobile, laptop, and even set-top box competition, Google is now making its way into our homes.

After being bought last January for $3.2 billion dollars by Google, Nest is now using Thread to set a new standard for devices to communicate and control smart home gadgets such as locks and light bulbs. With its rapid development, the company is bound to hit more appliances and gadgets real soon.

Following the initiatives of Qualcomm, Intel and other technology companies, Google has created Thread to allow future household gadgets to talk to each other. According to Nest Product Manager Chris Boross, Thread is a networking protocol with security and low-power features that allow its users to fully manipulate what is going on inside the house in terms of devices.

In fact, some products are ready for Thread. There are already home products compatible with Thread, such as Philips light bulbs. They use radio chips to connect. “Around that time I imagine that Thread-compliant products will start hitting the market, but people can start building Thread today,” said Boross.

Silicon, Freescale, NXP, Atmel, and other companies are currently producing chips used to control Thread-compatible products. And the list of companies partnering with Nest gets even bigger.

Last June, Nest has teamed up with Mercedes-Benz, Whirlpool and light bulb maker LIFX. With the looming partnerships, Google can integrate its products with thermostats and smoke detectors. However, the company’s efforts does not end here.

The creator of Thread is playing close to its chest of how different devices with different brands can stay connected. Last week, Thread Group member Samsung Electronics also joined Intel and Dell.”

Meanwhile, Apple, a brand known for controlling how other products of different companies connect with its devices, also eyes to enter the scene. The mac-creator just announced that it plans to release HomeKit, “its own framework for connecting household gadgets,” according to irishtimes.com.