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Today, Nest announced Home/Away Assist.

Will this be exposed in the Nest API to allow Works With Nest products to support this feature?

Richard Ev
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Home/Away Assist is an app feature that feeds the Auto-Away. It was built specifically to be compatible by default with the current API. Home and Away works the same if you're a developer, just now with more accurate information.

urman
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  • Understood. In the [developer terms of service](https://developer.nest.com/documentation/cloud/tos) it states that you may not _implement functionality that interferes with the core functionality of Nest products or services_. So, for example, you must not write a WWN app that controls Away state in the background. Home/Away Assist seems to do just this (based on device location). Will it now be permitted to implement similar features in a WWN app? – Richard Ev Mar 11 '16 at 13:16
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    Automatically controlling Away state in most scenarios is still not allowed. Users must be prompted. – urman Mar 13 '16 at 23:03