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Google Nest Nest Protect Gen 2

What is likely to break, when it happens, and how expensive it can be — from source-linked reports.

Reliability signal — · Insufficient data · data confidence Very Low

1 failure reports

Reliability summary

What is likely to go wrong, when it happens, and how expensive it can be — from source-linked failure reports.

Reliability signal

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1 failure report · Insufficient data · Data confidence: Very Low

Need at least 5 failure-signal reports before showing an A–F grade.

Most common issue
Self-test alarm-sound verification failure
Typical first failure
2 yr
Median of reports with timing
Median repair cost
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Reported costs only
Highest reported repair
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What breaks?

Failure types

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  • Self-test alarm-sound verification failure1 · 100%

When does it break?

Failure timing

Months after purchase, using reports that included timing.

What does it cost?

Reported repair costs

Distribution of owner-reported repair costs — not a quote or guarantee.

No reported repair costs yet for this model.

Median months to failure

24

Failure reports

1

Median repair cost

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Still recommend

0%

% repaired

0%

% mfr warranty

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% extended warranty

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% support helpful

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What breaks?

What breaks? · reports

Self-test alarm-sound verification failure

Alarm sounder / self-test hardware

24 months

Source-linkedVerify source — Reddit post

Six Nest Protect Gen 2 units installed just under two years had two units on opposite sides of the house fail within five hours with the same 'Couldn't verify the alarm sound' self-test error in Google Home. The other four Protects continued working normally.

UnverifiedEvidence ★★★☆☆
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Months until failure

24 months

Repair cost

Not stated

Repaired

No

Manufacturer warranty

Not stated

Extended warranty

Not stated

Support helpful

Not stated

Would recommend

No

AI extraction confidence

92%

Verification status

Unverified

Evidence quality

★★★☆☆ (3/5)

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