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They just can't use the app to control it. The physical lock still works, so they just have to use the key.

For a night it turned into a regular lock.

I'm just imagining the case where someone has gotten very used to using the smart lock in a way where they lock it remotely. I guess that could be blamed on the user, but it's definitely not going to encourage them to buy any more Nest products.

Yeah one could imagine the house locking itself when a car drives away.

There isn't ifttt for Nest Secure yet, but it does integrate with Nest Cam and nest Thermostat.

My workplace was across the street from my house though so I had trouble with the GPS stuff on ifttt when I tried it a few years ago. Bah.

You weren't driving across the street, were you? b^)

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