The United States International Trade Commission (ITC) has ruled that Google has infringed on multiple patents held by the audio company Sonos with features baked into some of its Nest-brand smart speakers, as well as into some older Pixel-series devices. The Mountain View giant is now obliged to make some potentially major UI and UX changes to avoid an import ban on those products.
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Google-faces-a-ban-on-some-Pixel-phones-and-Nest-smart-home-devices-as-it-loses-a-patent-infringement-case-to-Sonos.591512.0.html