Hand holds a phone with the Nest app next to a Nest thermostat on a screen indicating HVAC running time - oasisamuel/Shutterstock For many homeowners, smart thermostats are worth the hype, as they let ...

In early July, when temperatures were rising to the 90s, my smart thermostat, a Nest Gen-4 model, shut down completely in the worst timing possible. None of the quick fixes I had used when testing ...

Hand holding a phone with the Nest app next to a Nest thermostat - oasisamuel/Shutterstock One of the downsides of the constantly evolving tech landscape is that your devices are bound to become ...

・Support for gen 1 and 2 Nest Thermostats ends 25 October ・No more Google Home or Nest app support or software updates ・Will be limited to on-device controls for basic features If you have an ageing ...

Unlike previous generations, the Nest Learning Thermostat (4th Gen) that launched last month debuted without any manual control for display brightness. As such, the default dim settings of the display ...

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The budget-friendly Energy Star-certified Google Nest Thermostat is polished and pretty, but it isn’t a true smart thermostat, at least not like its older sibling, the Google Nest Learning Thermostat, ...

If you have an older Google Nest thermostat, it might be losing its smart capabilities later this year. In a post last week on the official support blog, Google announced that it would end support for ...