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Google pulls the plug on first and second gen Nest Thermostats (www.techspot.com)
submitted 9 months ago by [M] to c/Anticonsumption@europe.pub
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cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/48943580

Google announced the end of support for early Nest Thermostats in a support document earlier this year that largely flew under the radar. As of October 25, first and second generation units released in 2011 and 2012, respectively, will be unpaired and removed from the Google Nest or Google Home app.

Users will no longer be able to control their thermostats remotely via their smartphone, receive notifications, or change settings from a mobile device. End-of-support also disables third-party assistants and other cloud-based features including multi-device Eco mode and Nest Protect connectivity.

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[–] 26 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Repeat after me. Never. Buy. Google. Hardware.

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    • [–] 18 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Remember when a house would be built and a thermostat installed, and that thermostat would just work for 40+ years?

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    • [–] 9 points 9 months ago

    If your smart thing can’t survive without the cloud, it’s not a smart thing.

    Unfortunately the number of smart thermostats that have a full local API is tiny.

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    [–] 7 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    This is why I learned Arduino and built my own damn thermostat.

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    This is all a simple thermostat is. A bimetal strip that causes a contact to open or close. That's all this thing does for a furnace, close/open the "be on" signal path.

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Yeah and that's what was wired to my floor heater, but I wanted it hot in the morning, warm during the day, and off at night. They wanted $200 for a smart programmable thermostat, so I made my own for $20. And I can chart the temperatures over time, or reprogram it over wifi.

    And it's still wired in series with that old bimetallic thermostat just in case my thermomstat and its watchdog chip both fail on.

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