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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.

  • 7toed@midwest.socialEnglish
    23·
    3 months ago

    Oh boy! I get a deal buying the replacement? Golly, google must really like me as a consumer.

    And my ecobee is arriving in two days.

    • dormedas@lemmy.dormedas.comEnglish
      8·
      3 months ago

      I swapped from Nest to Ecobee. Working in Home Assistant via HomeKit entirely on my local net. All is well. Thanks Google!

        • huquad@lemmy.mlEnglish
          13·
          3 months ago

          I mean if it doesn’t require cloud connectivity, then it just becomes the communication protocol right? I’d be fine with Google offering local only access as an alternative, but of course they only offer the newer model.

          • glimse@lemmy.worldEnglish
            13·
            3 months ago

            Yeah that’s fair, I just don’t like any devices with network access at all.

            • AtariDump@lemmy.worldEnglish
              31·
              3 months ago

              Network access doesn’t mean it’s phoning home or that it needs internet access.

              • glimse@lemmy.worldEnglish
                11·
                3 months ago

                You ever see that comic with the guy popping out the well saying “Yet you participate in society. Curious!”?

                • Vendetta9076@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                  1·
                  3 months ago

                  Yes. And I’m pretty sure it doesnt apply. You said “I don’t like devices with network connection” which is broad and silly.

        • dormedas@lemmy.dormedas.comEnglish
          4·
          3 months ago

          Yeah, I chose it since it’s at least local-only. Much higher doubt Apple can ever take that integration from me - and if they do, I can just stay on a Home Assistant version that doesn’t.

  • Brewchin@lemmy.worldEnglish
    14·
    3 months ago

    I dunno? Although this was inevitable once Google borged Nest, I rejected the “you must now convert your Nest account to a shitborg account” prompts and my Nest gen2 is still quite happily talking to my Nest app?

    No doubt it will eventually die, but for now it’s unaffected. Works fine.

    Fuck Google. Sideways. With a wire brush. Despicable vultures.

  • yeehaw@lemmy.caEnglish
    92·
    3 months ago

    And that’s what you get for buying IoT garbage, especially from a company with a track record for this type of thing.

  • reddig33@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    3 months ago

    I got to thinking today about how my TiVo HD from 2006 still works fine. Strange how a company going out of business can still support decades old hardware, but a gazillionaire conglomerate like Google just “doesn’t have the resources”.

  • altphoto@lemmy.todayEnglish
    2·
    3 months ago

    Home depot used to breakdown your front door to smash their thermostats. Now its so much less painful thru the internet.

  • magguzu@midwest.socialEnglish
    31·
    3 months ago

    FUCK.

    I’ve been wanting to sell mine for ages and get the Honeywell Z-Wave one. Now I can’t really do that. Fuck off Google.

    • Cort@lemmy.worldEnglish
      10·
      3 months ago

      Their resale value dropped to basically nil back when Google announced this 6-8 months ago.

      Not sure it’s any consolation, but you wouldn’t have made much unless you sold it a year ago.

  • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    3 months ago

    I got a Sensi thermostat 5 years ago. Very happy. Only trick is it doesn’t work cut off from the internet, not even on the LAN. But you can still walk up and punch buttons. (Tested this last week. Might be a way around this.)

    • atrielienz@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      3 months ago

      The thermostats should still function based on the blurb. They’re just no longer connected to the Internet. So you can’t change anything or set any automations that rely on a network connection.

  • SayCyberOnceMore@feddit.ukEnglish
    112·
    3 months ago

    Ah, I read these with a smile on my face because these problems never affect me…

    I have individual, manually controlled electric heaters in each room.

    Of course, the house heating is totally inefficient, and very expensive 🤔😉

    • Lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      11·
      3 months ago

      I have individual, manually controlled electric heaters in each room.

      Congrats, this thread isn’t for you.

    • glimse@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      3 months ago

      I think I speak for everyone in this home automation community when I say congratulations, I am so very proud of you!