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Nest 1st gen and 2nd gen thermostats no longer supported from Oct 25

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280 points RyanShook | 5 comments | 05 Sep 25 21:33 UTC | HN request time: 0.795s | source
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0cf8612b2e1e ◴[05 Sep 25 22:30 UTC] No.45144431[source]▶
To each their own, but the idea of an internet connected thermostat (at great expense!) never made sense to me. A $20 Honeywell lets you program 4 regions per day (waking, day, evening, night) and will be fine almost every day of the year. Has a battery backup and never failed me.

I guess it would be cute to get some analytics dashboard, but that’s about where my interest ends.

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1. xyzelement ◴[05 Sep 25 22:34 UTC] No.45144467[source]▶
The key usecases for me are:

Adjusting the thermostat (which is downstairs) from bed.

At the airport - oh shit did I turn off the AC for the two weeks we'll be away? Ok I just did.

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2. slipnslider ◴[05 Sep 25 22:38 UTC] No.45144502[source]▶
Same. My Nest has probably paid for itself in terms of me being able to remotely disable it while away on trips
3. dogcow ◴[05 Sep 25 22:39 UTC] No.45144518[source]▶
Luckily, this can all be achieved using a Wi-Fi or (even better) a Z-Wave thermostat that is 100% locally-controlled using something like Home Assistant or any number of other solutions.
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4. jkestner ◴[05 Sep 25 22:42 UTC] No.45144542[source]▶
I got a Honeywell Sensi thermostat that can do that, and also works without an internet connection. Better things are possible.
5. xyzelement ◴[05 Sep 25 23:05 UTC] No.45144738[source]▶
The guy I replied to was asking why you'd want an Internet connected thermostat.

I am a HA guy and prior to my ecobee I ran an American Radio Thermostat with local HA support and you could control over curl. But the wifi module was so old that no modern device connected to it when I had to reset it up.

But I agree zwave plus HA are a great option too.