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It's not e-waste unless for some reason you want to throw out a working thermostat just because it doesn't have network access.
Probably for the same reason you bought one in the first place rather than using the cheap one that your home already had.
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Probably for the same reason you bought one in the first place rather than using the cheap one that your home already had.
Wasn't our decision. At least it looks nice.
What's the go-to recommendation for smart thermostats with local control (no cloud) + Home Assistant these days? Claude suggests Ecobee + Homekit. Z-Wave seems to be another popular option. What are people using?
The original Nest thermostat and app has been abandonware since 2017, as far as I can tell. We got one in 2014, and I can only remember one change. A couple years into my use of it, the iPhone X came out, with the notch and taller screen. The Nest app eventually got updated to fill the whole screen, and that's it.
To be fair, I can't imagine why an app for a thermostat would need regular updates - aside from what's necessary to keep the app functional on modern OS versions.
Also, you can change the current set temperature. That temperature will be overridden at the next scheduled change.
That's it, that's the app. There's no way to create a custom program for a single day. There's no way to set a hold temp that persists beyond the next schedule change.
Now, because it's a thermostat, and my needs are simple, and I don't even have A/C, it's never bothered me _that_ much. But it's clear it could be so much better, and they just haven't bothered to do _anything_ in a decade.
It basically feels like they shipped a PoC, Google bought them, and disbanded the team, and that was it.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Nest/comments/1im9gkg/adjusting_the...
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You can edit the schedule on the device but it isn’t fun. The UI is just basically a dial that can click. And there’s no copy paste.
Yep I have this and it's total garbage. The scheduling options feel designed to troll, serious MacBook wheel vibes. No way to temporarily disable the schedule if you're going out of town. Either turn your HVAC off entirely, or delete the entire schedule and manually reenter the whole thing when you get back (who doesn't love life-wasting menu diving after a long trip?).