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Google pulls the plug on first and second gen Nest Thermostats (www.techspot.com)

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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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[–] KingGordon@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago (4 children)

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

[–] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 28 points 1 week ago

I didn't. I bought Nest hardware that had an API that worked with my home automation. Then Google bought Nest and enshittified it so all interaction with it had to go through Google, externally.

[–] Bob_Robertson_IX@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 1 week ago

Never buy hardware that needs the cloud to operate.

[–] Keeponstalin@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

The one exception being a used pixel phone if you're looking to use grapheneos, at least until they allow a non-pixel to be used with gos

[–] ComradePedro@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago

I made that mistake twice and it cost me hundreds of $$