Mine also 16th nov 21 - possibly because we’re in the uk and none of the newest devices available here… or will ever be.
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Google Announces End Date for Original Nest Thermostat Support
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At the time there wasn’t much option and for me it was prior to the google buyout anyway (if Apple would have pushed into this market I probably wouldn’t have touched nest)
Now all these functional but obsolete gadgets are going to end up in a landfill. So much for being "green".
For anyone looking to still use one of the discontinued models, have you tried to use it with a Home Assistant setup?
If not, I would assume that would still work and give you all of the control back?
I have a 3rd gen Nest thermostat which doesn't sound like it has been cut yet, coming soon I know. But I did have Home Assistant setup on a NAS a while back and had this Nest on it and it worked well.
Anyone have experience with testing or using it with that setup? If not, I would definitely look into it if you own a discontinued model and want to continue using it fully.
If not, I would assume that would still work and give you all of the control back?
I have a 3rd gen Nest thermostat which doesn't sound like it has been cut yet, coming soon I know. But I did have Home Assistant setup on a NAS a while back and had this Nest on it and it worked well.
Anyone have experience with testing or using it with that setup? If not, I would definitely look into it if you own a discontinued model and want to continue using it fully.
Just a reminder to those that do replace their Thermostats to please recycle their old one if the can at the nearest E-waste center or Best Buy, etc. Even though Google and most large corporations don’t seem to care about e-waste, I hope the people using all this stuff try and avoid it ending up in a landfill.
All well and good saying that, but I’ve had my nest thermostats since 2017 (luckily 3rd gen). I use homebridge so they appear in HomeKit but soon as google end support for these, they’re going to be painful to have. Ah well, problem for future me 🥲
Buying anything google for your smart home is an instant L. Home equipment should be good for decades not years. Unfortunately this is now the norm, even car manufacturers drop so much less than 10 years after the car is sold. It’s honestly a joke
It's all about the data, it's google, your data is their product. They want to get everyone without a google account off the thermostat so they can get you into a new thermostat that requires a google account and they can collect your data and sell it.
That's not quite it either- if it was they would force the Google account transition and this wouldn't have an impact on people that already converted their Nest account.
meanwhile an iPod (1st generation) from 2001 still syncs with current Mac OS with the correct adapter cables
Attention world:
Do not buy any Google Home products, or anything requiring Google support, like Nest. This announcement confirms why.
A thermostat could last 50 years. First and second generation Nest thermostats are perfectly fine, uncomplicated, and have decades of life remaining. Providing connectivity to the Google Home app likely costs less than the coffee supplies bill for one month.
This is about killing the functionality of perfectly fine products, in your own home. This is Google reaching into your home, and your pockets, to force an unneeded and unwanted thermostat replacement.
Don’t do it. Simply continue to use your Nest thermostat as you would any offline thermostat. Households around the world function just great without a WiFi-connected thermostat.
And learn from this. Don’t ever buy another Google Home product. Alphabet and Google are not to be trusted in your home. No thermostats, no cameras, no Google TV, no Google assistive devices.
Total boycott.
Do not buy any Google Home products, or anything requiring Google support, like Nest. This announcement confirms why.
A thermostat could last 50 years. First and second generation Nest thermostats are perfectly fine, uncomplicated, and have decades of life remaining. Providing connectivity to the Google Home app likely costs less than the coffee supplies bill for one month.
This is about killing the functionality of perfectly fine products, in your own home. This is Google reaching into your home, and your pockets, to force an unneeded and unwanted thermostat replacement.
Don’t do it. Simply continue to use your Nest thermostat as you would any offline thermostat. Households around the world function just great without a WiFi-connected thermostat.
And learn from this. Don’t ever buy another Google Home product. Alphabet and Google are not to be trusted in your home. No thermostats, no cameras, no Google TV, no Google assistive devices.
Total boycott.
Don't you just love it when people make sweeping statements about an entire continent like that?
Fortunately the temperate control on my heater still works as does the door bell installed next to my front door in 1972. Google hasn't found a way to acquire them.
I bought my house 18 years ago... the finished basement (which we don't use often) has an analog thermostat that was installed when the room was built (1980's) and the main level of the home has had its working thermostat replaced with a Nest, which will now have to be replaced with something else.... all while the basement thermostat with its mercury switch just continues to work.