Google is killing software support for early Nest Thermostats
Summary
Google has just announced that it’s ending software updates for the first-generation Nest Learning Thermostat, released in 2011, and the second-gen model that came a year later. “You will no longer be able to control them remotely from your phone or with Google Assistant, but can still adjust the temperature and modify schedules directly on the thermostat,“ the company wrote in a Friday blog post. “Heating systems in Europe are unique and have a variety of hardware and software requirements that make it challenging to build for the diverse set of homes,“ the company said. Still, this type of phase-out is a very real fear tied to smart home devices as companies put screens into more and more appliances. The original Nest thermostats were released while the company was an independent brand under the leadership of former Apple executive Tony Fadell.