Comment on Google pulls the plug on first and second gen Nest Thermostats

FishFace@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  As do smart thermostats that don’t rely on the continued goodwill of corporate America to function.

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  • tidderuuf@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Which ones are those?

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    • toiletobserver@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      My Honeywell one is not Internet connected, but it seems plenty smart. It knows the time and day, is programmable for four different periods each day, can handle all sorts of heating and cooling equipment. It also learns how long it takes to get your house to the right temp, then starts working before then to make it happen when the time arrives.

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      • guy_threepwood@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        I saw the photo with a person for scale and I thought…why?

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      • joekar1990@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        One of the apartments I lived in had a Honeywell wifi connected one that worked pretty well.

        a.co/d/fMJGrh2

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    • aarch64@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Anything that supports HomeKit should work indefinitely. I have an ecobee4 that works great with Home Assistant via HomeKit.

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      • Natanael@infosec.pub ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Same with Matter. Home Assistant has a Matter module too. And, Matter is designed to be open!

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    • spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Honeywell’s Z-wave thermostats don’t require Internet connectivity to function and control remotely. They do require something like Home Assistant for that remote control.

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      • billwashere@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        A simple open api could extend the life of these things by decades.

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      • nguarracino@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Yup, this is what I just did. Replaced my two first generation Nests with Z-Wave Honeywells.

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• Damage@feddit.it ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I’ve got one of those with bi-metallic strips, it’s 35 years old, works no problem.

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• reddig33@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Surprisingly, these still work as dumb thermostats after the cutoff date.

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• Alexstarfire@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Uhh, isn’t this just turning them into dumb thermostats? It says you can’t control it via phone. Not that it stops working altogether.

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