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

• toiletobserver@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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  • joekar1990@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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    • floofloof@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I think legally this suggestion makes you a pirate, a thief, a terrorist and a mass murderer.

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      • billwashere@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I’m already on a bunch of lists. What’s a few more. I should collect them like steam cards.

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  • nguarracino@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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