{"id":225663,"date":"2025-10-26T01:39:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T01:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/225663\/"},"modified":"2025-10-26T01:39:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T01:39:10","slug":"your-older-nest-thermostat-will-be-disconnected-why-cant-ai-save-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/225663\/","title":{"rendered":"Your older Nest Thermostat will be disconnected \u2013 why can’t AI save it?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today, Saturday, 25 October 2025, all older Nest Learning Thermostats will have their core smart features turned off, as Google continues to destroy the once brilliant brand<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Writing in a\u00a0blog post,<\/a>\u00a0Google has confirmed that the 1st\u00a0and 2nd\u00a0gen Nest Learning Thermostats (launched in 2011 and 2012 in the US, and in 2014 in Europe for the 2nd\u00a0gen) will be unpaired from your account and removed from the Nest app or Home app.<\/p>\n

Once killed, these old thermostats will no longer be controllable via your phone, won\u2019t send notifications, and won\u2019t receive software or security updates. Pre-set schedules will work, and the devices can be controlled locally, but all of the smart benefits will be gone, and these models effectively become dumb.<\/p>\n

A thermostat is not a \u2018normal\u2019 bit of smart tech<\/p>\n

On the one hand, the fact that a 2011 device is still working is impressive. But that\u2019s just viewed through the prism of planned obsolescence that we\u2019ve come to expect from other devices, such as phones and TVs.<\/p>\n

A smart thermostat is different. It\u2019s an essential part of a home heating system and, as they\u2019re only really used for a few months per year, you expect them to keep working. To my mind, Google killing off old Nest Thermostats is the first time I\u2019ve heard of a smart thermostat being retired. Longer life should be expected, if not demanded.<\/p>\n

It raises questions about how long the\u00a0Nest Learning Thermostat (3rd\u00a0gen, 2015)<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Nest Thermostat E<\/a>\u00a0(2018) will continue to be supported. Given that Google will not sell the 4th\u00a0Gen product in the UK or Europe, and that it will still only sell the older products until stocks run out, I\u2019d bet that end of support won\u2019t be far away.<\/p>\n

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What about AI?<\/p>\n

On the one hand, I understand that supporting old devices requires resources, so tech devices do eventually reach the end of life. But, isn\u2019t this scenario the exact kind of thing that AI is designed for?<\/p>\n

Google even promotes\u00a0Gemini Code Assist<\/a>\u00a0in this way: \u201cUncap your potential and get all of your development done using Gemini Code Assist for individuals at no cost, or Gemini Code Assist for your business.\u201d<\/p>\n

I\u2019m guessing that the Google folks have access to this tool for free. If it\u2019s so good, then surely the AI should be able to bash out updates for the old thermostats to keep them working with their current feature set, even if it\u2019s just the basics.<\/p>\n

Ultimately, if the learning algorithm isn\u2019t updated on an old thermostat who cares? But if its remote control is turned off, that\u2019s a big deal. AI, if it\u2019s as good as Google says it is, should be able to handle software updates with very little developer cost.<\/p>\n

Wouldn\u2019t that be a good case study? Google could show the world that its tools\u00a0prevent perfectly good hardware from being recycled while reducing costs.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Just upgrade to Tado<\/p>\n

What Google could do and what it wants to do are separate. It seems as though Google has become bored with Nest, so it is slowly killing off its products. For users of old Nest thermostats, there\u2019s an option to upgrade to a Tado X<\/a> thermostat with a 50% off voucher. It\u2019s a good deal, and Tado X is a great system.<\/p>\n

I have Tado X at home and really like it, and would urge anyone looking\u00a0to buy a Nest Thermostat today not to \u2014 and to look elsewhere: my guide to the best smart thermostats can help, and you\u2019ll notice that Nest has been removed, as I can no longer recommend any of the products.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Today, Saturday, 25 October 2025, all older Nest Learning Thermostats will have their core smart features turned off,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":225664,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[554,733,4308,86,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-225663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-ai","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificialintelligence","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=225663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225663\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/225664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}