Google Nest Learning Thermostat 4th Gen With Sensor

I’ve had a nest for at least 8 years and have gone through all the newer models. This one is definitely a big step above the others. First it uses the google home app. So say goodbye to your old nest app. It sits away from the wall a bit more, kind of like a mushroom. This comes with a wall plate and additional sensor (we put ours in the bedroom to keep it comfortable during the night). The screen is huge. The bronze color is stunning and it’s very reflective and mirrored. It seems to almost have a 3D look to the screen. It definitely has depth when looking directly at the screen. Set up only took 20 minutes. You can also choose between four home screens. It doesn’t keep the memory from an older nest thermostat, so it has to re-learn your home, system and awake routine, unless you manually set it up. Overall it works as described. Visually it is stunning and a focal point when you walk down our stairs. I’m happy with this upgraded “wall jewelry”.

I originally got the high-end Ecobee; however, the temperature reading didn’t seem right. I tried some adjustments as recommended by support, but I expect something to work as is. That’s where the Nest Gen 4 came in. The gold therm looks astonishing, and the the thing works. Best of all, I can select different faces, and I don’t have to be standing right in front of the thing to view the temperature conditions. It also measures room humidity and outdoor temperature. If you have google products, this is seamless with the Google Home app. Consider me satisfied.

Do you ever get that feeling after being worked up by a jolt due to thinking something terrible that might happened in a dream or something, that ripped you from slumber?! Then, you realize it was not real and that relief rushes over you, and (once your heart rate comes back down) you have that nice calm soften feeling that allows you to fall back into the bosom of sweet slumber. That is what it is like having these babies keeping track of my HVAC now! They are always working great, and it’s relaxing knowing that 1. They are working great. 2. They look great. 3. They will tell me if something pops up that’s not normal. 4. I can track them from literally anywhere in the world! And lastly, that they are slowly helping, ever so slightly, lowering my bill, not by a bunch, but having those little tweaks that it does that is somehow doing it!
I love these things! I have had them in my last two house, and am glad every time I get, or have got them installed!

All nest gen 1, 2, and 3 thermostats came with a brightness setting (auto, low medium and high) the customer could control. This has been removed and replaced with an auto brightness setting so the customer can no longer change brightness. Unfortunately, in dark environments (living room at night, bedroom in the morning) the brightness is reduced so low it is virtually impossibly to read the display. During the day, it is not much better. This cripples the thermostat. What really hurts is in all advertisments google shows a bright display that in all lighting conditions i have not come close to getting. I am also having software and schedule malfunctions. To make matters worse, although all setting for my heating system is correct, the home app is picking the wrong heating system, so it appears it will not preheat my house properly. While trying to get answers from google Reps was fruitless. They just search help articles and have no real experience with the product they are trying to support. I was also not able to access a advanced tech to help. Google wants to send you through a long winded process only to again be connected with reps who can’t help. Last but not least google attempts to make us pay $30 more by forcing us to buy the thermostat with a included sensor alot of people do not even need. What a mess.