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Amidst news about support ending for its oldest thermostats, Google delivered some incredibly welcome news for owners of its most popular models this week. After years of users asking (and complaining), Google has finally confirmed that scheduling functions for the Nest Learning Thermostat (3rd gen) and the Nest Thermostat E are officially coming to the Google Home app later in 2025.
For anyone with a 3rd Gen Nest Learning Thermostat (launched back in 2015) or the also-popular Nest Thermostat E, this addresses arguably the single biggest frustration with Google’s smart home ecosystem unification. While newer Nest thermostats integrated scheduling into the Google Home app properly, these widely adopted models inexplicably required users to keep the old, separate Nest app installed just for this core function. It made managing Nest devices a confusing, two-app affair. Bringing scheduling into the Google Home app is the long-overdue fix we’ve been waiting for.
For many users, managing thermostat schedules is the only reason they still have the old Nest app on their phones. Once this feature migrates to the Google Home app later this year, they can likely uninstall the legacy app for good and rely solely on Google Home for managing all their compatible Nest devices. It’s a massive step toward the streamlined, unified smart home app Google has been promising.
Rollout & How to get it early
Google kept the timeline a bit vague, simply stating the update will roll out “later this year.” No specific quarter has been announced yet, but we expect more details soon. It’s highly likely this feature will hit the Google Home public preview program first before a wider release. If you’re anxious to consolidate your apps and get this functionality ASAP, signing up for that public preview might be your best bet.
It genuinely took far too long, but seeing Google finally bring this essential feature to the Home app for these popular thermostats is fantastic news! You can read Google’s official announcement touching on this here.
Via: Android Authority
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