Hand holds a phone with the Nest app next to a Nest thermostat on a screen indicating HVAC running time - oasisamuel/Shutterstock For many homeowners, smart thermostats are worth the hype, as they let ...

In early July, when temperatures were rising to the 90s, my smart thermostat, a Nest Gen-4 model, shut down completely in the worst timing possible. None of the quick fixes I had used when testing ...

The $130 Nest Thermostat-- not to be confused with the $250 Nest Learning Thermostat-- is Google's latest smart thermostat. While the newer model is priced significantly lower than the flagship ...

Irene Okpanachi is a Features writer, covering mobile and PC guides that help you understand your devices. She has five years' experience in the Tech, E-commerce, and Food niches. Particularly, the ...

The budget-friendly Energy Star-certified Google Nest Thermostat is polished and pretty, but it isn’t a true smart thermostat, at least not like its older sibling, the Google Nest Learning Thermostat, ...

Back in October, Google ended software support for the original and second-generation Nest Learning Thermostats. On the ...

When it debuted in 2011, the Nest Learning Thermostat wasn’t the first internet-connected thermostat, but it defined the technology for many people: The Nest was the iPhone of thermostats, and in fact ...

If you have an older Google Nest thermostat, it might be losing its smart capabilities later this year. In a post last week on the official support blog, Google announced that it would end support for ...