Google Ends Software Updates for Older Nest Thermostats
Friday, April 25, 2025, 2:20 pm
Google has announced that it will discontinue software updates for older Nest models released around 2011–2014, meaning that while basic functions will persist locally, smart features will cease, impacting both domestic and European users. The move appears aimed at phasing out legacy support amid product evolution.
Reddit: r/homeassistant
Affected units will work locally, but smart features will shut down in October.
Google has just announced that it’s ending software updates for the first-generation Nest Learning Thermostat, released in 2011, and the second-gen model that came a year later. This decision also affects the European Nest Learning Thermostat from 2014. “You will no longer be able to control them…
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