Google Nest Thermostat - Smart Thermostat for Home - Programmable Wifi Thermostat - Snow (Renewed)

Sleek design and easy to install. The touch controls on the unit are hypersensitive and confusing. I connected it to my Amazon Alexa voice control, and it is working flawlessly. I recommend adding the base plate to cover any previous wall damage because the base of the Goggle Nest is tiny and unforgiving. It monitors the temperature accurately and keeps the temperature steady. The app works well and can be used to control the unit remotely.

I bought my home 17 years ago so my thermostat was dated. I make subtle upgrades to my home and this was one of them. I like that it has wifi and connects to Google home. It was easy to install and seems to be a good quality. I no longer have to get up or yell to ask one of my children to adjust the temp in the house I can schedule the settings from my phone. I am pleasantly pleased with this purchase.

I purchased five Google Nest Thermostats (Snow, Renewed) units for about $68 each, and I quickly realized why they were so inexpensive. As someone who has worked with and trained people in technology for decades, I was shocked at how far Google has allowed this product line to fall. 1. Smaller Size = Forced Extra Costs These mirror-faced thermostats are smaller in diameter than the original Nest models. That means: * You must buy an aftermarket trim ring (~$15), or * Repair and repaint your wall. This is a basic design failure. Who approves a redesign that breaks compatibility with existing installations — especially when Google has already announced that Gen 2 Nest thermostats lose support on 2025-10-25? Dumb a$$es do this. 2. Forced Energy-Saving Features You Can’t Truly Disable These cheaper units aggressively enforce Google’s “save energy” behaviors: If the thermostat detects that no one is home, it adjusts the temperature on its own. Turning off “Eco When Away” in the Google Home app doesn’t stick. You have to disable it daily. I want comfort, not a thermostat second-guessing me. This feature alone is enough to reject the product. 3. Extremely Poor Build Quality These “Gen 3” budget thermostats feel nothing like the original Nest products: * Flimsy construction * Difficult to seat properly into the base * Pin contacts fail repeatedly * Constant low-battery errors until the unit is seated “just right” * A physical interface so unintuitive it could “make the Pope swear” Google took a premium, intuitive device and replaced it with something that feels—and operates—like a bargain-bin imitation. 4. Likely Short Lifespan These units are already labeled Gen 3, which almost guarantees they’ll be obsolete in a few years, given Google’s track record of short support cycles. Bottom Line these thermostats are: * Poorly designed * Cheaply built * Frustrating to use * Packed with forced settings you can’t permanently disable * And destined for early obsolescence I returned all five and ordered the 4th-Generation Nest Thermostat, which is much closer to the quality Nest originally stood for. Medicine has a Black Label; this Google redesign of the Mest Thermostat should be Black Labeled as well! Do not buy this product. It’s a dramatic step backward.

Works great. I love being able to control my thermostat from my phone and set temps for different times of the day. It has saved me money on my energy bill. Installation was simple according to my husband (I don't do those things) and it looks great with the suggested beautifier plate underneath it.

I love it. Very easy to install

Bought this for a family friend. She is out of town a lot and she has cats at home. Sometimes she worries about the climate in the house and with the nanny cams she has to watch them through the house and the automated feeder. We thought this would be a nice addition to help give her peace of mind while she’s away knowing that her cats are warm enough or cool enough during the day while she’s out of town.

Pretty solid nest product. It was very easy to install and looks way more sleek than my older thermostat

This thermostat will not integrate with the Nest App, very disappointing. When you try to install this device you are directed to the Google home app. My goal was to have all of my Nest devices available in one app. This unfortunately is not an option. Its a Google/Next product so it works fine, easy to set up, if you use the correct app, just wish it was more clear that "smart thermostats" are not compatible with app using "learning thermostats".

Came in original packaging and appears brand new. However it looses one star because it had not been reset to factory defaults which resulted in hours long installation process over two days. The factory reset process was not that intuitive to me even though I have an electrical engineering degree. I was probably mislead by a couple of UTube videos based on an earlier software version on how to reset to factory defaults, but once I performed a factory reset all installation issues disappeared and the installation/configuration completed in minutes. It was giving me an error message that I had no red wire, even though I did, and it was setting the heat temperature even though it is controlling an AC only ducted system. Long story short, as soon as I figured out how to reset the thermostat back to factory defaults, the error message regarding the missing red wire went away, it recognized that the set temperature was for cooling and l was able to finally complete the configuration and I have a brand new looking pretty neat thermostat.

Overpriced

Advert says C wire not needed but Google Support tells me it won’t work. Without a C wire. Couldn’t get it to work at alll.