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Nest was not the first smart thermostat to reach the hands of consumers. But it was the first that made our parents (and maybe even some of our grandparents) raise an eyebrow. It’s cylindrical form and simple GUI are nothing, if not inviting to use, and it’s ability to learn from your usage habits not only offers convenience, but possible savings when it comes to the power bill. Now with the second generation iteration of Nest—one that is slimmer and guaranteed to work with 95 per cent of home heating systems—the product wants to go from being a buzzy new product to a mainstream, must-have home gadget.
In addition to being 20 per cent thinner, Nest says that the redesigned stainless steel ring was engineered to reflect the colour of the wall it sits on, helping to camouflage it in the home. And thanks to the 3.0 software update, Nest also now knows what type of heating system you have in the home, and will optimise the time it kicks on at to deliver the temperature you want, when you want. And nest is now compatible with more Android devices — specifically tablets — so that you can easily control the thermostat from anywhere in the house. [Nest]
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this is great but doesn’t seam to be UK friendly, why is it on Gizmodo.UK?
They have to post a certain number of posts each day so sometimes we’re subjected to American focussed stuff
(it’s a theory)
All very and good, but does it now work in the UK? The 1st gen Nest didn’t.
The website is confusing. To find out if it’s compatible I need to pull the cover off my Vaillant thermostat and find out what wires it uses. Quite pathetic that they haven’t done the hard work themselves.
Anyway, I don’t need this. British homes are much smaller than American ones so being so finicky about temperature, humidity and air quality isn’t at all necessary. My thermostat has an outside sensor as well as indoor one, more than enough really.
Do these work in the UK now? I’m got the standard British Gas dual channel combined heating/hot water controller along with a remote room thermostat. I believer it’s a rebranded Drayton LPSi unit.
“Hi +Afif Mulla – I’m afraid Nest doesn’t work very well outside the US. It requires a zip or postal code, and since it doesn’t have one, it will get your time completely backwards. Auto-Away and a few other features won’t work very well because they’ll think day is night. The only way to manually set the time is to turn off Wi-Fi, at which point you’ll lose the ability to control Nest remotely.” via +Nest
Yes, I’m kicking it old school with G+, wooohoo.
Anyone aware of a similar product available in the UK?
Tado thermostat is for europe check it out http://goo.gl/63JXo