US EditionGoogle pulled the plug on old Nest Thermostats, but this project revives them
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Do you have a Google Nest smart thermostat at home? Some have stopped receiving official support. But, from ADSLZone, we recommend that you don’t throw it away. There’s a way to give it a second life and keep it running without you having to buy another one or pay any subscriptions. More and more users turn their homes into Smart Home through devices like Google’s Nest thermostats. These allow us to control the home’s air conditioning system thr…
Google decided to stop the support of the Nest thermostrates of the first generations. They were no longer referenced in the application. An independent developer decided to take up the challenge and restore these connected objects by developing his own firmware. Of course, this project is not official... The project is called NoLongerEvil-Thermostat... Cody, the developer, uses the OMAP interface to flash the firmware and image of the kernel. Y…
Google has put an end to the support of the 1st and 2nd generation Nest thermostats, cutting them off from the application. A developer, Cody Kociemba, has published a project on GitHub to flash a new firmware and reconnect them. It is a technical solution, unofficial and risky, but that works.
Old Nest Thermostats can get back online with this third-party project
TL;DR Google recently ended its support for early Nest Learning Thermostat models, highly limiting their functionality. Last week we learned of a project to extend online support for these models, through alternate firmware. Those downloads are now available for anyone interested in trying them. Nothing lasts forever, and that’s especially true when we’re talking about smart electronics whose “brains” require them to be talking to some distant …
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