Comment by CivBase
3 days ago
To be fair, I can't imagine why an app for a thermostat would need regular updates - aside from what's necessary to keep the app functional on modern OS versions.
3 days ago
To be fair, I can't imagine why an app for a thermostat would need regular updates - aside from what's necessary to keep the app functional on modern OS versions.
It's a _terrible_ app, though. You create a weekly schedule by dragging little temperature bubbles onto little spots on a chart, one by one. The only "advanced functionality" is that you can copy one day to another.
Also, you can change the current set temperature. That temperature will be overridden at the next scheduled change.
That's it, that's the app. There's no way to create a custom program for a single day. There's no way to set a hold temp that persists beyond the next schedule change.
Now, because it's a thermostat, and my needs are simple, and I don't even have A/C, it's never bothered me _that_ much. But it's clear it could be so much better, and they just haven't bothered to do _anything_ in a decade.
It basically feels like they shipped a PoC, Google bought them, and disbanded the team, and that was it.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Nest/comments/1im9gkg/adjusting_the...