Its smart nest thermostat could be about to become quite silly

Google announced that it will stop officially supporting the first and second generation nest learning thermostats, which means that at the end of October, these smart thermostats will not be so intelligent.

These devices, which date back to 2011 and 2012 (and the 2014 European version of the second generation model), helped start the Smart Home Boom, but after more than a decade, they are leaving behind.

After the limit, you will not be able to control old thermostats through Google Home or Nest applications, and voice commands with Google Assistant will also stop working.

The good news is that you can still walk to the thermostat and change the temperature, configuration and schedules manually, as it did in the 1990s.

To soften the coup, Google says you will send an email to eligible users with discounts for a newer model. In the United States, customers can obtain $ 130 discount on the fourth -generation nest learning thermostat, which is normally sold for $ 279.99. The Canadians will see an even more pronounced cut of $ 160 discount on the same model.

In Europe, where Google is withdrawing even stronger, the company offers a 50% discount on the Smart Thermostat X tado, a newer option that can be integrated with Google Home.

Google is not sweetening the situation for European users, stating that there are no new planned nest thermostats for the region.

In a blog post that announces the measure, the Google Nest team said that European systems “are unique and have a variety of hardware and software requirements that make it difficult to build for the diverse set of houses,” but said that the third generation nests learning thermostat and nests will remain for sale in Europe while supplies and continue to receive safety updates.

The announcement is another reminder of the disadvantage of connected devices, which depend on the cloud to completely operate. Even iconic products have an expiration date, and when the cloud connection darkens, the intelligent part of the smart house can become quite dumb.

Fourteen years is a decent career for the technological team, but if that feels enough for something as fundamental as a thermostat is another question.