A year after Google ended cloud support for three early Nest Learning Thermostats, those wall units still work as local heating and cooling controls but no longer connect to Google Home or Nest apps, MakeUseOf reported¹.

The cutoff took effect Oct. 25, 2025, for the original 2011 Nest Learning Thermostat, the 2012 second-generation model, and a 2014 European second-generation version, the site said, citing a Google community post and support document¹.

Google said at the time it would be "transitioning away from supporting three of our oldest devices, each over a decade old," according to MakeUseOf¹.

Features that used Google servers stopped, including checking status in the Nest or Home app, remote control, notifications, changing settings from a phone or tablet, third-party assistants, Nest Protect connections, Home/Away Assist, multi-device Eco Mode, and emergency shutoff, MakeUseOf said¹.

The hardware was not bricked: owners can still set temperature, change cooling mode, and create a custom schedule on the device itself, the report said¹.

MakeUseOf said Cody Kociemba's open-source No Longer Evil project can restore some internet features by flashing replacement firmware and managing the thermostat from a web dashboard¹.

The site did not independently audit that firmware's security or say how many owners have used it¹.

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1. makeuseof.comGoogle has officially turned these Nest thermostats back into dumb thermostatsOct 24, 7:14 PM

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