Hand holds a phone with the Nest app next to a Nest thermostat on a screen indicating HVAC running time - oasisamuel/Shutterstock For many homeowners, smart thermostats are worth the hype, as they let ...

The budget-friendly Energy Star-certified Google Nest Thermostat is polished and pretty, but it isn’t a true smart thermostat, at least not like its older sibling, the Google Nest Learning Thermostat, ...

Older Nest Learning Thermostat (3rd gen) and Nest Thermostat E finally add scheduling support inside the Google Home app. Any schedules you set up in the old Nest app carry over automatically.