https://www.googlenestcommunity.com/t5/Nest-Thermostats/3rd-Gen-Nest-Thermostat-Avoid/m-p/778649#M142723 <P>I've had this 3rd generation Nest for almost 2 years.&nbsp; This thermostat does not work according to schedules, the home- away functions don't work.&nbsp; Regardless of the schedule I use the thermostat overrides according to its own determination.&nbsp; Even when I was away from home I had the thermostat set to away and I found out that for some reason the heat mode just simply was turned off.&nbsp; I would really recommend looking at an ecobee model.&nbsp; Plus ecobee support is much more helpful.</P> Sun, 04 Jan 2026 00:26:49 GMT Steelerfan 2026-01-04T00:26:49Z https://www.googlenestcommunity.com/t5/Nest-Thermostats/3rd-Gen-Nest-Thermostat-Avoid/m-p/778649#M142723 <P>I've had this 3rd generation Nest for almost 2 years.&nbsp; This thermostat does not work according to schedules, the home- away functions don't work.&nbsp; Regardless of the schedule I use the thermostat overrides according to its own determination.&nbsp; Even when I was away from home I had the thermostat set to away and I found out that for some reason the heat mode just simply was turned off.&nbsp; I would really recommend looking at an ecobee model.&nbsp; Plus ecobee support is much more helpful.</P> Sun, 04 Jan 2026 00:26:49 GMT https://www.googlenestcommunity.com/t5/Nest-Thermostats/3rd-Gen-Nest-Thermostat-Avoid/m-p/778649#M142723 Steelerfan 2026-01-04T00:26:49Z