topic Re: Can I turn off Away? in Nest Thermostats

Can I turn off Away?

REHAMMER — Sat, 16 Jul 2022 01:31:04 GMT

Is there away to completely turn off Away on the Nest thermostats so that it always stays in Home mode at the temperature I have set it to?

Re: Can I turn off Away?

CBFox — Sat, 16 Jul 2022 14:39:18 GMT

To make the Nest function as an ordinary not-smart programmable thermostat, turn off "presence sensing" or Home/Away Assist (depending on your model and what interface you're using to control it). Then the Nest will stop looking for you to try to decide whether you're home or not.

Re: Can I turn off Away?

FDRTech — Sun, 17 Jul 2022 13:50:15 GMT

It still a programmable stat and smart. Your just turning off a feature.

Re: Can I turn off Away?

EdwardT — Tue, 19 Jul 2022 18:40:57 GMT

Hi folks,

@CBFox and FDRTech, thanks for the help!

@REHAMMER, how's it going with your Nest Thermostat? Still need our help?

Thanks,

Edward

Re: Can I turn off Away?

REHAMMER — Tue, 19 Jul 2022 18:54:13 GMT

Thanks for following up. My problem is half fixed I would say. I turned off Home/Away Assist, and so at least no the temperature setting does not go to Eco when I am "Away", but the system still does go to Away when no one is home. It seems like there should be a way to keep it on "Home" all the time. And that whey when I go on vacation, I could manually shift it to Away and it would go to Eco.

Re: Can I turn off Away?

EdwardT — Tue, 19 Jul 2022 19:45:41 GMT

Hi REHAMMER,

Thanks for the response. Could you also check if Presence Sensing is enabled? Here's how:

Open the Google Home app .
Tap Settings Presence sensing.
Turn on or off Allow this home to use phone locations.

You can also turn off just an individual phone from being used for presence sensing.

Thanks,

Edward

Re: Can I turn off Away?

MelbaDT — Sat, 23 Jul 2022 10:36:47 GMT

Hey there,

Checking back in — how's it going? Have you had the chance to try the suggested steps above?

Best,

Melba

Re: Can I turn off Away?

Ryan_G — Mon, 25 Jul 2022 11:36:28 GMT

Hey there,

Thanks for being here in the Google Nest Community.

I'd like to bump in here and make sure that you’ve seen our response.

Please let us know if you have any other questions or concerns as I will be locking this thread in 24 hours.

Have a great day.

Best regards,

Ryan

Re: Can I turn off Away?

REHAMMER — Tue, 26 Jul 2022 00:16:32 GMT

Thanks. I did go to the Home App and to Settings, but there is no option for Presence Sensing Unfortunately.

Re: Can I turn off Away?

Ryan_G — Mon, 01 Aug 2022 05:08:11 GMT

Hi REHAMMER,

Thanks for the reply.

Presence Sensing can help your home devices adjust to your needs when you are home or away.

If you turn off “Allow this home to use phone locations,” but leave your individual phone location on, Home & Away routines will stop working, but features that use only your phone location such as Only Ring When Home will continue to work.

This can be enabled from the phone settings, go to the app and permission.

Let me know how it goes by replying to this thread.

Regards,

Ryan

Re: Can I turn off Away?

Ryan_G — Thu, 04 Aug 2022 12:14:00 GMT

Hey folks,

I just wanted to follow up and see if you're still in need of help. Please let us know as we would be happy to answer any questions you may have.

Best regards,

Ryan

Re: Can I turn off Away?

Jake — Fri, 05 Aug 2022 17:22:19 GMT

Hey all,

I wanted to check in, and ensure everything is working properly. Please let me know if you are still having trouble, as I will be locking the thread in 24 hours.

Best regards,
Jake