Nest Temperature Sensors not Customizable

[pjfumi92]

Is there any plan to allow customization of sensor’s temperature time and days?  Currently there is only the option to set predefined timeframes and no ability to change that based on the day (weekday vs weekend).

Is there a plan to improve this?  There are several complaints about this issue on this forum.  I would have never purchased the sensors if I knew this before hand.

[pjfumi92 · Accepted solution]

Is there a timeframe to add this feature to the Nest Thermostats?  There are multiple threads on this forum regarding this issue. 

This is also conveniently no mentioned on Google’s own website for the Nest Temperature Sensors:

“Meet the Nest Temperature Sensor.

Most homes aren’t the same temperature in every room. With the Nest Temperature Sensor, you can let your Nest Thermostat E or Nest Learning Thermostat know which room should be a certain temperature at a certain time of day. Just place it on a wall or shelf and get the right temperature, right where you want it.”

“A certain temperature at a certain time of day” implies to the consumer that they will have the ability to set temperatures at different points of the day.  What is conveniently left out is you are limited to four preset timeframes to assign those temperatures.  Is the assumption that every purchaser of these temperature sensors operates on the same schedule for “mornings”, “afternoon”, “evenings”, or “nights”?  The first mention of this fact is after you install the Nest Thermostat and after you have already removed the battery tab from the temperature sensors (disqualifying the product for returns).

The technical specifications show no mention of this on the website as well.  It does let you know that “Up to 6 Nest Temperature Sensors supported per connected thermostat.”  What there is no mention of is they only allow one temperature sensor to be assigned per one of the four preset timeframes. So they will sell you 6 temperature sensors with only the ability to utilize 4 of them.

[Markjosephp]

Hello pjfumi92,

Thank you for taking the time to let us know about your inquiry.

Customizing the Nest Temperature Sensor schedule is not available. But we appreciate your request for this additional feature, and please be assured that our team is working non-stop to bring the best features to the Google Nest devices.

You can share your thoughts about this by sending feedback. Also, here's an article about how the Nest Temperature Sensor works. Let us know if you have other questions. Otherwise, this thread will be locked for 24 hours.

Regards,
Mark

[pjfumi92 · Accepted solution]

Is there a timeframe to add this feature to the Nest Thermostats?  There are multiple threads on this forum regarding this issue. 

This is also conveniently no mentioned on Google’s own website for the Nest Temperature Sensors:

“Meet the Nest Temperature Sensor.

Most homes aren’t the same temperature in every room. With the Nest Temperature Sensor, you can let your Nest Thermostat E or Nest Learning Thermostat know which room should be a certain temperature at a certain time of day. Just place it on a wall or shelf and get the right temperature, right where you want it.”

“A certain temperature at a certain time of day” implies to the consumer that they will have the ability to set temperatures at different points of the day.  What is conveniently left out is you are limited to four preset timeframes to assign those temperatures.  Is the assumption that every purchaser of these temperature sensors operates on the same schedule for “mornings”, “afternoon”, “evenings”, or “nights”?  The first mention of this fact is after you install the Nest Thermostat and after you have already removed the battery tab from the temperature sensors (disqualifying the product for returns).

The technical specifications show no mention of this on the website as well.  It does let you know that “Up to 6 Nest Temperature Sensors supported per connected thermostat.”  What there is no mention of is they only allow one temperature sensor to be assigned per one of the four preset timeframes. So they will sell you 6 temperature sensors with only the ability to utilize 4 of them.

[pjfumi92 · Accepted solution]

Good afternoon Mark.

Has there been any follow up to a timeframe for implementing these features? 

[Blastoise9]

When will this feature become available? 

[zoeuvre]

Hi folks, 

We love that you're excited, but we don't have any news to share about the Nest Temperature Sensors schedule customization. Right now, it is by following this guide on how you can set or change a schedule for your Nest Temperature Sensor. 
 

In the meantime, I'll go ahead and lock this thread within 24 hours. If you run into any more questions in the future, please feel free to create a new thread.
 

Thanks for your help, Mark. 

All the best,

Zoe

[pjfumi92]

Good afternoon Zoe,

Does your response indicate that there are no plans currently to add this functionality?

[zoeuvre]

Hey there,

Thanks for the follow-up; we hear you. We're always looking for ways to improve and add more features to our Nest devices. But since we don't have any news to share about Nest Temperature Sensors schedule customization right now, we highly recommend you keep an eye out for news and updates.

I'm going to mark this thread as complete. I'll be locking this thread if we won't hear back from you again in 24 hours. Should that happen, feel free to create a new one if you have more questions or have other concerns in the future.

Cheers,

Zoe

[Blastoise9]

When will this feature become available?