Returning to a warm home

[dovedalehome]

I’m keen to understand if there is a way to have my Nest Thermostat automatically come on whilst I am away….at the moment I have the Away function set which is a nice feature but with colder weather, I want to come home to a warm house….

From what I can see, the only solution is to either disable Away or manually turn the thermostat remotely to a warmer non Eco temperature so the house is warm when I get in….

Am I missing something???

[Jenelyn_O]

Hi dovedalehome,

I appreciate what you are trying to do with your Nest Thermostat. I suggest enabling the Early-On feature, but since this feature only works if there's someone at home, try changing your home status from Away to Home manually in the app before you came home to run your system in advance. 

• If you use Home & Away Routines (Google Home app) or Home/Away Assist (Nest app), Early-On can turn your system on early to reach your scheduled temperature on time as long as someone is home.
• If everyone is away and your thermostat switches to Eco Temperatures, it should try to stay in Eco until someone comes home. It waits to start preheating or pre-cooling your home until someone comes home, or someone manually changes the temperature in the app.

​You can change Early-On settings on your thermostat or with the Nest app. In some homes, Early-On might use more energy because it runs your system longer. You can either limit the preheating time or turn Early-On off to help save energy.

Google Home app

1. Open the Google Home app .
2. Tap Favorites or Devices .
3. Tap your device's tile.
4. Tap Settings Temperature preferences Early-On.
5. Choose from the following options:

Turn on heating or cooling early when you’re at home.

Turn on heating or cooling early when you’re on the way home. Home & Away presence sensing and location sharing needs to be enabled for this option to work.

To limit preheating in the middle of the night and early morning, select Max Duration. This setting can be useful if your system is noisy, and you don’t want it to wake you up too early.

Nest app

1. Open the Nest app .
2. Tap your thermostat.
3. Select Settings .
4. Tap Early-On.
5. Choose from the following options:
   • To limit preheating in the middle of the night and early morning, select Max Duration. This setting can be useful if your system is noisy, and you don’t want it to wake you up too early.
   • To enable or disable Early-On, tap the switch.

On the Nest Learning Thermostat or Thermostat E

1. Press your thermostat ring to open the Quick View menu.
2. Select Settings Nest Sense Early-On.
3. Choose the following options:
   • To enable Early-On, select Start early. To disable Early-On, select On schedule.
   • To limit preheating in the middle of the night and early morning, select Max Duration. This setting can be useful if your system is noisy and you don’t want it to wake you up too early.

Note: If you have a radiator and air conditioning, choose Max Duration in the Heat Pump Balance menu.

Best,

Jenelyn