Will Google offer remote sensors for the newest Nest Thermostat?

[Jhill365]

The older versions of the Nest Thermostat (learning 3rd and 4th gen, and the E version) have compatible remote sensors. Will Google offer an updated remote temp sensor compatible with the latest Nest? I've seen plenty of posts about it with customers upset that the most up-to-date version dropped this feature. Switching to one of the older sensors makes no sense, as they are coming up on end of support. Our HVAC company actually mentioned that they tend to recommend products other than the Nest family because of these kind of issues that can be confusing for customers (why would a popular feature that was available in all previous versions suddenly get pulled?). I elected to go with Nest because we already have several Google devices, but I'm second guessing my decision after trying to figure out a solution for remote sensors and realizing there isn't one. Is Google going to offer a new compatible remote temp sensor at some point? The current Nest thermostat has been out for five years (since 2020). That seems like plenty of time to come up with a solution.

[Patrick_Caezza]

@Jhill365 

The 4th Gen Learning thermostat is compatible with the 2nd Gen or 1st Gen Sensor. The 3rd Gen Learning and Thermostat E work with the 2nd Gen Sensor. The Google Nest Thermostat (2020) doesn't support any sensors and never will, as it is a basic, bare-bones thermostat.

[Jhill365]

Yes, that is what I already stated. The problem with that reasoning, as previously mentioned, is that the 3rd and 4th gen learning thermostats are losing support in a few months. They aren't worth bringing up at this point. If the 2020 Nest is about to be the only officially supported thermostat, saying it's a basic device doesn't make sense. So Google is just going to be happy lagging behind all their competition in this respect? What kind of business planning is that?