Nest Thermostat vs Amazon Smart Thermostat: Which one should you buy?

(Pocket-lint) - One of the astir aggressively priced products unveiled astatine Amazon’s 2021 Fall hardware event was the company’s $60 titular astute thermostat. Priced astatine little than fractional the outgo of Google’s Nest fund offering - the $129 Nest Thermostat - it’s nary concealed Amazon is doing everything successful the conglomerate’s powerfulness to guarantee each household has immoderate signifier of an Alexa-compatible instrumentality astatine the halfway of their astute home. 

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Usually, erstwhile we comparison 2 products against each other, it’s thing with a laundry database of method specs, similar which laptop oregon tablet you should buy. With these thermostats, the functionality is somewhat capped.

At immoderate rate, we’ll inactive locomotion you done each the features the 2 devices tout truthful you tin marque the champion determination arsenic to which portion is close for you and your home. 

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What’s the same?

All these products are precise akin astatine their core. They each link to immoderate mentation of an app to power somesthesia and docket presets from your phone. On some Google’s Nest bid and, of people Amazon’s thermostat, you tin usage Alexa to negociate them arsenic well. 

Regarding location wiring compatibility, the Nest Thermostat is compatible with 24V heating and cooling, with Google claiming it’ll enactment with up to 85% of each systems. 

Amazon doesn’t estimation however galore homes it’s compatible with, simply advertizing it’ll enactment with “most” systems. You will, however, request a C-wire oregon powerfulness adapter kit, truthful support that successful caput oregon beryllium definite to inquire an electrician if you aren’t definite your location is adequately suited. 

Design

Neither portion looks outdated, but acknowledgment to the doubly arsenic costly terms tag, we deliberation it’s just to accidental Google’s Nest Thermostat astir apt seems a small sweeter connected the oculus arsenic compared to Amazon’s much boxy and low-tech appearance. We reckon this is alright, though, arsenic immoderate further fancy plan changes would person changeable the terms up into the triple-digit range, astir likely. 

Both units diagnostic touch-sensitive controls, portion the Nest has a mirrored decorativeness compared to Amazon’s achromatic integrative faceplate. 

The Nest Thermostat is offered successful 4 colours, Snow (white), Sand (beige), Fog (mint green), and Charcoal (black). The Amazon Smart Thermostat is lone disposable successful white. 

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How overmuch bash they cost?

The Amazon Smart Thermostat retails for $59.99 exclusively successful the United States. 

Nest, who utilized to merchantability a circumstantial fund exemplary dubbed the Nest Thermostat E, nary longer offers that model. While it’s inactive technically capable to beryllium purchased, you’ll person to find leftover inventory from a third-party retailer alternatively than being capable to bargain 1 from Google directly. As for what’s inactive being sold firsthand, currently, the company’s astir modestly priced enactment is the modular Nest Thermostat, which sells for $129.99. 

^{The discontinued Nest Thermostat E, archetypal introduced successful August 2017.} 

Google besides sells a much premium model, dubbed the Nest Learning Thermostat, which is designed to way your temperature-changing habits and commencement implementing them automatically. It’s offered successful a metallic lodging alternatively than plastic, comes successful a assortment of finishes, and tin archer you the upwind and time. The Nest Learning Thermostat retails from the institution for $199.99. 

^{Google's $199.99 luxury Nest Learning Thermostat successful the Brass finish.}  

Interestingly, connected Amazon’s merchandise leafage for the Smart Thermostat, it seems to tout a akin feature. “Automatic comfortableness - Alexa tin bash the programming for you, updating the somesthesia to support you comfortable”. How good this’ll enactment remains to beryllium seen, but erstwhile the merchandise hits shelves, Pocket-lint volition beryllium definite to person a reappraisal for you. 

When volition the Amazon Smart Thermostat beryllium available? 

Amazon’s Smart Thermostat volition spell connected merchantability successful the United States connected 4 November, 2021. 

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Writing by Alex Allegro. Originally published connected 30 September 2021.