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Google Nest Learning Thermostat (4th gen)
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Google Nest Learning Thermostat (4th gen)

By Google.

$249
Amazon US, October 2026. Prices change.

A beautiful dial that learns when you are home and reports it to Google. Older Nests lost their app support in 2025, which is the smart home in one sentence.

Online
Wi-Fi, Ethernet or cellular. An attacker can be anywhere, and it can collect data.

Buy the dumb one instead

We do not link to the smart one. You can find it.

Survival checklist

What it survives, next to the dumb one.
1
=SURVIVES(threat)Survives…
ThisGoogle Nest Learning Thermostat (4th gen)
The dumb oneDumb oneDanfoss thermostatic radiator valve
2
Power cut
FALSE
TRUE
3
Wi-Fi goes down
#DEPENDS
TRUE
4
The company switches off its servers
#DEPENDS
TRUE
5
Someone tries to hack it
FALSE
TRUE
6
A firmware update goes wrong
FALSE
TRUE
7
Twenty years from now
#DEPENDS
TRUE
8
=COUNTIF(TRUE)Total
0 of 60/6and three maybes
6 of 66/6

The dumb one is the Danfoss thermostatic radiator valve.

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Learns your schedule. Tells someone else.

Google Nest Learning Thermostat (4th gen)

$249
Online It learns. It also tells.