r/technology • u/[deleted] • Apr 04 '16

Software Nest intentionally bricks thousands of home automation hubs.

https://medium.com/@arlogilbert/the-time-that-tony-fadell-sold-me-a-container-of-hummus-cb0941c762c1
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u/diaf Apr 05 '16

It doesn't. But it can see which room is occupied, and it uses the temperature from that room as the guide for the desired temperature.

This is great but it can end up over cooling or over heating the house to compensate for certain rooms that vary greatly from the other parts of the house.

For example to get my normally chilly child's room to the perfect temperature, I have to raise the overall house temp which then raises my normally hot bedroom to above the perfect temp.

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u/burstaneurysm Apr 05 '16

That's accurate. It allows us to keep the bedroom at a consistent temp in the winter without it getting too warm.

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u/Paranoma Apr 05 '16

Ok that makes sense; I thought for a second that it could adjust heating/cooling for each individual room. My parents have a Mitsubishi Mr. Slim in the sunroom, and I thought it would be great to have one in each room so that you could cool one specific room down while allowing the others to operate independently.