As homeowners look to stay comfortable and control costs this winter, a new generation of smart thermostats is stepping up.

Abstract: The use and the effects of different information types in user instructions are not completely clear. Research showed that procedural information (information about the actions) is the most ...

Google Pulls the Plug on Older Nest Thermostats. 5 Alternatives We Recommend Instead You can manually set the temperature, but first- and second-gen Nest Learning Thermostats no longer connect to the ...

TL;DR: When Big Tech companies turn against their customers' best interests, you can always count on dedicated hackers to step in and keep abandoned devices alive. Case in point: Google's recently ...

Sounding off: Google has quietly discontinued first- and second-generation Nest Thermostats, relegating what were once internet-connected smart devices to basic, manually operated models. For those ...