Google Nest thermostat

The Google thermostat integrates well now with the addition of matter. But yeah the old integration was absolutely terrible. I thought I was happy with my setup but now I started adding a bunch of Reolink cameras with frigate and I next I'm going to work on facial recognition with deep stack and whatnot

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If you have Ecobee already, no need to buy another thermostat, it'll go local over HomeKit. That being said, my Nest thermostat has been working great with HA over matter for the past month to the point that i deleted the Nest cloud integration.

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you can run homebridge on home assistant, and then follow the instructions on the google nest homebridge plugin (which is like an integration). you will get a homekit bridge, which you can use homekit device integration in ha to show the thermostat. its roundabout, but it works https://github.com/tronikos/home-assistant-addons/tree/main/homebridge

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Having an internet outage for three days now has made me realized how truly terrible Google Nest products are. So long story short a mixup between my ISP and a new fiber company laying cable has caused a severed cable and I've had no internet for three days now. My home automation and self hosting hobby has really shined during this time. Jellyfin still works, Home Assistant still works, Zigbee and Zwave still works. All is well...except for the Nest products. The doorbell is just a dumb doorbell. No way to access the feed or save videos. The thermostat is a dumb thermostat. I can't adjust …

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