Connecting your smart home devices for seamless automation is a common desire. Many wonder, Can Alexa Work With Nest Thermostat? The answer is yes, but with limitations. While you can connect the two, the integration doesn’t offer full functionality.
Google confirms that users who’ve migrated from a Nest account to a Google account can enable the Google Nest skill in the Amazon mobile app. This allows voice control of the Nest Thermostat through Alexa. You can adjust the temperature, turn the heating or cooling on or off, all using Alexa voice commands instead of Google Assistant. This essentially allows you to switch between voice assistants for basic thermostat control.
However, the integration stops at voice commands. You can’t use Alexa routines or device triggers to automate Nest Thermostat actions. For example, you can’t automatically set the Nest to “Away” mode when arming your Ring security system, as one user requested on the IoT Podcast. This limitation restricts more complex smart home automations that rely on interactions between different ecosystems.
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While direct automation isn’t possible, there’s a workaround. Enabling “Home/Away Assist” in the Google Nest app allows the thermostat to learn your schedule and automatically switch to “Away” mode when you leave, using your phone’s location. This offers a quicker transition to “Away” mode compared to relying solely on the thermostat’s built-in sensors. While not a perfect solution for integrating with Alexa, it provides a degree of automation for energy saving.
Ultimately, the current integration between Alexa and Nest Thermostat focuses on basic voice control. More complex automation requiring triggers and events across platforms isn’t yet supported. Utilizing the Nest app’s “Home/Away Assist” feature offers a partial solution for automated away mode functionality.
