Nest thermostat temperature modes

Depending on your system type and thermostat model, your Google Nest thermostat tin can take up to v available modes: Heat, Cool, Heat • Cool, Off and Eco. Here'due south what each mode does and how to manually switch betwixt them.

Annotation: But the Nest Thermostat E and Nest Learning Thermostat have Eco way. For the Nest Thermostat, you tin use the Eco preset to quickly arrange to energy-saving temperatures manually or in its temperature schedule. Go to the Employ Eco temperatures department to larn more.

Important things to know

  • Your thermostat tin can automatically switch between modes, but you can manually prepare the mode you lot desire too.
  • Both your thermostat and arrangement will behave differently depending on what manner your thermostat is set to.
  • Y'all may not find all 5 modes in the app or on your thermostat. For instance, if your domicile only has a heating system, you won't detect Absurd or Oestrus • Cool.

Note: The display of the Nest Thermostat will show the Domicile app icons. The display of the Nest Thermostat East and Nest Learning Thermostat volition show the Nest app icons.

Home app Nest app
Oestrus
Heat mode Thermostat heat icon
  • Your system volition simply oestrus your domicile. It won't commencement cooling unless your Safety Temperatures are reached.
  • Your thermostat will beginning heating to try to maintain any scheduled temperatures or a temperature that y'all've manually selected.
Cool
Cool mode Thermostat cool icon
  • Your system will simply cool your dwelling. It won't start heating unless your Safety Temperatures are reached.
  • Your thermostat will commencement cooling to attempt to maintain whatsoever scheduled temperatures or a temperature that yous've manually selected.
Rut • Cool
Heat Cool mode Thermostat heat and cool icon
  • Your organisation volition either heat or cool to try to go on your dwelling house within the temperature range you've manually set.
  • Your thermostat will automatically switch your system between heating and cooling equally needed to meet any scheduled temperatures or a temperature that you lot've manually selected.
  • This mode is useful for climates that consistently require both heating and cooling on the same day. For example, you may need this mode if yous live in a desert climate and crave cooling during the solar day and heating at nighttime.
Off
Off mode Thermostat off icon
  • When your thermostat is set to Off, information technology volition only oestrus or cool to endeavour to maintain your Safety Temperatures. All other heating, cooling, and fan control are disabled.
  • Your arrangement will not plow on to see whatsoever scheduled temperatures, and yous won't exist able to manually alter the temperature until you switch your thermostat to another mode.
Eco
Leaf leaf icon
  • Your system volition either oestrus or cool to try to go on your home within the Eco Temperatures range.
  • Only the Nest Thermostat E and Nest Learning Thermostat have Eco mode. For the Nest Thermostat, you can use the Eco preset to quickly conform to energy-saving temperatures manually or in its temperature schedule. Go to the Use Eco temperatures section to learn more than.
  • The high and low Eco Temperatures are set during thermostat installation, only you can modify them at whatever time.

Notation: Estrus, Cool, and Heat • Absurd modes each have their own temperature schedule. If yous desire to make changes to the schedule, exist sure you select the correct one.

Switch to Oestrus, Cool, Heat • Cool, or Off mode

Of import: Rut, Cool and Oestrus • Cool modes each have their own temperature schedule. When yous switch modes, your thermostat may turn your arrangement on and off at different times depending on the mode's schedule.

In the Habitation app

  1. Touch and hold your device's tile.
  2. Tap Temperature way Heat mode.
  3. Choose the style you want.

In the Nest app

  1. On the home screen, select your thermostat.
  2. Tap ModeThermostat off icon.
  3. Choose the mode you want.

On the thermostat

Nest Thermostat 3/4ths view

Nest Thermostat:

Set to Oestrus, Cool, Heat • Cool or Eco manner.

  1. Tap to open the Menu view.
  2. Slide your finger to Temperature mode Heat mode and tap to select.
  3. Slide your finger to the style you want, then tap to set information technology.

Set to Off mode.

  1. Press and agree the touch bar until "Turn off" appears on the screen.
  2. Slide the bear on bar to highlight Turn off and then tap the touch bar to select.
Nest thermostat e heating

Nest Thermostat Eastward:

  1. Press the thermostat ring to open the Quick View menu.
  2. Turn the band to the mode yous want, then press to select it.

Nest Learning Thermostat:

  1. Printing the thermostat band to open up the Quick View menu.
  2. Turn the band to Mode Thermostat off icon and press to select.
  3. Plough the ring to choose a manner, then printing to activate it.
  4. Printing again to confirm.

Note: If you plough the temperature all the fashion down while in Heat manner, your thermostat will ask if you want to switch to cooling. Too, if you turn the temperature all the way up while in Absurd manner, information technology will ask if yous want to switch to heating. "Press to absurd" or "Press to estrus" will announced on the thermostat screen.

Utilize Eco Temperatures

For the Nest Thermostat, you lot tin use the Eco preset to quickly adjust to free energy-saving temperatures manually or in its temperature schedule.

  • When you manually set the Eco preset, it will exist overridden by the next temperature prepare in the schedule.
  • If y'all desire to use Eco temperatures for longer without changing the temperature schedule, you can hold the temperature of Eco preset.

For the Nest Thermostat E and Nest Learning Thermostat, y'all can switch to Eco the same way as other temperature modes. However, there are some key differences in how your thermostat will behave in Eco compared to other modes:

  • When you manually switch to Eco, your thermostat will ignore all scheduled temperatures until y'all manually switch it back to heating or cooling.
  • If your thermostat automatically switched to Eco Temperatures because everyone was away, it will switch back to your normal temperatures when someone comes home.

Larn more than nearly Eco Temperatures

In the Home app

Nest Thermostat 3/4ths view

Nest Thermostat:

  1. Affect and hold your device's tile.
  2. You lot thermostat must be fix to Heat, Cool, or Heat • Cool
    mode to utilise the preset. To alter the mode, tap
    Temperature mode Heat mode and select the 1 y'all want.
  3. Tap Temperature preset Temperature preset, then select Eco.

Nest thermostat e heating

Nest Thermostat E or Nest Learning Thermostat:

  1. Touch and hold your device'southward tile.
  2. Tap Temperature style Heat mode.
  3. Select Eco.

In the Nest app

Annotation: The Nest app is only compatible with the Nest Thermostat E and Nest Learning Thermostat.

  1. On the home screen, select your thermostat.
  2. Select Eco leaf icon .
  3. Tap Offset Eco. If you have more than than one thermostat, select whether you want to starting time Eco Temperatures only on the thermostat you've chosen or all thermostats.

On the thermostat

Notation: You can switch to Eco directly on the Nest Thermostat E and Nest Learning Thermostat only. The Nest Thermostat does not take Eco mode. Instead, you can apply the Eco preset in the Domicile app equally your Nest Thermostat heats or cools your abode.

  1. Press the thermostat band to open the Quick View bill of fare.
  2. Turn to Eco leaf icon and press to select.
  3. Select Start Eco.

Annotation: If your thermostat is already set to Eco, select Stop Eco and your thermostat will return to its regular temperature schedule.

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