Nest thermostats can learn your daily routine and automatically create a temperature schedule for you. If you prefer to disable learning and have your thermostat follow a fixed temperature schedule, you can turn off your thermostat’s learning features. The schedule won't change unless you make manual changes to it.
Different Nest thermostat models give you different options for setting up a temperature schedule that meets your needs:
- Smart Schedule (Nest Learning Thermostat 4th gen only)
- Auto Schedule (Nest Thermostat E and Nest Learning Thermostat 3rd gen or earlier only)
- Basic Schedule (Nest Thermostat E only)
- Quick schedule (Nest Thermostat only)
Learn about Nest thermostat temperature schedules and how to change them.
When Auto-Schedule or Smart Schedule is turned on, Nest Thermostat E and Nest Learning Thermostat learn from the adjustments you make to optimize your schedule. You can manually edit the existing schedule, create an entirely new one, or turn off these learning features.
Nest thermostats can change temperatures automatically with presence-based automations or Home/Away Assist. You’ll need to disable this setting to prevent automatic temperature adjustments and use your thermostat like a traditional thermostat.
When you turn off learning, your existing schedule will remain but your thermostat will stop learning from your future adjustments.
Nest Learning Thermostat (4th gen)
- Open the Google Home app
.
- Tap Home
Climate
- Tap Settings
- Choose from Automatic, Suggestions, or Off based on your preference.
Nest Thermostat E and Nest Learning Thermostat (3rd gen or earlier)
Home app
- Open the Google Home app
- Tap Home
- Tap Settings
- Tap Auto Schedule
Nest app
- Open the Nest app.
- Select your Nest thermostat
- Tap the switch to turn it off.
On your thermostat
- Choose Settings
.
- Tap Nest Sense
Before you decide whether to clear your existing schedule, here’s how to check it:
- Nest Learning Thermostat (4th gen):
- Open the Google Home app
- Tap Home
- Tap Schedules.
- Open the Google Home app
- Nest Learning Thermostat (3rd gen or earlier): Press the ring, then choose Schedule
.
- Nest Thermostat E:
- Press the ring.
- Choose Settings
If you want to keep your existing schedule and manually tweak it, skip to the next step.
If you want to completely erase your existing schedule, follow the steps below:
Nest Learning Thermostat (4th gen)
- Open the Google Home app
- Tap Home
- Tap Schedules
- Tap Yes to confirm.
Nest Thermostat E and Nest Learning Thermostat (3rd gen or earlier)
- On your thermostat, select Settings
- Depending on which Nest thermostat you have, select either Reset or Clear.
Tip: If you have a Nest Thermostat E, you can select Basic to clear your existing schedule and replace it with the default Basic Schedule.
Manually edit or create your thermostat's schedule to change your home's temperature at fixed times that you set.
Nest Learning Thermostat (4th gen)
- Open the Google Home app
- Tap Home
- Tap Schedules
For further instructions, refer to Learn about Nest thermostat temperature schedules and how to change them.
Nest Thermostat E and Nest Learning Thermostat (3rd gen or earlier)
Nest app
- Open the Nest app.
- Select your Nest thermostat
.
- Create or adjust temperature set points as needed. For further instructions, go to Learn about Nest thermostat temperature schedules and how to change them.
On your thermostat
- Go to the schedule screen on your thermostat.
- Nest Learning Thermostat: On the Quick View menu, choose Schedule
- Nest Thermostat E: On the Quick view menu, choose Settings
- Nest Learning Thermostat: On the Quick View menu, choose Schedule
- Create or adjust temperature set points as needed. For further instructions, go to Learn about Nest thermostat temperature schedules and how to change them.
In the Google Home app
Google Home app schedules are only available for Nest Thermostat E and Nest Learning Thermostat (3rd gen).
Add a new schedule
- Open the Google Home app
- Tap Home
- Tap Schedules.
- From the dropdown menu, choose the mode you want to set a schedule for.
- Heat: Raises the temperature of your home.
- Cool: Lowers the temperature of your home.
- Heat · Cool: Alternates between heat and cool to maintain your desired temperature range.
- Select the day you want your schedule to be on.
- Tap Add.
- Adjust to your preferred temperature using the minus and plus buttons on the left and right of the temperature value.
- Indicate the start time for your schedule.
- Choose the days of the week your schedule repeats.
Tip: Once you add a schedule, you can repeat it on other days. When you select a day, tap Copy [Day] schedule. Then, choose the days on which you want your temperature schedule to repeat.
Edit an existing schedule
- Open the Google Home app
- Tap Home
- Tap Schedules.
- From the dropdown menu, choose the mode you want to modify.
- Select the day of the week you want to edit.
- Tap the time block that you want to change.
- Edit the information to your preferences.
- Tap Save.
- Early-On: If you enable Early-On, your thermostat might start your system before the setpoint in your schedule.
Early-On is designed to have your home reach the target temperature at the scheduled time. If you want your system to start at the scheduled time (not before), disable Early-On. Your home won’t reach the target temperature until after the scheduled time.
- Automatic switching with presence sensing: If you enable presence-based automations or Home/Away Assist, your thermostat might still automatically switch to its Eco Temperatures. This happens when it senses everybody has left home. If you don’t want this feature for your thermostat, disable Eco Temperature auto switching.
- No temperature schedule: If you clear a schedule and don’t set up a new one, your thermostat will stay at the last set temperature. This means it’ll work like a traditional, non-programmable thermostat or like “hold” mode on a programmable thermostat.
- Start learning again: You can always turn learning back on. Your thermostat starts learning your temperature preferences again and makes adjustments to the schedule automatically. Your Nest thermostat will use any temperatures that are in your schedule as a starting point to start learning again.