Google has given up on smart thermostats in Europe.

The advertising giant last Friday slipped its Euro-plans into a post that announced first-and-second-gen Nest smart thermostats will no longer receive software updates as of October 25, 2025.

The three models that will exit support are 2011’s first-gen Learning Thermostat, 2012’s second-gen Learning Thermostat, and 2014’s European version of the latter .

Google’s change means apps its Nest and Home apps won’t be able to remotely control the thermostats. Users will be able to use the thermostats the old fashioned way: By walking up to it and using their hands.

But even that may not be a great option because a Google support document states that once software and security updates stop flowing “you may experience an unpredictable decline in performance if you attempt to use it continuously.”

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