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SmartThings Hub and Nest Thermostat

According to SmartThings's Support Page: SmartThings doesn’t officially support Nest at this time, but many users instead utilize a custom integration created by a developer in the SmartThings ...
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Do any of the existing smart thermostats have the ability to detect weather and suggest you open a window?

You can do this, but you will need the infrastructure. You need apps that connect things and give you access from the internet Stringify or IFTTT links your IOT gadgets together to perform complex ...
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Do any of the existing smart thermostats have the ability to detect weather and suggest you open a window?

Nest has an indoor temperature sensor and uses a weather API to get the outside temperature. There's a part where you can manage notifications depending on temperatures. Maybe you can start with this....
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Can the Wink Hub 2 "listen" for away status from the Nest Thermostat v3?

Yes, apparently that's possible. In this blog some possibilities of connecting Nest with Wink robots are described. The first Robot, I named “Someone’s Home’. I simply chose the robot to activate ...
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How to prevent a nest thermostat from auto updating its firmware

I just used Stringify to up the house temperature one hour before I get home every day. Works good.
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Do any of the existing smart thermostats have the ability to detect weather and suggest you open a window?

The HoneyWell Lyric T5 will give you outdoor temperature, so if you watch it, you could realise that the temperature is actually cooler outside. According to the Smart Thermostat Guide: Its ...
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How to connect a nest thermostat with the heat link

After some more research, I have found this link, where it seems the installation of the Nest piece can be wireless.
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How can I get a Nest Thermostat to report when the heater is on and when the cooler is on

Anything which supports the older Nest Thermostat API will have access to hvac_state which tells you if the HVAC is "heating", "cooling" or "off". Anything that supports ...
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