News Summary

• Google discontinued its Nest brand which included the aforementioned thermostats, in an effort to house all its tech and smart devices within Google Home.
• Unsupported devices may no longer have smart connectivity, but they still have hardware inside that can be put to good use.
• An app developer with the company No Longer Evil has built firmware that's capable of restoring smart features to unsupported tech.
• If you aren't able to find any open-source software to restore old Nest gadgets, you may want to look at repurposing them.