Temperature schedules for the Nest Learning Thermostat and Thermostat E

During setup, your thermostat asks if you’d like to use Auto-Schedule or Basic Schedule. If you choose the latter, your thermostat sets a pre-programmed temperature schedule that you can use right away.

You can also change the temperature or time in your Basic Schedule with the Google Home app, Nest app, or thermostat itself. Refer to the section below for complete instructions.

When you select the Basic Schedule during thermostat setup, it turns Auto-Schedule off by default.

If you want your thermostat to learn your preferences and automatically adjust your temperature schedule after you’ve set the Basic Schedule, turn on Auto-Schedule.

1. Open the Nest app .
2. On the home screen, select your thermostat.
3. Tap Settings .
4. Choose Nest Sense.
5. Select Auto-Schedule  Yes.

Your thermostat will use the Basic Schedule as a starting point for Auto-Schedule to learn your temperature preferences.

 

1. On the home screen, select your thermostat.
2. Tap Schedule .

You’ll find the schedule for the mode that your thermostat is currently in. If your thermostat is in Heat mode, the app shows the heating schedule. If it’s in Cool mode, the app shows you the cooling schedule.

Manually set your thermostat's temperature mode

Copy a daily schedule to other days

While viewing your thermostat’s schedule:

1. Tap and hold the day of the week that has the schedule you’d like to copy, then tap Copy.
2. Tap and hold the day of the week that you want the same schedule on, then tap Paste.

Add a new temperature

On your thermostat’s schedule:

1. Tap the day of the week that you want to add a new temperature to.
2. Tap Add.
3. Tap on the grid to add a new setpoint.
4. Drag the setpoint left or right to change the time. Drag it up or down to adjust the temperature.

Edit an existing temperature

On your thermostat’s schedule:

1. Tap the day of the week that has the temperature you’d like to change.
2. Touch and hold on the setpoint you’d like to change. You can make the following changes:
   • Drag the setpoint up and down to adjust the target temperature.
   • Drag the setpoint left or right to adjust the time of the setpoint.

Remove a temperature

While viewing your thermostat’s schedule:

1. Tap the day of the week that has the temperature you’d like to remove.
2. Tap Remove.
3. Tap the setpoint you want to remove from your schedule.

Check schedules for different modes

In the Google Home app, you can check which schedules are set for the different thermostat modes.

1. Open the Google Home app .
2. Under Favorites or Devices , tap your thermostat.
3. Tap Schedules.
4. From the dropdown menu, choose the mode to check its schedule.
   • Heat
   • Cool
   • Heat · Cool

Remove a schedule

1. Open the Google Home app .
2. Under Favorites or Devices , tap your thermostat.
3. Tap Schedules.
4. From the dropdown menu, choose the mode you want to modify.
5. Select the day of the week you want to delete a schedule on.
6. Tap the schedule that you want to delete.
7. At the top right, tap Delete .

Tip: You can clear your schedules for a whole day or week. Tap More , then tap Clear [Day] schedule or Clear weekly schedule.

With Nest Learning Thermostat and Nest Thermostat E, you can also set sensor schedules in the Google Home app.

1. Open the Google Home app .
2. Under Favorites or Devices , tap your thermostat.
3. Tap Schedules.
4. Select the Sensors tab.
5. Turn on Use sensor schedule.
6. Tap one of the time blocks.
7. Select the sensor that you want to set a temperature schedule for. This becomes your active sensor during that time block.

Check which sensor is active

1. Open the Google Home app .
2. Under Favorites or Devices , tap your thermostat.
3. Select Sensors. The active sensor will be selected in the list of sensors that appears.