- Google has released new faces for the Nest Learning Thermostat (4th generation)
- The highlight is a subtly animated botanical face that changes each month.
- Faces are now available through the settings menu on your Nest thermostat.
Google has released a new set of faces for the Nest Learning Thermostat (4th generation), with botanical illustrations and subtle animations to make the slim thermostat look more like a piece of wall art.
The new faces are applied to the thermostat’s Farsight display, which displays when there is activity within 20 feet. Once you move within approximately 3 feet, the view will change to show the current target temperature, time, room temperature, analog or digital time and date, or weather, depending on the setting you have chosen. Google’s support site offers a full breakdown of how the system works.
The new Farsight displays include a botanical face, which has 12 subtly animated artworks of fruits and flowers that change each month to adapt to the changing seasons. The following video clip shows four examples.
The new faces are a collaboration with illustrator, animator and filmmaker Mathilde Loubes, and are now available through the settings menu on your thermostat.
Let’s be minimal
Google is also adding three simpler-looking options to its thermostat Farsight gallery: a classic Nest face, which it says is a throwback to the original Nest thermostat, an understated minimalist face, and a new temperature controller face.
Although simpler than the botanical faces, the minimalist face still features a subtle animation to make one of the best smart thermostats even more attractive, as you can see in the video clip below.
The launch follows Google’s announcement of a new set of Nest devices, including a video doorbell, an indoor security camera, and an outdoor camera, all with AI-powered image enhancement.
Google may be phasing out the Nest app in favor of Google Home, but the brand is definitely still alive and well. It will be interesting to see where the company takes its Nest hardware and how it all ties into Gemini for Home, particularly when it comes to paid features. Will Google Home Premium members have access to more faces or even the ability to create their own? We’ll have to wait and see.
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