How to tell which Nest thermostat you have

Google Nest thermostats await similar, and share similar software, but at that place are some important differences that you'll demand to know for troubleshooting, installation and more. You can wait at the brandish, the base, or in the Nest app to find out which Nest thermostat you accept.

Nest Thermostat

Nest Thermostat Due east

Nest Thermostat 3/4ths view

Nest thermostat e heating

Nest Learning Thermostat

3rd gen

Nest Learning Thermostat

2nd gen

Nest Learning Thermostat

1st gen

2nd gen thermostat

1st gen thermostat

Differences in the ring and display

The tables below show key differences betwixt thermostats.

Nest Thermostat

Nest Thermostat Due east

Nest Thermostat 3/4ths view

Nest thermostat e heating

Mirrored screen Translucent white screen
3.nineteen in (eight.1 cm) bore around display 3.19 in (8.1 cm) diameter around display
Affect bar on the right side of the ring: too comes in dissimilar colors (Refer to the colors beneath). White plastic ring

Nest Learning Thermostat

tertiary gen

Nest Learning Thermostat

2d gen

Nest Learning Thermostat

1st gen

2nd gen thermostat

1st gen thermostat

Large screen

3.25 in (8.26 cm) illuminated screen diameter

Pocket-size screen

1.eight in (4.57 cm) illuminated screen diameter

Small screen

1.8 in(4.57 cm) illuminated screen diameter

3.3 in (8.4 cm) 3.27 in (8.three cm)

Stainless steel ring: besides comes in different colors (Refer to the colors beneath).

Stainless steel ring Seam on stainless steel band

The Nest Thermostat can exist in dissimilar colors. If y'all have a thermostat that looks like one of these, yous have a Nest Thermostat.

Nest Thermostat family all colors

The3rd gen Nest Learning Thermostat'south stainless steel band can likewise exist in different colors. If yous have a thermostat band that looks like one of these, you accept a tertiary gen Nest Learning Thermostat.

nest thermostat 3rd gen copper

nest thermostat 3rd gen white

nest thermostat 3rd gen black

Copper

White

Black

Brass Polished steel Mirror black

Differences in the thermostat base of operations

If looking at the display isn't enough to tell yous which thermostat you take, you can also pull off the display and expect at the base. You should be able to tell right away. Refer to the table below for key differences between the different Nest thermostat bases.

Nest Thermostat Nest Thermostat Due east
thermostat e base
Half-dozen wire connectors Six wire connectors
Bluish bubble level on tiptop Blue bubble level on top
Screw holes at the pinnacle and bottom Spiral holes at the top and bottom
Rectangular display connectors on the left and right sides Oval display connector at bottom
Oval wire hole Circular wire hole
Colour of base volition lucifer colour of display

Nest Learning
Thermostat

3rd gen

Nest Learning
Thermostat

2nd gen

Nest Learning
Thermostat

1st gen

nest thermostat gen3 base nest thermostat gen2 base Nest thermostat gen 1 base
Ten wire connectors Ten wire connectors 8 wire connectors
in straight rows
Bluish bubble level on
tiptop
Yellow bubble level
on bottom
Yellow bubble level
on top
Spiral holes at peak
and bottom
Screw holes at top
and bottom
Screw holes on left
and right sides
Oval display
connector at bottom
Rectangular display
connector at bottom
Rectangular brandish
connector at bottom
Round wire hole Circular wire hole Rectangular wire hole

Differences in the Abode app

To view your thermostat's controls and settings, open up the Home appGoogle Home appand then touch and concur your thermostat's tileand then at the acme right, tap Settings.

For the Nest Thermostat, all available controls and settings are in the Home app. So yous can do things like modify the temperature schedulethermostat schedule icon and utilize a temperature preset Temperature preset.

For all other thermostats, settings and controls will vary depending on the model yous have and the software information technology runs. Y'all tin can at least use basic controls for temperature (like changing the target temperature) and mode (Oestrus, Cool, Heat • Cool, and Off) in the Home app. To modify other settings, you may have to use the Nest app or the thermostat display.

To change more than settings for the Nest Thermostat E and Nest Learning Thermostat, use the Nest app or the thermostat display.

Differences in the Nest app

Annotation: The Nest app is merely compatible with the Nest Thermostat Due east and Nest Learning Thermostat. To view the Nest Thermostat, use the Habitation app.

The app colors and design volition reflect which thermostat you accept. If you accept a Nest Learning Thermostat, the app groundwork will be orange or blue to match your thermostat'south screen. If you accept a Nest Thermostat E, the app groundwork will exist mostly white and shades of greyness.

 You can besides find out which model of thermostat y'all accept by going to its technical info.

In the Home app

  1. Touch and concur your device'south tile.
  2. At the top correct, tap Settings Settings gear.
  3. Device information.
  4. Under "Technical information," the model proper noun of your thermostat volition appear.

In the Nest app

  1. Select your thermostat on the app home screen.
  2. Tap Settings Nest settings icon.
  3. Select Technical info.
  4. Refer to the numbers next to the "Display model" of your thermostat. The first digit of the number tells you what thermostat y'all have:
    • 1.xx is a 1st gen Nest Learning Thermostat
    • 2.xx is a 2nd gen Nest Learning Thermostat
    • three.twenty is a third gen Nest Learning Thermostat
    • 4.20 is a Nest Thermostat E

For case, the display model in the pictured case is 2.12, so it'due south a 2d generation Nest Learning Thermostat.

Different thermostat model parts are not interchangeable

  • Every bit long as the thermostat base is from the same model, generation, and country/region as the thermostat display, you tin can swap bases and displays.
  • The displays and bases of various thermostat models are not interchangeable, even though they may look like.
  • WARNING: If you endeavour to connect parts from different thermostat models, it may damage your thermostat besides as your system.
  • The display connector on the thermostat base is different for all 3 generations of the Nest Learning Thermostat. In addition, the connectors for the organisation wires are unlike betwixt thermostat models.

High voltage and low voltage parts are incompatible

Some countries (such as the UK, France, and The netherlands) utilise loftier voltage wiring for thermostats while others (such as the US and Canada) use low voltage wiring. High voltage and low voltage thermostat parts are non compatible with each other, and should not exist used together.

Alert: Any attempt to connect low and high voltage thermostat parts may damage them equally well every bit your arrangement. Do non mix and match these bases and displays, even if the thermostats are the aforementioned model and generation.

You can tell which type of base y'all have past looking at the wire connectors:

  • Low voltage wiring: 6 or eight connectors, labeled with letters like Y1, W1 and C.
  • High voltage wiring: two connectors, labeled with T1 and T2, or not labeled at all.

Low voltage wiring (case)

High voltage wiring (example)

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