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having a smart home of course means that we want to have the utmost control over our heating and cooling system connected thermostats can help with that you can use them to adjust the temperature from your phone whether you're just feeling a little lazy at home on the couch or on vacation thousands of miles away and a smart thermostat like the nest 3.0 with built-in sensors and a learning algorithm that can adapt to your schedule can find the most efficient way to heat and cool your home without a lot of management on your part we were always planning to outfit the CNET smart home with a smart thermostat to actually because this 5,800 square foot house has an upstairs and a downstairs unit but deciding on the nest was another story entirely you can go to Home Depot or Lowe's today and snag an app enabled model that's under a hundred bucks so why did we go with nest it's a combination of factors really it looks awesome it works incredibly well and the nest brand now owned by Google offers a lot of connectivity with other nest devices as well as third party stuff like IFFT whirlpool mercedes-benz and beyond but it isn't an ideal solution mainly because it doesn't come with a remote temperature sensor like the home kit compatible ecobee three yes you can sort of work around that if you have the nest protect smoking carbon monoxide detector because it has a remote presence sensor that knows when you're home or away but it isn't exactly the same so while we're starting out with a third generation nest because it's the most well rounded option available today we're keeping our eyes open for other options and we'll update the CNET smart home accordingly be sure to check back in the coming months as we do even more to turn this house into a smart home we'll see you next time you