Select a mode
There will be different options in this menu depending on the type of equipment you have installed. If you have both heating and cooling, you can switch between Heat, Cool, Heat-Cool, and Off modes.
Switch thermostat modes
Use a Temperature Preset
Note: This feature is only available for the Nest Thermostat.
- Open the Home app and tap your thermostat.
- Tap Temperature preset
- Select one of your preset settings to apply.
Hold the temperature
Note: This feature is only available for the Nest Thermostat.
Start a temperature hold
- Open the Home app.
- On the home screen, select your thermostat.
- Make sure your thermostat is in Heat, Cool, or Heat • Cool mode before you try to start a temperature hold.
- Tap Hold temperature
- Select the Current temp or the temperature preset you want your thermostat to hold.
Note: If the temperature you want doesn’t appear, change your thermostat’s current temperature to the one you want to hold. When you reopen the hold temperature settings, you’ll be able to select the
temperature you’ve just set.
6. Select the end time you want the temperature to hold for.
Note: If you’re using the Eco preset, you can also choose None to hold the temperature indefinitely until you end the hold. For other presets, your thermostat can hold the temperature for up to 24 hours.
7. Tap Start to begin the temperature hold.
Note: If you want to make changes to the temperature but there’s a hold on the temperature, the app or thermostat will tell you that you need to end the hold first.
End or change the temperature hold
Note: You must end the current hold and start a new hold to change the hold settings.
- Open the Home app.
- On the home screen, select your thermostat.
- Make sure your thermostat is in the Heat, Cool, or Heat • Cool mode the temperature hold is in.
- Tap Hold temperature
- Tap End hold.
- Follow the steps above if you want to start a new hold on the temperature and change the hold settings.
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Turn on the fan
If your system is able to control your fan separately from your heating or cooling, you can turn it on from this menu.
- Tap Fan
- Set fan timer.
- Select the duration you want your fan to run.
- Tap Start.
For more information on how to control your fan or set a daily fan schedule, learn how to control your fan with the Nest thermostat.