Time's Up for Early Google Nest Thermostats

The Tado X Smart Thermostat offers several advantages over the Google Nest Thermostat, particularly in terms of advanced features and system flexibility.

Here’s a breakdown of the key features and benefits of the Tado X system:

1. Significant Energy and Cost Savings

• Multi-Room and Zonal Control: This is perhaps Tado’s biggest selling point. By adding Tado Smart Radiator Thermostats to individual radiators, you can create heating zones and control the temperature of each room independently. This prevents you from heating unoccupied rooms and is a major way to reduce your energy consumption. Users have reported significant savings on their heating bills, with Tado claiming an average of up to 22% in savings.

• Geofencing: Tado uses your smartphone’s location to automatically turn down the heating when the last person leaves the house and pre-heat it for your arrival. This ensures you’re not wasting energy when no one is home and that you come back to a comfortable temperature.

• Open Window Detection: The thermostat can sense a sudden drop in temperature caused by an open window and will send you a notification or, with the “Auto-Assist” subscription, automatically turn off the heating in that room.

• Weather Adaption: Tado’s smart algorithm takes the local weather forecast into account. If a sunny day is expected, it will pre-emptively lower the heating to take advantage of the sun’s natural warmth, saving you energy.

2. Advanced Smart Home Integration

• Matter and Thread Compatibility: The Tado X system is built on the new Matter smart home standard and the Thread networking protocol. This ensures greater interoperability with a wide range of smart home devices and platforms, including Apple HomeKit, Google Home, and Amazon Alexa. It also creates a more stable and reliable mesh network for your devices.

• OpenTherm Support: Tado’s compatibility with OpenTherm-enabled boilers allows for “modulating” heating. Instead of just turning the boiler on and off, Tado can tell the boiler to adjust its power output, making it more efficient and prolonging its lifespan.

3. User-Friendly and Flexible System

• Highly Compatible: Tado X is compatible with a wide range of heating systems, including combi, system and conventional (regular/heat only) gas boilers, heat pumps, and underfloor heating.

• Scalable: You can start with a basic thermostat kit and easily expand your system over time by adding more smart radiator thermostats to achieve full multi-room control.

• Detailed Insights: The easy-to-use Tado app provides comprehensive data on your heating behaviour and energy usage, giving you a clear picture of how you’re using energy and where you can make further savings.