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Flair and Google Nest

End of Works with Nest

Google has announced that on September 28, 2023, all current Works with Nest connections will no longer remain active.

This means all Flair customers using a Nest thermostat must do ONE of following prior to September 28, 2023:

  1.  Convert your Nest account to a Google Nest account and migrate your Nest in Flair
  2.  Do not convert your Nest account to a Google Nest account, remove your Nest from Flair, and add it as a non-integrated thermostat to Flair

If choosing option 2, Flair will still control Smart Vents to manage airflow in your home, but will no longer be able to control your Nest.

If you have questions or need assistance, please contact our Support team.

What Google Nest Thermostats are Compatible with Flair?

All Google Nest thermostats are compatible with Flair. However, Google Nest has not made its remote sensors available for integration, so Google Nest remote sensors cannot be imported to Flair.

Does Nest allow Flair to use its Room Sensors?

Nest does not provide support for 3rd party products, like Flair, to access their room sensor data. Once Nest opens up the integration and allows access to the data from their remote sensors we will implement this and you will be able to refresh your integration to include the sensors in your Flair home.

Integrate a New Google Nest Thermostat with Flair

  1. In Flair, go to Home Settings->Integrations and select Google Nest:

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  2. Select the Google Account associated with your Google Nest thermostat:
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  3. Enable BOTH of these permissions to allow Flair to see your Google Nest home and devices (Nest thermostat) and to have read/write access to your Google Nest thermostat. Note: If you have multiple homes in your Nest account, you have to enable permissions for EACH home.

    "Allow Flair - Climate Control to see information about your home"
    "Allow Flair - Climate Control to access and control your thermostat"
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  4. Google will then ask you to confirm your permissions choices:

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  5. Once integrated, Flair will display each Google Nest home it found. Select the Google Nest home to associate with this Flair home. Note: You may only associate one Google Nest home to one Flair home.

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Migrate an Existing Nest Thermostat in Flair

If you already have a Nest thermostat added to Flair, you may now migrate your existing Nest account to a Google Nest account and then integrate your Google Nest account with Flair.

The steps are a little different depending on whether you added your Nest to Flair as an integrated smart thermostat prior to 2019, or if you added it as a non-integrated thermostat.

How do I tell if my Nest was added as an integrated or non-integrated thermostat?

View your thermostat in Flair by going to Home Settings->Thermostats.

A non-integrated Nest thermostat will have a black thermostat icon.

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A Nest thermostat integrated with Flair prior to August 2019 will have a blue thermostat icon.mceclip0.png

My Nest was added to Flair as an integrated smart thermostat prior to August 2019

For existing Flair customers who have their Nest thermostat set up as an integrated smart thermostat in Flair, you may now migrate your Nest account to a Google Nest account and then integrate your Google Nest account with Flair. If you choose not to, your Flair system will continue to work as it is now. The is no real difference in how these operate with Flair.

  1. Remove your Nest smart thermostat integration from Flair:

    1. Go to Home Settings->Integrations
    2. Expand the Nest integration
    3. Select "Remove Integration" and confirm

  2. Migrate your Nest account to a Google Nest account. This Google article explains how to migrate your account: Migrate your Nest Account to a Google Account.

  3. Follow the instructions above to integrate your new Google Nest account

  4. Ensure that each room serviced by the thermostat is in the new thermostat zone. Do the following for each room serviced by your Google Nest thermostat:

      1. Go into the room and tap the 3-dot menu
      2. Go to Settings->Room Info
      3. Check the box for your newly integrated Google Nest thermostat zone

My Nest was added to Flair as a non-integrated thermostat

For existing Flair customers who have their Nest thermostat added to Flair as a non-integrated thermostat, you may now integrate your Google Nest thermostat with Flair. If you choose not to, your Flair system will continue to work as it is now.

  1. Delete the non-integrated thermostat from the Flair app:

    1. Go to Home Settings->Thermostats
    2. Expand the thermostat
    3. Select "Remove Thermostat" and confirm

  2. Follow the instructions above to integrate your new Google Nest account
  3. Ensure that each room serviced by the thermostat is in the new thermostat zone. Do the following for each room serviced by your Google Nest thermostat:

    1. Go into the room and tap the 3-dot menu
    2. Go to Settings->Room Info
    3. Check the box for your newly integrated Google Nest thermostat zone

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