Your Nest Learning Thermostat (4th gen) now shows more on-screen information when you turn on the new Farsight feature. This includes readings from your Nest Temperature Sensor, indoor and outdoor temperature, humidity, air quality, current time, and date.
The thermostat automatically wakes up and switches to the Farsight screen when there’s activity at about 10 feet. With the Farsight screen’s large format, on-screen information is easy to read from the other side of the room.
You can now choose between 4 new Farsight screen designs (for a total of 8) and customize which information is displayed.
Tip: No matter which Farsight setting you choose, your thermostat will always go to sleep to conserve power. It will automatically display important alerts, such as Furnace Heads-Up or other alerts that require your attention.
Farsight face: Seasonal Art (September)
Choose from Farsight Faces
Nest Learning Thermostat (4th gen) offers 8 different Farsight faces:
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Far When you're about 10 feet away |
Near When you're within about 5 feet |
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Nest classic Provides an immediate view of the desired temperature and current operating conditions. |
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Seasonal art Reflects changes in seasons through animated illustrations and rotates at the start of each month (check out all the seasonal faces). |
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Minimal Uses minimalist line drawings to show your thermostat’s current mode (check out different faces of Minimal). |
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Temp controller Displays current temperature settings. Temp controller will show the same information regardless of distance.
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Current faces |
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Indoor temps Shows current and target indoor temperature at a glance. |
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Digital clock Displays the time in large, easy-to-read numbers. |
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Analog clock Shows the time in an analog clock style. |
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Weather Provides real-time outdoor temperature and weather condition based on location |
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Unlike other Farsight faces, Seasonal art has 12 different designs (one for each month) and changes at the start of each month:
When you select Minimal as your Farsight face, the displayed image will change to reflect your thermostat’s current mode:
On your thermostat:
- Press the thermostat ring to open the Quick View screen.
- Turn the ring to Settings and press to select.
- Turn the ring to Farsight and press to select.
- Turn the ring to scroll through available Farsight faces.
- Press the screen when your preferred face is highlighted.
- To turn off Farsight, scroll to Off and press to select.
Using the Google Home app:
- Open the Google Home app
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- Tap Home
Climate
- Tap Settings
- Toggle the switch
to turn Farsight on or off.
- Select your preferred Farsight face, then tap Customize.
Climate 
When the Farsight screen is active, more information will show up on your thermostat’s screen when you’re within 3 feet. Your thermostat can show three different kinds of information from the following options:
- Outdoor temperature
- Feels like temperature
- Indoor temperature
- Target temperature
- Indoor humidity
- Outdoor humidity
- Outdoor air quality
- Date
- Time
- Thermostat temperature
- Nest Temperature Sensor information (if connected to Sensor)
On your thermostat:
- Press the thermostat ring to open the Quick View screen.
- Turn the ring to Settings and press to select.
- Turn the ring to Farsight and press to select.
- Turn the ring to Near screen and press to select.
- To hide additional info, turn the ring to Hide items and press to select.
- To show additional info, turn the ring to Show items and press to select.
Using the Google Home app:
- Open the Google Home app
- Tap Home
- Tap Settings
- Toggle the Show Item switch
- Tap
to select your preferred information for First Item, Second Item, and Third Item.