Tado’s new thermostat is designed as a Nest killer

<figure> <img alt="" data-caption="The Tado Smart Thermostat X is the second-generation Matter-over-Thread thermostat from the European company. | Image: Tado" data-portal-copyright="Image: Tado" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/09/smart_thermostat_x2_close_up_frame_lifestyle_1337_00.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> The Tado Smart Thermostat X is the second-generation Matter-over-Thread thermostat from the European company. | Image: Tado </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">When Google <a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/656332/google-ending-support-nest-thermostats">ignominiously exited the European thermostat</a> market last year, it <a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/656332/google-ending-support-nest-thermostats#:~:text=In%20a%20clear%20attempt%20to%20ease%20customer%20anger%2C%20Google%20is%20offering%20a%20%24130%20discount%20on%20the%20fourth%2Dgen%20Nest%20Learning%20Thermostat%20in%20the%20US%2C%20%24160%20off%20the%20same%20device%20in%20Canada%2C%20and%2050%20percent%20savings%20on%20the%20Tado%20Smart%20Thermostat%20X%20in%20Europe%20since%20the%20Nest%20lineup%20will%20soon%20be%20gone.">pointed its customers to Tado</a>. This week, the German-based smart home company is launching its <a href="https://shop.tado.com/">Smart Thermostat X (2nd gen)</a>, and aiming to attract European Nest users who haven't already jumped ship.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Google shutting down the servers for its 1st- and 2nd-gen thermostats drove "significant sales" for Tado, Christian Deilmann, cofounder and managing director of Tado, told <em>The Verge</em> in an interview. The third-generation Nest has at least 10 times the penetration in Europe, he says. And while Google still supports it, Deilmann sees the writing on the wall. "At some poi …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/987888/tado-smart-thermostat-x-2nd-gen-launch-google-nest">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>