[TimT]

Disclaimer, I don't have a nest thermostat, I'm just floating some ideas based on what I have learned regarding my smart home system and thermostat operation, and the way I have is set up..

My system is geo-fenced, I get home from work and certain lights turn on and off on schedule, the thermostat sets to a certain temp.. After power outages and servers being down, I have had to reset the whole system to get things back to the normal i set up..

I also have it set so I get alerts sent to my phone when the temperature changes by X degrees, or when the heating system turns on...

I also can remotely check the flood sensor (I live 100' from a canal, and 400 ' from a lake)

I'm surprised the Nest app does not have a feature to configure and push notifications. If not why not just open the app and check?