Google is collecting data from downgraded Nest Learning Thermostats, despite disabling their remote control feature last month. Kociemba discovered that first- and second-generation Nest Learning Thermostats continue to send Google information about manual temperature changes, occupancy status in the room, and sunlight exposure on the device among other things. The challenge encouraged developers to find a way to restore smart functionality to Nest devices that Google no longer supported. Data logs Google's continued data collection from downgraded devices While developing this custom software, Kociemba received a large amount of logs from customer devices. Data usage Google's stance on unsupported devices Google has said that unsupported devices "will continue to report logs for issue diagnostics."