# Thermostat

> Smart Thermostat by NV Energy

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## Overview

- **ID:** `com.ecofactor.mpowered`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** NV Energy, Inc.
- **Category:** LIFESTYLE
- **Downloads:** 63,926
- **Rating:** 1.81 / 5 (513 ratings)
- **Version:** 137.0.1043
- **Last updated:** 2017-06-01
- **First published:** 2014-04-29
- **Publisher country:** US
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-13
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ecofactor.mpowered)
- **Website:** [https://www.nvenergy.com/home/saveenergy/rebates/smart-thermostat/](https://www.nvenergy.com/home/saveenergy/rebates/smart-thermostat/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://nve.ecofactor.com/consumer/privacy.html](https://nve.ecofactor.com/consumer/privacy.html)

## Description

NV Energy's Smart Thermostat offers an intelligent way to save on heating and cooling costs by learning your temperature preferences and adjusting settings automatically. Users can customize schedules to fit their lifestyle, maximize energy savings with outside weather-based adjustments, and activate 'Set Away' mode when away from home to enhance efficiency. The app provides detailed savings reports over the past year, empowering users to track their energy conservation progress. Additionally, NV Energy offers a complementary mobile app for comprehensive energy management and alerts, making it simpler than ever to reduce energy consumption and save money.

## Rankings

- #269,908 — Overall

## Review summary

Users appreciate the ability to control their thermostats remotely and the built-in energy-saving features. However, many report severe issues including the thermostat changing temperatures without consent, poor app reliability, and unhelpful customer support. The energy-saving modes often override users' settings, causing discomfort. Frequent technical problems and lack of updates have diminished trust and usability, leading many to criticize the app strongly despite its intended benefits.

### Pros

- Allows remote control of thermostat via phone.
- Provides energy-saving features like Eco mode and energy events.
- App design and usability are acceptable to some users.
- Potential for cost savings when functioning properly.

### Cons

- Thermostat frequently changes temperature settings on its own, ignoring user adjustments.
- Energy-saving modes (Eco mode, energy events) cause discomfort by altering temperatures unexpectedly.
- The app often fails to communicate changes to the thermostat or apply user settings reliably.
- Customer support is unresponsive or difficult to access.
- App has not been updated in years and shows many bugs, crashes, and unreliable behavior.

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