Why won't my smart thermostat learn my schedule and stop overriding?

[KevinAW]

So we finally got a smart thermostat installed, and honestly I’m a bit confused. It’s supposed to learn our schedule, but after two weeks it’s still cranking the heat up at 3 PM when nobody’s home. I find myself constantly overriding it, which kind of defeats the purpose. Has anyone else had this happen? I’m starting to wonder if I should just go back to a manual program.

[KennethFT]

Feeling your frustration with the smart thermostat it seems to keep cranking heat at 3 pm even when no one is home

[OliviaT]

From a tech minded view this shows how the learning loop can lock in a plan before you prove you are actually away

[Grace20]

Maybe it misreads your schedule and pushes heat into the window when it thinks you might be coming home

[KevinKW]

That theory of a perfect auto schedule is appealing but the real world tends to drift it into strange hours and false readings

[Abigail.T]

Perhaps the issue is not the device but how we frame the problem if you want less fighting you might aim for predictable overrides rather than perfect auto tuning

[StellaW]

Try a simple test run with away mode for a day and then a quick reset of the learning data while keeping a basic morning and evening routine