What is this play icon do?

[Steven_Pokrandt]

On the smart app screen the nest app has a play icon

[JDRoberts]

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[RELEASE] NST Manager v5.0

#(The SmartApp Formerly Known as Nest Manager) We are very excited and proud of this this release. While it may not look like a giant update but this is the 'GREATEST NST Manager YET!!! PLEASE READ THE UPDATE NOTICE BELOW… Please open issues on GitHub for ANY issues you find because it’s very hard to track them using the forum. NST Manager SmartApp This is the SmartThings user-created SmartApp and Device handlers to integration Nest devices with SmartThings. The SmartApp and Device Handlers work together to provide integration to the SmartThings ecosystem using Nest’s published API. What’s New New: Name Changed to NST Manager New: Manager and Automations codebase has been split into two individual files. * There is an automated process to migrate your existing automation to this…

[ady624 (I hate Mondays)]

That is called an App Touch feature (if my memory serves) and it can send an event to the app that displays that button. What that event does after that is entirely up to the developer, so at this point what NST Manager does is really something perhaps @tonesto7 could explain…

[tonesto7 (Anthony S.)]

@Steven_Pokrandt
For NST it forces a refresh of polling data from Nest and also helps repair the apps schedules and state (persistent memory)