Sentences with phrase «of ecobee»

According to the Efficiency Alberta website, «all products being installed are Ecofitt branded products, with the exception of the Ecobee thermostat.»

Then, a code will appear on the screen of the Ecobee.

This new version of the ecobee thermostat seems to have a redesigned set of industrial design outer bits, too.

In other words, some of Ecobee's devices can now be voice controlled via Goole Assistant so you can check and adjust your home temperature, for instance.

Fans of Ecobee's Wi - Fi smart thermostat will have to shell out more cash for the upgraded Ecobee3, but for some, HomeKit integration will be worth paying for.

The changes will come into effect for all of Ecobee's smart thermostats installed in homes across the US and Canada.

Another cool feature of the Ecobee's usage history is «Weather Impact», which you can click on towards the bottom in the sidebar.

A full list of Ecobee commands can be found here.

Once the thermostats and the sensors were in place, I took advantage of Ecobee's other integrations to set up a couple of extra pieces of advanced functionality.

The downside of Ecobee Plus is the clunky nomenclature: Every command requires you to start with, «Alexa, ask Ecobee to...» The original Ecobee skill (which is still available) lets you simply say, «Alexa, set the thermostat to 68 °F.»

Here's how to get the most out of your Ecobee smart thermostat.

The next iteration of Ecobee's connected thermostat will likely include the ability to talk to Alexa.

Not exact matches

Plus, partners like Sonos and Ecobee have released their own products with Alexa built in, so you can talk to (and shop from) Amazon from an ever - increasing number of places.

Ecobee is a close partner of Amazon and has raised money from the company's Alexa Fund, too.

We used the SmartThings outage to discuss whether or not we need a hub in the smart home before hitting an array of new devices, including the new Raspberry Pi Model B +, Ecobee's new light switch, and a new security hub / camera from Abode.

Ecobee also updated the Lite model to work with remote sensors (as with the full - price Ecobee4), so you can set it to keep the heat on until a room in a far corner of your house reaches a certain temperature.

OhmConnect just launched its first online store, offering the Nest Learning Thermostat, the Ecobee thermostat, two different electric vehicle chargers, and two bundles of smart plugs and switches (one for smaller devices, and the other for EV chargers, pool pumps, or hot water heaters), all at deep discounts, as well as with cash rebates.

Start by opening up the Ecobee app on your smartphone and tapping on the menu button in the bottom - left corner of the screen.

By default, your Ecobee takes temperature readings from all of its sensors and averages them out to come up with one temperature that it uses in order to decide to heat or cool your house down.

If you want to be able to do even more things with your Ecobee, you can connect it to IFTTT, which integrates all sorts of products and services together for serious automation.

If you're going on vacation soon, and don't want to be bothered changing the thermostat as you're trying to wrangle the family, the Ecobee actually allows you to schedule the thermostat to go into an away mode ahead of time.

While the Nest Thermostat may be the coolest smart thermostat on the block, the Ecobee line of smart thermostats have all sorts of neat features that the Nest Thermostat lacks.

For example, if I want the bedroom to be the area of the house where the temperature needs to be perfect, I can tell the Ecobee to only use the sensor in the bedroom for its temperature reading.

By logging into the Ecobee's web interface, you can view a detailed history of how you're using your thermostat, like when it turns on and off and how long it's on for.

Are you saying that the ecobee won't do any of the things you mention through Alexa or that it won't do them period?

Ecobee is expanding on its smart home offerings with the introduction of an Alexa - enabled light switch, the Smart Switch Plus, which was revealed at this year's South by Southwest Conference (SXSW) in Austin.

Those are big names to be sure, but if your smart home is based on products from Ecobee, LIFX, iDevices, Iris by Lowe's, TP - Link, C by GE, Chamberlain, Vivint Smart Home, Wemo, Dish Network, or any of a long list of other products or service providers, then you'll have to wait for Cortana to catch up.

To begin, open up the Ecobee app on your smartphone and when you're on the main screen with the thermostat's user interface showing, tap on the menu button in the bottom - left corner of the screen.

In May of the same year, Ecobee debuted plans to get into smart lighting.

Ecobee's interface is extremely intuitive, with a large reading of the current temperature inside the dwelling, as well as a humidity level, current operating status, and a quick slider on the right for immediate temperature changes.

This isn't unique to the Ecobee's implementation of Alexa; I've had this problem before with Amazon's assistant, as the voice recognition isn't quite as good as Google Assistant in the natural sense.

Engage with customers through the Echo family of devices, Fire TV, Fire Tablet, Alexa - enabled third - party devices such as Sonos One speakers and ecobee smart thermostats, and more.

After the success of this integration, Amazon decided to chip in money from its $ 100 million Alexa Fund to support Ecobee.

Ecobee, maker of the popular smart thermostat Ecobee4, is expanding its lineup with the Switch +, a smart light switch with direct integration with Alexa.

Ecobee has finally added Google Assistant to its list of compatible smart devices, enabling users of Google Home devices — and the myriad of devices that utilize Google Assistant — a whole new way to interact with their thermostat.

Ecobee allows you to dictate things like if you just want the unit to average the temperature readings of the main unit and the sensors together or actually focus on the remote sensor (s).

We were able to control an Ecobee thermostat, but other than the novelty of that, we didn't find it practical for checking the temperature in another room or tweaking the settings.

The Lyric T5 edged out our previous budget pick (the Ecobee Lite, which works with all of the same systems) because it is less expensive.

Compare that with the Nest and the Ecobee, which both work with a bevy of locks, lights and security cameras.

Amazon's agents support many kinds of products, from Phillips» Hue lights to ecobee's smart thermostats.

With Apple known to be partnering with various building companies to integrate its HomeKit platform into new houses, one journalist yesterday was invited by KB Home to check out the company's latest HomeKit - enabled development in San Jose, California.KRON4 tech reporter Gabe Slate's peek inside one of the smart houses demonstrates the extent of the HomeKit integration, which costs $ 2500 per house and includes a number of HomeKit - enabled smart devices.Using just their iPad or iPhone, the homeowner is able to control the Kwikset lock on the front door, adjust room temperature via the Ecobee thermostat, adjust the Philips Hue lighting around the house, and lower and raise Lutron shades in the various rooms.Meanwhile in the living room, the homeowner is able to control the fans

This is another route that's going to require DIY effort with initial setup and is also lacking branded LED bulb options, but the Hub is compatible with a bunch of other smart devices from leading brands including Ecobee, Nest, Honeywell, Logitech, and Sonos.

Smart wireless thermostat maker Ecobee is rolling out a firmware update to Ecobee3 devices that brings individual HomeKit support to the device's remote sensors for the first time.The Ecobee3 enables owners to use additional remote sensors to keep track of ambient temperature as well as detect motion in different locations within the home.

Also built in is a temperature sensor, so you'll be able to link it to your Ecobee smart thermostat to make sure all of your rooms are being heated or cooled properly.

Available for $ 200, It's a little more expensive than the standard Echo speaker, but the included Zigbee hub allows for simple setup of smart home devices so you can easily connect and add Philips Hue lights or an Ecobee Smart WiFi Thermostat to Alexa without dealing with additional hubs or apps.

Voice remote with Alexa enabled control of smart home devices from multiple brands, including Belkin WeMo, Philips Hue, Wink, Insteon, Samsung SmartThings, Nest, TP - Link, Ecobee and more

Similarly, with Siri, I have a bunch of switches and light bulbs to pick from, then one choice at most for more advanced functionality — the Schlage lock and the Ecobee thermostat.

From within the Ecobee app, you can enable several features of the Switch + that set it apart from other smart light switches.

«But Alexa's way different,» said Hesham Fahmy, Vice President of Technology for ecobee.

If you're going the HomeKit route, you'll need to turn instead to Ecobee, a brand that's been making smart thermostats for several years now (and since before the time of Nest).