same here. who here owns the ecobee thermostat? how is it?
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I have it and I like it. Only thing I don’t like is that if you change the temperature in HomeKit, you can’t go back to the scheduled temperature easily. It would resume your schedule automatically at the correct times, but if you lower the temp in HomeKit to have cool air when you’re doing something active, you have to go to the ecobee app or physical thermostat to resume your current schedule. The native app works well though and I like its features also. I’d recommend it.
interesting. i wonder if you can make a shortcut automation that runs often that is like if the ecobee isn't 'off' then resume schedule?
There is probably some potential there. Someone else has it working by making it a scene.
I don’t have a problem resuming schedule from HomeKit or using Siri. I just say “hey siri resume schedule” and it does it.
That’s a good point. I have not used Siri to resume my schedule. I was speaking strictly from the HomeKit app interface.
I also have it available in the HomeKit ui.
Do you create your schedule from the ecobee app or in HomeKit?
I used the ecobee app for scheduling the thermostat.
Well shoot! Guess I’ll have to make me a scene for that. Thanks!
I didn't manually create the scenes. It's been a long time since I set it up, but I think the ecobee app created the scenes for me automagically.
In the ecobee app, pick your thermostat, go to settings, then homekit. Scroll down to scenes and see what you see.
I mostly love it. I have integrations with both HomeKit and Home Assistant that I use once in a while, but prefer the Ecobee app.
It needs a battery backup. Sometimes when the power goes out briefly, it doesn’t boot up again. In the winter, this could be disastrous if you aren’t home. I worry when on vacation and constantly check the temp at home.
Mine doesn’t always reconnect to WiFi but has always booted up after a power outage. It could use some improvement to retry WiFi connection after some time. Seems on my setup that the ecobee boots faster than my Orbi router.
Mine has failed to boot three times now after a black/brown out.
It's...okay. The hardware is decent, but the software (particularly the iOS app) has always been terrible.