A long time coming

Hey all, I spent the weekend updating my home’s thermostat to a smart model. I took a somewhat unusual path and went with a discontinued 2nd Gen Nest thermostat. Read about my journey - Nest Thermostat in 2026 - Artificially-Awesome

  • echo@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    15 hours ago

    I’m loving my Aqara Matter smart thermostat. It can do everything the Nest and Ecobees can do and works entirely locally communicating directly with my Home Assistant instance and costs less than the competition. No third party app necessary. Configurable over Wi-Fi or Zigbee over Thread.

    • quadrant5835@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
      1·
      8 hours ago

      I think you mean Matter over Thread?

      I personally don’t have a Matter network at home but I run some Aqua ZigBee stuff and it works well.

    • Auli@lemmy.caEnglish
      1·
      14 hours ago

      Ecobee can be completely local with whatever apples home tech is on home assistant.

      • quadrant5835@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
        1·
        8 hours ago

        I recall a while back Ecobee was blocking Home Assistant users, apparently by locking down api access.

        A quick search tells me that they now have an official integration and are good with Home Assistant again.

        That is truly good news! I had previously written this company off for being hostile to self-hosters but apparently have cleared their name.