Smart, but no sensorsĪnother pair of clever features is the option to use the thermostat section of the Google Home app to get reminders to change your air filters, and the option to let your app nudge you if something seems amiss. I've also got the thermostat set up in my Google Home routines, so if I tell one of my Google smart speakers I'm going to bed earlier than usual or going out, it'll set the temperature to the corresponding preference. Just remember not to set it too low if you've got pets. If you live with other people, you can also connect all of your smartphones to Google Home, enable location sharing, and then have the thermostat switch to your 'away' temperature automatically when nobody's home. There's also an option called 'presence sensing' - which uses the same sensor that wakes the mirror-finish display when you approach it - to check if there's someone home, so they're not stuck with your away temperature.

Just remember not to set too low if you've got pets.

Of course, if I want to change this, I can do so from anywhere in the world my smartphone has an internet connection. If I go out (which, granted, these days I almost never do) it drops to 60 degrees until I get home.

At 10 p.m., it switches to 65 degrees and stays there until the next morning. the thermostat turns on and warms my apartment to my preferred daytime temperature (72 degrees during winter - I tried the eco-friendlier 68 degrees, but it was too cold). A green leaf will indicate when your chosen temperature settings are eco-friendly - that is, low consumption. You'll set preferred temperatures for hot and cold weather, and can get granular with timing, down to 15-minute windows. During setup, you'll be prompted to create routines for your thermostat to control how it changes its temperature during the day.

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