Hi! I use a Sensi Wi-Fi thermostat. It works well with voiceover and its own app, and you can raise and lower the temp with Alexa!
Peg Jolene > On Aug 17, 2016, at 6:50 AM, Chris G <jedikent@mysticaccess.email> wrote: > > Hi, > I use the Honeywell Smart WIFI thermostat with voice control. You can use > its built in voice control to control it as well as Alexa. Alexa can only > raise and lower the temp. > It works well with its own app as far as being VoiceOver compatible. > > I tried the Ecobee 3 as a demo as one of the Ecobee reps let me play with > his account for a couple of hours. > I couldn't independently change the thermostat using the iOS app from say 78 > to 80. You need to drag the temp with your finger and I never got it to > work. I purchased the Ecobee but for me not being able to change the temp > without using Alexa or voice control was a deal braker. I couldn't even doit > on the computer. > The Ecobee app in iOS was very hard and clumsy to use. In Android I never > got it to work. > > The above are just my thoughts and why I returned the unopened package I > purchased and ended up keeping the Honeywell. > > > > Chris Grabowski > Mystic Access > Where the magic is in learning. > http://www.MysticAccess.com > > Check out our eclectic and comprehensive assistive technology podcasts at: > http://www.MysticAccessPodcast.com > > Join our free announce-only mailing list to receive product news, podcast > updates and exclusive coupon codes. Please send a blank email to: > > manews-subscribe@mysticaccess.email > > Contact: > > Phone: (716) 543-3323 (Ext. 500) > > Twitter: MysticAccess > Facebook: mysticaccessempower > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > From: ben J. Bloomgren > Sent: Tuesday, Aug 16, 2016 8:40 PM EST > To: 'Maxwell Ivey' via MacVisionaries > Subject: Smart thermostat with Amazon Alexa > > Hello all, > > My family recently got an Ecobee Smart thermostat. It turns out that we did > not get the correct version to work with Apple HomeKit. However, I fear that > it works with Amazon Alexa. Has anybody on here used this or similar smart > thermostat with Alexa for iOS? What is your experience? > > Ben > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara > Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
