I feel the same way. I changed my HVacs system few weeks ago. The new system came with ecobee3 lite thermostat. It is great to just order siri to set the temperature to my liking.
Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 4, 2023, at 10:06 AM, M. Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello Everyone, > > During the winter, I had a Home Kit compatible thermostat installed in my > house. > > I continue to truly appreciate the temperature control I now enjoy via iOS > and iPad OS. > > Until I installed this thermostat, I either had to turn the A/C either on or > off. The old legacy thermostats was simply not accessible to me as a blind > person. > > However, I recently began having Siri keep the house between 2 temperature > set points such as 78 to 82 degrees. It is wonderful. Now I know this is > not a big deal for sighted people but, until now, I have not enjoyed this > capability, completely independent of a sighted person. > > When I am away from the house for any significant period of time, with the > A/C off, I tell Siri to turn the A/C on before I get home and the house is > already nice and cool. > > Now I know this can be done with both Alexa and the Google assistant so I am > not promoting Siri over anything; I just continue to be amazed at the level > of accessibility that I never would have dreamed of 30 years ago. > > Mark > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone 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 V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/003801d9c6dc%24eb68f7d0%24c23ae770%24%40ucla.edu. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone 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 V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/MN2PR07MB5917B1FE5B91EF5BBE892061C10EA%40MN2PR07MB5917.namprd07.prod.outlook.com.
