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Title: Ecobee4 Smart Thermostat: Everything you need to know!
Post by: HCK on May 20, 2017, 04:05:22 pm
Ecobee4 Smart Thermostat: Everything you need to know!

Get centralized control of your home and your heating and cooling with the Alexa-enabled ecobee4.

Updated May 2017: Added Amazon's listing for the ecobee4 smart thermostat.

Ecobee4 is now available for purchase

The cat's out of the bag, folks, and the Alexa-enabled ecobee4 smart thermostat is very real and very awesome!



The ecobee4 comes with embedded microphones that feature far-field voice recognition (the same technology that makes the Amazon Echo hear you from across the room) and a speaker that makes Alexa sound loud and clear, despite coming from a thermostat fastened to your wall.

That means, on top of having all the same great features as the ecobee3 (HomeKit-enabled, satellite room sensors, energy-saving benefits), you can use the ecobee4 in the same way you'd use an Echo, Echo Dot, or Tap. Ask Alexa to set a timer, adjust the lighting, give you the steps to a recipe, play some jazz — you can do it all right from your smart thermostat.

Ecobee4 is available for pu...

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