You need to look for WiFi capable thermostats, I have never seen one that works via bluetooth since typically the idea behind connected thermostats is that you can control them also when you are not at home and of course bluetooth only works when you are nearby and in larger houses it is quite likely you could be in a room downstairs or upstairs or at one end of the house where you wouldn’t be able to connect to your thermostat via bluetooth. Having said this the Nest Thermostat has been mentioned. I heard from others who have it that you can certainly adjust the temperature but that setting up a schedule is either not very accessible or inaccessible at this point. I use the WiFi enabled thermostat from www.RadioThermostat.com<http://www.RadioThermostat.com> and I have two of these at my retail store and one at home and they work reliably and well. I have had them now for probably 5 or 6 years, the app is updated regularly but not frequently and while setting a schedule is also not the most intuitive way for a blind person it is possible. Would I buy them again if I bought new thermostats now? Probably not simply because I would now look for a thermostat which supports Home Kit and these do not and it is my understanding from an email I sent to the company a couple of years ago that they don’t plan to support it. This is also the reason why I probably would not buy the Nest product, Nest is Google and I doubt they will support home kit and I have nor do I plan to get either an Amazon Echo or a Google Home speaker which would allow me voice control. The good thing is that the thermostats used by RadioThermostat are relatively inexpensive compared to Nest and others, I have heard from others that you can often pick one up from Home Depot for $99 US. The reason why I would be looking for one that supports Home Kit is of course because it would be nice to use SIRI to simply tell it to set the temperature a certain way, but also because Home Kit has fairly high security standards compared to some other “Internet of Things” devices. We all know how many of these devices have been hacked and used in denial of service attacks and so on so while I like the convenience I would at least want the best security possible. I suggest you check in the Apple Store app, there are I think at least a couple of options listed there under home automation.
Regards, Sieghard From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bill Gallik Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2017 5:22 AM To: viPhone E-Mail List <[email protected]> Subject: Inquiring About Bluetooth Enabled Home Thermostats I’m considering replacing a pair of programmable home thermostats with bluetooth enabled thermostats. Can anybody here offer any suggestions as to the physical thermostats and iOS apps that would offer full access to reading current temps, setting temps and possibly programming a daily cycle of temps? **************** - Bill - "The problem with people who have no vices is that you can be pretty sure they are going to have some pretty annoying virtues." - Elizabeth Taylor, 20th Century Screen Actress, (1932-2011) -- 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]<mailto:[email protected]>. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected]<mailto:[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]<mailto:[email protected]>. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
