It is time to replace my 10+ year old Nest and since I have moved from Android to iOS I am looking for something that will work with Apple home. I see the ecobee listed in the Apple Store but is that the only thing? Or just the one that Apple recommends/has a partnership? I would like one that can use temperature sensors as the bedrooms on either end of the house can vary quite a bit from the thermostat.
I also have a single nest smoke detector and several dumb ones that I need to replace. Are there any that work with Apple home?
I like my Ecobee a lot but the one thing I’d look for next time is something that does not require the vendor’s cloud service. Should be able to have full local control because eventually all cloud services shut down.
Ecobee is fully local via homekit… Your internet can be off and the homekit commands will be sent local. You can also control everything from its screen locally if your internet is down.
Initial setup (first time powering it up) and use of the Ecobee app require internet.