Smart home company Ecobee appears ready to release two new smart thermostats — the Ecobee Enhanced and the Ecobee Premium — ZatzNotFunny reports. The Enhanced model has appeared in a post on Reddit, while the Premium has leaked via a retail listing from Canadian Tire.

Picture 1: Ecobee premium thermostat advance model.

Figure 1 shows that The Ecobee Premium appears set to replace the flagship $250 Smart Thermostat. It still has a built-in microphone with support for voice assistants like Alexa and Siri, ZatzNotFunny reports, but new for this model is air quality monitoring. One product photo shows the Ecobee app recommending a window be opened to improve ventilation.

The thermostat’s user interface also seems to have been updated to remove visual clutter and make key information, like the current temperature, larger on screen. [2]

It’s much less clear what enhancements are on the best way for the Ecobee Enhanced thermostat, which seems to be an alternative for the $180 Ecobee3 Lite.

From the picture posted to Reddit, it appears to learn from the identical redesigned interface because the Premium, however there’s much less details about purposeful variations. In early December Dave Zatz reported that the brand-new mannequin was in improvement.

There’s no phrase on after we may see both thermostats launched. However the truth that Ecobee’s flagship Smart Thermostat is presently listed as out of inventory on its website suggests we would see a successor sooner moderately than later. A consultant from Ecobee didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark. [3]

References:

1. https://www.theblogger.in/ecobee-premium-thermostat-leaks-with-built-in-siri-and-alexa-support/
2. https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/16/23074617/ecobee-enhanced-premium-smart-thermostats-leak
3. https://polishnews.co.uk/ecobee-premium-thermostat-leaks-with-built-in-siri-and-alexa-support/

Cite this article:

Sri Vasagi K (2022), Ecobee Premium Thermostat with Built in Siri and Alexa Support, Anatechmaz, pp. 278