#ecobee — Public Fediverse posts

I've been getting into #HomeAutomation with @[email protected]. it's a lot of fun, not sure why I didn't do this years ago. With this heat wave, I got thinking. My #ecobee thermostat knows when the energy grid is stressed and changes the temperature. It would be really cool if HA also knew this and was able to use that info to adjust my dehumidifier. Will be filing a feature request tonight I think

ecobee says its Grid Resiliency service can unlock 2.8GW of capacity across North America

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://nerds.xyz/2026/02/ecobee-grid-resiliency-2-8gw-capacity-report/

Another #ecobee software bug. The temperature read 25.5ºC but the dogs find it uncomfortable above 24 so I decided to set the thermostat back from 26. But, eco+ is enabled and needs to be turned off. I tried 8 times to turn it off. Parts of the app said it was off, other parts said it was still on. When I could finally set it back to 24, the temperature reading jumped back to 24 and the A/C wouldn't kick in. You know a device is badly designed when it's a battle to get it do it's main function.

Found yet another bug in the #ecobee iOS app. I changed the setpoint and told it to hold until the next scheduled change. The display confirmed my setting. Yet the temperature rose a full degree above the setpoint (typically the A/C kicks in at 0.5º above). I killed the app and restarted. Still confirms setpoint but A/C won't start. Cancelled the hold and changed the setpoint again. This time the A/C kicked in immediately. Checked the ecobee site. It claimed I set it 1º higher than app showed. 😡

In #ecobee's never-ending search to reach enshitification nirvana, their latest iOS app update now forgets what page I was on and reverts to the "My Home" screen. It always used to return to my "Thermostat" page where I left it, but the devs felt I really needed to do that one extra tap now. The fact that the home page has the Discover tab with the annoying red dot that never goes away trying to sell me something I'm sure doesn't factor into their decision at all.

Either #ecobee's API is giving me garbage data or the temperature in my house is experiencing temperature spikes. Given the thermal mass of a house and ecobee's reputation for quality, I know which one I believe is correct.

Ah, good 'ol #ecobee. Either their latest iOS app update (notice I didn't say "upgrade") or their servers are acting up. Due to a design flaw I must tap-tap-tap twice a day or more to change the minimum fan runtime setting. Settings > System > Fan > Fan Runtime > *choose time*. But getting to the System and Fan levels each take 5 to 12 seconds now when it used to be instantaneous. If you think the tap was missed and tap-tap-tap again trying to call it up, it queues the taps and shows many pages.

#ecobee is at it again. I have my thermostat set to 26ºC during the day. ecobee's "smart" system raises that 1º at 11:00 to reduce the load on the grid. Fine. I accept that. The house almost never gets that hot anyway. At 19:00 when the rates are cheapest I set it to 24º. However, today at 15:15 they decided to set it to 25º but the A/C kicked in anyway at peak rates when the inside temp was only 24º. When I cancelled the moronic eco+ the setting returned to 26º.

This is deeply defective s/w.

#ecobee opted me into their grid saving program (where they raise your thermostat setting to save the electricity company money) without my consent.

This is a thermostat that I purchased myself with no discount from the power company, and I had previously explicitly opted out of that program when setting it up. Now the only option is “skip this time” with no way to stay opted out.

Hope there’s a class action, but until then I’m glad I kept the dumb thermostat that was there before!

Ever since Generac bought ecobee, there have been numerous outages of their cloud service, the app's features have stagnated or gotten worse, and it's buggier.

Yesterday they had a 5-hour service outage, and today my ecobee macOS widget won't connect, and the iPhone app says the furnace fan is running when it's not.

Just give me direct phone and browser access to the thermostat. I don't need or want a useless, unreliable cloud service.

#Generac #ecobee

Does ANYONE know if #Google #Cloud and #Amazon Cloud are both "down"? #Ecobee is blaming their outage controlling our equipment on Amazon and Google being "down".

I don't think that both cloud services would be down and I don't see it on #Mastodon or affecting any other of my cloud-based home control systems!

@lisamelton @genecowan

Oh wow how fascinating. #Ecobee is now owned by #Generac the generator people.

#Ecobee Premium installed!

We finally settled on an #Ecobee for our smart thermostat and I picked one up while I was out of town. It works with Home Assistant, so once I have time to get that up and running, that will be great to have.

We had a power outage this afternoon, so we decided it would be the perfect time to set it up. Then discovered it might not be compatible, so I reached out to support. It is compatible! The current thermostat has some wires connected that need to be connected to others instead, no biggie.

Hooray - it’s here! #ecobee #thermostat

@ety

If you find a workaround to use #ecobee in #homeassistant, please let me know so I can update https://github.com/unixorn/internet-of-trash/

@homeassistant

Before I go old testament on this #ecobee for dropping their API access, are there any known workarounds for integrating it with #HomeAssistant without relying on #HomeKit ?

I have a basic stat that supports #ZWave, but would lose out on the remote probes feature which sadly I'm pretty invested in.

Hmm, maybe someone has written a system to replicate the ecobee's remote probes features within HA using generic temperature sensors?

Grateful for any suggestions.

Switched my #Ecobee thermostat from “auto” (heat or cool) to “heat”. Heat immediately goes off and stays off. Nothing I do seems to convince it to start heating my very cold house. I guess I don’t have heat anymore unless I put it in “auto” mode. Great firmware, jerks. This is on top of the UI getting slower and less responsive on every update. Time to replace it with a very dumb thermostat.

Maybe before #ecobee was bought out by Generac it was a good, competent company, but not now. Once again it's diddling with my scheduled thermostat settings without my permission and without notifying me. I set my thermostat to 26ºC but at 15:00 they dropped it to 24º according to their website but 25º according to their app.🙄This is a hot day with peak energy rates, so NO, DON'T DO THIS! I change it back to 26º and click the option to "Until I change it," which to ecobee means, "Until 16:00." 🤦🏻‍♂️

Smart thermostats should have Infrared dongles to control air conditioners, and space heaters with IR remote controls

#ecoBee #nest #smartHome #thermostat #homeassistant #infrared #ir

Ecobee is shutting down some of its very first products - Enlarge / The first Ecobee Thermostat, may it rest in peace. (credit: E... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2021683 #smartthermostat #ecobee #tech

@ZeKik @targetdrone

I can't recall the last time I used the #ecobee app. I do any temperature adjustments through #homeassistant.

@targetdrone sounds perfect, especially the inclusion of conditions.

I’ve also found using #HomeKit instead of the #Ecobee app for my home thermostat and connected sensors makes everything far simpler to use. Same with #PhilipsHue and #Vocolinc.

Dear app developers, every time you bury a function another level down, you’re actually costing your users *two* taps—one to step into the level to access the function, and the second to step out. When you’ve got lots of screen area to play with, minimalism at the cost of ease of use is the wrong tradeoff. I’m looking at you, #ecobee.

https://twit.social/@TWSheppard/110583276266765137

My #Ecobee thermostat got a firmware update that makes the UI laggy and unresponsive. This is after a previous update that made the interface worse. I hate the internet of things and iterative enshittification