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.
Not the answer you were looking for, but these guys sell a solution to get Nest stuff working in HomeKit: https://www.starlinghome.io/
It’s annoying you have to pay another hundred bucks to get this integration working, but it’s an option.
That’s kinda cool but if that’s the only option, it’s better using Home Assistant instead in the first place.
