It's very cool. It works well. Awesome but... it has some trouble with HomeKit. Not totally ready for prime time. The last update seemed to fix some of the connections to my phone. I run the home from my iPad. Very important that you set up a hub. The iHome smart plugs were SO easy to instal but for this I had the HVAC dude out. I didn't want to screw it up. Prolly something a handy dude could do himself. Whatevs. So I'm not that dude. Now the Lyric is set up, and most of the time it talks to my phone and my iPad. Even when I'm gone. But you prolly will get messages in your Apple ecosystem that the Lyric is "updating." It usually plays nice, but sometimes its gonna happen. If you can't deal then don't get this thermo cuz its not perfect. I totally thinks it is SO awesome I just wait for it to come back. It's not like I change the temp 5 times a day. I set it and leave it. Switches on the AC as needed. Will even switch between heat and AC auto. It lights up when you walk by. I kinda like that--pretty cool.
UPDATED 5/13/2017:
Ok, so Lyric has done some major firmware updates, and Apple updated to iOS 10.3. The thermostat is now totally awesome. Never goes off line any more. It is always synced to my Apple Home--iPad, iPhone whatever. And now 5 stars earned. My best bud saw it and went home to order one for his house. It's that cool... and hot when needed.
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Don't trust to run on batteries; our furnace almost broke
Negative stars would be most accurate; runs off battery?? NOPE not long enough and it’s going to break our boiler. We bought 2 of these in November for $299 total to replace old fashion thermostats. Thought it would be great because they do not require a “C-wire” or common wire which in short means a power source; because they have a battery instead.WRONG- starting about 2 weeks ago both thermostats started acting crazy; no internet, need X minutes to begin heating (display reads) and the battery lights turned on. How could that be?? These batteries are good for 15 years??Then our boiler/furnace was acting strange; it was turning on for a fraction of a second and off… on/off/on/off… We knew it had to be linked to the thermostats malfunction because the error messages continued though we replaced the batteries in both, our Wifi was fine, and called Honeywell to troubleshoot the device.We continued working on the problem and called our oil company explaining what has been going on and noting our furnace is actually starting to smell like smoke or it’s burning from the constant on and off. They knew the problem right away and told us how companies advertise these as not needing an additional wire or “C-wire”, but truly they cannot run off batteries alone. So the battery drains and additional power must be acquired; from where?? Oh your furnace. It cycles and causes the furnace to briefly turn on just enough to “steal power” from it and keep the thermostat kind of running. While our boiler won’t break over night; it will eventually if this continues.The solution? Install the power wire (3rd wire) or get a different thermostat. We had an electrician come today and that is not such an easy task, so we just bought two new none Wifi normal thermostats. I will be contacting for a refund; $300 + the cost of an electrician today + the cost of 2 new thermostats! NO thank you.Lesson to learn from anyone reading this; make sure you have a C-wire or can easily install one to avoid this mess.
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Keeps getting off the wifi
Reviewed in Canada on August 30, 2020Style: ThermostatVerified Purchase
