The evohome and Single Zone thermostats from Honeywell are now compatible with the Amazon Echo Home control system. The Echo Hands free speaker allows control of a variety of devices around the home using the Alexa voice control software, providing a single point of remote control for the user. It works with both the Total Connect Comfort app and the Lyric app via smartphone or tablet, allowing the Alexa voice control software to be used to give vocal commands to the Honeywell thermostats.
Quick commands enable people to adjust their heating and hot water by simple voice commands, such as ‘make my office 2º cooler’ or ‘switch on economy mode’.
Andy Mansfield, Marketing Communications Manager at Honeywell, explains: “Ensuring our smart thermostats work across these new home automation platforms provides installers with further selling messages to use when specifying heating controls, and also futureproofs them for the customer.”
Integration with the Amazon Echo system follows on from the Lyric T6 integration with the Apple HomeKit home automation product set.
