Talking to my thermostat feels like the future, but the present isn’t ready

for the past few months, I’ve been talking to the thermostat mounted on my wall. And,

oddly enough, for the past few months, the thermostat on my wall has been talking back to me. I’ve been testing the $249.99 Ecobee4, a smart thermostat that has both a microphone and speaker built into it. Oh, and Amazon’s Alexa assistant. As a smart thermostat, the Ecobee4 is excellent. It’s basically the same product as the Ecobee3, and has all of the stuff you want in a smart thermostat: intelligent scheduling, smartphone app control, and presence detection, so it can automatically tell when you’re home or not and adjust your HVAC accordingly. It also uses very handy remote sensors to measure temperature and presence in other areas of your home. The Ecobee can then balance the climate in your home based on where you are or what the average temperature between the main unit and the remote sensors dictates. It’s great for managing hot or cold spots in your home, or if your thermostat is installed in an area that has different temperatures than the main living areas.                                                                                                  https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/25/16349860/ecobee4-thermostat-alexa-smarthome-review