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That may have been in the past, not sure, but I am 90% sure all Ecobee products today are "hubless" wifi cloud encumbered products Very Few thermostats on the

That may have been in the past, not sure, but I am 90% sure all Ecobee products today are "hubless" wifi cloud encumbered products Very Few thermostats on the market are Zigbee, Centralite has one (the pearl) but I am not aware of any others honestly

hedora 4y ago
It says the sensors connect via "915MHz"; so they might not be ZigBee, but they're also not WiFi. WiFi is still optional according to their FAQ: https://support.ecobee.com/s/articles/Wi-Fi-FAQ-Setup-Guide-and-Troubleshooting https://support.ecobee.com/s/articles/Wi-Fi-FAQ-Setup-Guide-... 915MHz is on this page: https://www.ecobee.com/en-us/accessories/smart-temperature-occupancy-sensor/ https://www.ecobee.com/en-us/accessories/smart-temperature-o... (Under detailed specs, connectivity.)
- phpisthebest 4y ago
  >>WiFi is still optional according to their FAQ: "optional" as in it will work in manual mode like a normal thermostat, it would not have any "smart" features with out a wifi connection >915MHz is on this page: That is for the sensors, which connect to the Thermostat, but not the thermostat itself Zigbee can operate on 915MHz radio, but since they do not say the devices are "zigbee certified" I would bet it is some proprietary signal, or some incompatible zigbee that would not work with a non-echobee hub or network, which is one of the main feature people look for in a "ZigBee" device, no vendor lockin, and no cloud requirement
dpifke 4y ago
It's not Zigbee, but for anyone looking for a smart thermostat that doesn't rat you out to "the cloud," Honeywell makes a Z-wave thermostat: https://www.honeywellhome.com/us/en/products/air/thermostats/programmable-thermostats/t6-pro-z-wave-thermostat-th6320zw2003-u/ https://www.honeywellhome.com/us/en/products/air/thermostats... I have two that I use with a local Home Assistant install, and I have no complaints.

hedora 4y ago

It says the sensors connect via "915MHz"; so they might not be ZigBee, but they're also not WiFi. WiFi is still optional according to their FAQ: https://support.ecobee.com/s/articles/Wi-Fi-FAQ-Setup-Guide-and-Troubleshooting https://support.ecobee.com/s/articles/Wi-Fi-FAQ-Setup-Guide-... 915MHz is on this page: https://www.ecobee.com/en-us/accessories/smart-temperature-occupancy-sensor/ https://www.ecobee.com/en-us/accessories/smart-temperature-o... (Under detailed specs, connectivity.)

phpisthebest 4y ago
>>WiFi is still optional according to their FAQ: "optional" as in it will work in manual mode like a normal thermostat, it would not have any "smart" features with out a wifi connection >915MHz is on this page: That is for the sensors, which connect to the Thermostat, but not the thermostat itself Zigbee can operate on 915MHz radio, but since they do not say the devices are "zigbee certified" I would bet it is some proprietary signal, or some incompatible zigbee that would not work with a non-echobee hub or network, which is one of the main feature people look for in a "ZigBee" device, no vendor lockin, and no cloud requirement

dpifke 4y ago

It's not Zigbee, but for anyone looking for a smart thermostat that doesn't rat you out to "the cloud," Honeywell makes a Z-wave thermostat: https://www.honeywellhome.com/us/en/products/air/thermostats/programmable-thermostats/t6-pro-z-wave-thermostat-th6320zw2003-u/ https://www.honeywellhome.com/us/en/products/air/thermostats... I have two that I use with a local Home Assistant install, and I have no complaints.