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After 16 years, Ecobee is shutting down support for the original smart thermostat (www.theverge.com)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Newer versions are Homekit compatible and can be controlled over the local network.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 months ago (2 children)

As long as HomeKit remains a thing.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Home assistant can talk to homekit devices without involving Apple, so you can assume it'll be around for a while.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, 100%. Home assistant can basically connect to any damn thing. Home assistant is going to be the fall back for a lot of legacy iot devices and platforms.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago

Not quite everything. The stuff that calls home to their own servers can't be saved by home assistant. If you take care to buy stuff that can be controlled locally, you're more likely to have some longevity out of your devices.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It is a standard. I don't know how you can make it not be a thing once it is implemented.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

But it’s not an open standard, and all of the 3rd party home kit apps are basically a new client for services that Apple develops.

I say this as someone who sticks with HomeKit because I think it’s one of the better IOT solutions if you care about for privacy and security. My home is all HomeKit compatible. Lutron, Eve, and homebridge for odds and ends.

But I’m fully aware that, if Apple decided to pull the plug, I’d probably be running some sort of local home brewed HomeKit clone on a raspberry pi to keep the network alive.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

HomeAssistant is HomeKit compatible and could probably do everything you've got going now locally