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Re:Why Is My Smart Home So Dumb? by jmuguy on Friday February 13, 2015 @08:24AM (#9044147)
No, there really isn't a reason to use it. It looks pretty, and I have to admit that's basically why I bought it in the first place.
Re:Why Is My Smart Home So Dumb? by jsabo on Friday February 13, 2015 @10:05AM (#9044646)
I like the theory of it integrating with the thermostat's auto away feature, so it can detect you even if you're not in the same room as the tstat for a while. It needs to be connected to mains for it to work in real time though, so that combined with all of the problems it has working as a smoke detector convinced me to not get one.