How to Use an ecobee Smart Thermostat

Authored by: Support.com Tech Pro Team

1. Introduction

Your ecobee Smart Thermostat has multiple preferences you can change to customize not only how it works but how it looks. You can fine tune your thermostat to get exactly what you want out of it. Screen brightness, hold duration, access control, heating and cooling, can all be adjusted.

Tools You'll Need:

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Before You Begin:

• Have your smartphone or tablet with the Ecobee app installed, in case you desire more detailed information.

You must have the ecobee app installed

• How to Install the Ecobee App

Your smart thermostat must already be installed

• How to Install Your ecobee Smart Thermostat

2. Learn How to Use Your ecobee Smart Thermostat

Heating and Cooling RangesYour ecobee Smart Thermostat can be set to only allow specific heating and cooling temperature ranges. This prevents someone from accidentally selecting an absurdly high or low temperature value when manually adjusting the thermostat.

Configure Heating and Cooling Ranges

• Configure ecobee Smart Thermostat Heating and Cooling Ranges

Adjusting Preferences

You can adjust certain preferences for your ecobee Smart Thermostat including screen brightness and termperature thresholds.

Configure Preferences

• How to Change ecobee Smart Thermostat Preferences

Status Icons

Your ecobee Smart Thermostat uses different icons for settings and notifications.

Learn About Status Icons

• What the Status Icons Mean for Your ecobee Smart Thermostat

Room Sensors

Room Sensors allow your thermostat to read the temperature from distant rooms instead of just the thermostat.

Pairing Your Room Sensor

• Pair Your ecobee Room Sensor with Your ecobee Thermostat

Schedules and Comfort Settings

Your ecobee Smart Thermostat uses different 'Comfort settings' that specify what temperatures to maintain while you are Home, Away, or Sleeping. They work in tandem with the 'Schedule' that you've defined to help it determine which Comfort setting it should be using at any given time throughout the day.

Configure Schedules and Comfort Settings

• Set Schedules and Comfort Settings for ecobee Smart Thermostats

Temperature Averaging

Learn about the Follow Me ability and how it keeps your home comfortable.

Temperature Averaging and Room Sensors

• Using Temperature Averaging for Your ecobee Room Sensor