If you are a little geeks of technology you will know the brand Somfya French company present on the world market and leader in automation solar protections, enclosures, and access to homes. What began as a motor company in the 60s so that we could close our blinds automatically, is now one of the most advanced companies in the world of accessible home automation, and we mean accessible in terms of the ease that we all your devices provide.
Now we are presented with the new thermostat connected, one of the best solutions to be able perfectly control the temperature of our house, it also allows us save on energy consumptionor, and obviously nowadays after seeing the constant price increases in the energy market, this is one of the things that we have liked the most. After the jump we give you all the details of this new Somfy connected thermostat ...
Somfy making it easier for us to save energy in our home
The world of thermostats is quite varied, there are a multitude of products that allow us a multitude of configurations, but in the end, so much configuration makes us end up using manual mode. Somfy has the goal, with this new connected thermostat, to make things easier for us with a smart thermostat to which we will simply have to say our lifestyle habits for him to work. In addition, the operation will vary whenever we change any of our habits since it will be in continuous learning.
Works with most boilers on the market, the thermostat itself it only operates the boiler circuit by activating it, so if you have doubts about whether it will work with your heating system, it is best that you go through the Somfy website where they have extensive information about all compatible boilers. In addition, Somfy provides us with a complete customer service that will also advise us on the operation of the Somfy connected thermostat and our boiler.
Connected, the keyword for Somfy's thermostat
Controllable from your own Somfy Connected Thermostat app (available for iOS and Android), we just have to take it out of the box and open the app. Own Somfy connected thermostat application will guide us through the installation process thanks to a series of questions that he will ask us. An app with which we will create operating programs based on our lifestyle habits or with the interesting function of Coaching with which for a week it will be the connected thermostat itself that learns from us and makes suggestions based on the improvements that we can make energetically speaking. The app will also use (as long as we give it permissions) the geolocation of our smartphone to vary the temperature of our house depending on whether we move away from or approach our house.
If there is something we miss is the integration with Apple's HomeKit, it is not expected either ... Of course, there is an integration with other services such as Google Home, Amazon Alexa, or IFTTT (This is probably the most interesting as it is the most universal). Also, as long as we have the Somfy home automation switchboard, Tahoma, we can integrate the new connected thermostat into the home automation system of our house to create rules that integrate all the devices we have in our home (Tahoma is compatible with other third-party devices such as the Phillips Hue).
Where to buy the Somfy connected thermostat?
Practically at any dealer, Somfy knows that it has customers of all kinds, from those who want to touch the product before buying it, to those who only buy online, that is why Somfy wants to be in the main physical points of sale and in the main online shopping portals. You can also find it in the brand's electronic store. The recommended retail price is 169 euros for the version with the connected thermostat by cable by Somfy, while if we want the wireless option we will have to pay 199 euros in exchange for being able to take the thermostat around the house without depending on having it on the wall.