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Only smart stuff I've got (or want, so far) is a thermostat.

It came with Alexa built-in, but I ended up disabling that feature. Every time anyone said any word with an "ex" or "cks" sound in it, it woke up and asked you to repeat yourself. Irritating as hell to have a bot constantly interrupting your conversations.

But love the tstat. Gives me very detailed reports to see when and how much the heat pump runs and I've been able to heavily customize the settings and the setbacks to optimize energy consumption.

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Posted: 04/16/2019 at 11:42AM

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