{"id":5314,"date":"2019-06-05T08:07:57","date_gmt":"2019-06-05T15:07:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smarthomesolver.com\/reviews\/?p=5314"},"modified":"2022-01-31T09:37:15","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T16:37:15","slug":"ecobee4-vs-ecobee3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smarthomesolver.com\/reviews\/ecobee4-vs-ecobee3\/","title":{"rendered":"Ecobee3 vs Ecobee4 vs Ecobee SmartThermostat – Alexa in Your Thermostat?"},"content":{"rendered":"

A smart thermostat with Alexa\u00a0built inside?<\/em> Do you really need that?<\/p>\n

Instead of purchasing\u00a0a separate Amazon Echo to ask Alexa questions, you can easily talk back and forth with your Ecobee4 or Ecobee SmartThermostat. But those two will cost you more than the Ecobee3 (and there are other differences to consider).<\/p>\n

Let’s compare all three Ecobees to find the key differences. We will help you decide which Ecobee is worth your money through this in-depth comparison.<\/p>\n

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Ecobee3 left, Ecobee4 middle, Ecobee SmartThermostat right.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
 <\/th>Ecobee3<\/th>Ecobee4<\/th>Ecobee SmartThermostat<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Price<\/td>See it on Amazon<\/a><\/td>See it on Amazon<\/a><\/td>See it on Amazon<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alexa built-in<\/td>No<\/td>\u2713<\/td>Yes, updated with stronger microphone and speaker than Ecobee4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
WiFi<\/td>2.4 GHz only<\/td>2.4 GHz only<\/td>2.4 and 5.0 GHz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Full touchscreen<\/td>\u2713<\/td>\u2713<\/td>\u2713<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Temperature sensor<\/td>Basic sensor included<\/td>Basic sensor included<\/td>SmartSensor included. Longer battery life, extended range, detects temperature and occupancy, etc.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Updated mounting plate and trim panel <\/td>No<\/td>\u2713<\/td>\u2713<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Power Extender Kits<\/td>\u2713<\/td>Yes, updated and improved kit<\/td>Yes, updated and improved kit<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Display<\/td>Plastic<\/td>Plastic<\/td>Glass<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Control from anywhere using the app<\/td>\u2713<\/td>\u2713<\/td>\u2713<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SmartThings, HomeKit, IFTTT, Wink, Google Assistant<\/td>\u2713<\/td>\u2713<\/td>\u2713<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Control with Alexa<\/td>Yes, but only if you have another Alexa device<\/td>Yes, built in<\/td>Yes, built in<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bluetooth<\/td>No<\/td>No<\/td>Yes, this allows for streaming music and calling via Alexa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Spotify Connect<\/td>No<\/td>No<\/td>\u2713<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Processor<\/td>Basic processor<\/td>Basic processor<\/td>Quad-core CPU (3x speed of previous versions)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

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