Where did you find settings for separate heat and cool schedules? Currently in my app there is only an auto schedule that has heat and cool settings that must be separated by 5 degrees. This won’t work for me and will need to be changed every season. When I set my heat schedule. My cool schedule is forced to be 5 degrees higher. When that happens I’ll be 2-3 degrees off at every temp per time of day. Even my 20 year old thermostat had it’s own heat and cool schedule that is not limited in what temperature i can pick. If they want to keep the current schedule just disable the temperature spacing threshold and that would work for me. I’ll never use auto. I cannot risk my air coming on in sub zero temperature nor would I ever want it too.
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Android app:
swipe up on controls
Then you have the options: Auto Heat Cool Off
I’m using Heat right now, not Auto.
Gotcha but those are not separate heat and cool schedules. They are just the Auto schedule and when you switch to heat or cool it uses them. This is the problem because you can only set the auto-schedule within 5 degrees of the heat or cool or vice-versa. It’s a major issue and flaw. We need independent scheduling for the Heat mode only and cool mode only where we can select any temps we want and not be restricted from selecting the temps we want. On old fashion programmable thermostats, you always had a heat mode or a cool mode with their own schedules per mode that activated when you flipped the switch into the mode based on the season. With the Wyze software, I have to reprogram the auto-schedule every season. This is a dumb philosophy. This is supposed to be smart technology. They need to change this. We do not all live in texas or california. Here in the Northern USA we have cold season and warm season. Each lasts about 6 months.
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I agree. Not sure if the idea is based on other thermostat operation or what.
I’m counting on the software maturing…hopefully quickly.
I haven’t changed a season yet with mine, so I may gripe as summer arrives, but so far, given the shortcomings, I’m still happy.
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Same here, I’m sure the software will evolve as well. I’m really hoping they address this issue because if not this smart thermostat is more work than my old one.
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Similar to other smart thermostats, WYZE Thermostat should allow you to set temp ranges for heat and cool so that users can change the temp at the wall control panel within a specified range (instead of full lockout or full control)—great for tenants, houseguests, and the environment to prevent extremely high bills but also allow some temperature customization on the fly from the wall unit. (i.e. COOL 72-80, HEAT 60-72)
I agree, But I also believe that a person in his own home should not be limited to a set temp range. He or she should have complete control over every time and temperature at their choosing. Every home is different. Some homes may require a higher heat range in an area where the thermostat lies to heat the rest of the home appropriately or vice-versa for cooling. This is why a separate heat schedule and cool schedule is a necessity. So in essence we need an auto-schedule and an independent heat and cool schedule.
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My pain is not as much as the auto schedule but for the differential temperature set. 2 degrees is too much. I wish they would just allow users to set the differential temp as may other thermostats. I saw in other posts that Wyze is looking into. In fact according to beta testers this feature was on the beta version but they removed it before launching not sure why
I also had to remove them and replace them with my older Honeywell
I was very much fan of the sleek presentation compared with the square bulky thermostat but manipulating the temps all day does not make it really smart and I couldn’t live with that. Waiting for the update before I completely give up.
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Yes, we should have full control over everything…can only guess this wasn’t done for simplicity/time saving on the first release.
Also would like to be able to copy a schedule from one device to another.
Would also like to kick it up a few degrees, automatically, when it is below X outside temp.
Still, I have a whopping 3 schedules.
If I’m too cold, I turn the temp up a few degrees, not a big deal - with the full expectation that the firmware will mature.
Also, my wife is a fan over out older thermostat because she can more easily walk up and dial what she wants.
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Please, PLEASE have the heat or cooling slide up or down when adjusting the other. Having to go in, turn my cooling up so that I can then go in and turn my heat up a few degrees is a little bit of a pain in the a**.
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Agreed!! this is why we need separate heat and cool schedules. I’ll never use auto.
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I think these are two different functions.
First a setting which the user can have the system auto switch from heating to cooling.
Second a target range which the system (both heat and cool) attempts to maintain a desired temperature.
Most stats have an adjustable ‘band’. Say if set to 70 heat if will turn off at 71 and back on at 69.
I believe it is the ‘band’ that is the issue most Wyze customers and unhappy with.
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Wyze, I have a thermostat request…
I understand the 5 degree separation between heat and cool. No issues there, that’s the way I like it. But if I want to increase heat, it should “automagically” increase the cool, and vice versa when lowering cool. As it is, there are added key strokes to raise or lower (and maintain the 5 degree separation). Can this be changed?
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This range problem is so annoying. I want to use auto generally. But if I feel too hot or cold I want to be able to just turn the knob. This is harder to do than a dumb thermostat.
How about this: let users choose their auto range. If the user manually changes it, the range will just move once you close the gap to less than 5 degrees. Ie a moving 5 degree window.
Thanks!
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I would like to see either a timed option (user selectable) and /or a temp differential option (user selectable) for the second stage heat. So when recovering from my setback in the morning, I would like the second stage to activate immediate, then roll back to Stage 1 as the temperature gets closer to my set-point. My American Standard/Trane furnace needs a delay between when W1 activates and when W2 activates, so this also needs to be taken into account. If W1 & W2 both turn on at the same time, the furnace goes into an automatic 10 minute timer for Stage 2.
Or just allow us to set it to a temp and have it keep with 5 degrees up or down from that…
I. E. Set to 71…cool at 73, heat at 69…
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Am I using the thermostat wrong that only 20 folks want this update to the thermostat. I am now trying Heat, so i can use a single temperature, and now my thermostat is more manual than my previous dumb thermostat. Can’t use the auto heat/cool because it will only heat and cool when it is on the edge of uncomfortable and then it only keeps it on the edge of uncomfortable. So basically forcing my house temp to never feel comfortable. the auto heat/cool basically never heats and cools your house to any temp within the 5 degrees so you only experience that comfortable range when the weather outside is within that range.
Now I see an update to the temperature differential and I scratch my head. I’m hoping this is setting us up to have a single temp setting for auto heat/cool and then the temp differential can do it’s thing to prevent unnecessary heat/cool swapping.
I am sick of having to manually adjust my temp from heat to cool in the evenings so I don’t sweat when I sleep and then waking up freezing because the daily settings don’t seem to work after you adjust the thermostat. I am adjusting this thermostat WAY more than my previous dumb thermostat. The only value I get is I don’t have to go down the hall to adjust it since I can do that on my phone, but good thing I can, i have to mess with it way too much.
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It is dumb. We realistically need separate heat and cool temperature schedules to get it on par with a stupid old-school thermostat. Auto doesn’t work for most of us with drastically differing seasons.
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I agree auto doesn’t fit.
I’m still trying to figure out what it would take for me to use auto.
Right now I have it set to heat, and it is off most of the time.
The reality is, in spring/fall, I don’t want the AC kicking on most of the time as I have the doors/windows open.
Pollen makes this vary, though.
Maybe, if I could tap into a pollen reading and use a rule PLUS have a rule where the thermostat is off if a window/door is open (oh, but these might just require HA integration?).
I’m not buying the Wyze alarm system (which might have door/window open rule capability).
Right now I’m as integrated into Wyze as I plan to get.
Wyze needs to come out with the ability to have multiple schedules. Having only one schedule is ridiculous! Oklahoma has crazy varying temps, especially during spring and fall when it can be freezing cold or hot as can be.
While the 5 degree range and the hassle of how you have to adjust it is SUPER undesirable… Having two schedules is a must! If they don’t come out soon I will need to switch to something else because constantly monitoring the temp is becoming annoying.
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