r/ecobee 15d ago

Announcement We’re improving scheduling & comfort settings in the ecobee app

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Hey r/ecobee,  

We’ve been working on making the Schedule and Comfort Settings experience in the ecobee app simpler and clearer, directly based on your feedback. This update has begun rolling out to our Smart Thermostat customers on iOS 17+ and Android 10+. Just update your mobile app to the latest version, click on the Main Menu of your Smart Thermostat, and click Schedule. Don’t see it yet? Don’t worry! This experience will be available to all Smart Thermostat customers in the coming weeks.

Here’s a quick rundown of what’s changing: 

  • A new calendar-style schedule view that makes it easier to see your day. Depending on the level of detail that works best for you, you can toggle between an expanded calendar view or a compressed daily view. Easily zoom into your day to see the 30-minute increments that make up your schedule, or zoom back out to see the whole day at a glance. 
  • Simplified schedule editing for fewer steps to edit activities or copy schedules across multiple days.
  • Comfort Settings built right into the Schedule, so it’s easier to see how your desired temperatures line up with your routine. 
  • Clearer visibility into system behavior, including start/end times of calendar activities, like Home, Away and Sleep. 

Importantly, your thermostat will continue to run as normal and existing Comfort Settings and Schedules will continue to work as expected, so there’s no action required on your part.  

Our goal is to reduce guesswork, make schedules easier to understand, and give you more confidence in how your system is working. 

If you want the full story (including why we made these changes and what’s staying the same), we’ve shared more details on our blog here.

As always, we’re listening and will be monitoring this thread for feedback and questions. 


r/ecobee Apr 15 '26

Updates to ecobee Smart Security Plans

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Hey r/ecobee

We’re updating our ecobee Smart Security plans and pricing to make them simpler and more flexible, so customers can choose, and pay for, the level of protection that fits their home. 

TL;DR 

  • If you’re an existing Smart Security subscriber, your features and pricing stay the same through 2026. 
  • No action is required on your part. 
  • Plan names are changing to make things clearer. 
  • Professional Monitoring is now an optional add‑on and available in Canada for the first time! 
  • With Activity Feed improvements, subscribers can now see up to 6 months of whole-home history, find what they are looking for more easily, and know when members come and go.  

What’s changing 

Going forward, ecobee Smart Security offers three levels of protection:  

  • Core: free, built‑in protection 
  • Plus: enhanced awareness and alerts for 1 camera 
  • Advanced: full‑home coverage for unlimited cameras 

We’re also offering 24/7 Professional Monitoring as optional add‑ons, instead of bundling it into select plans. This gives customers more control over what they include in their subscription. 

This is the first time we’ve updated Smart Security pricing since introducing these plans in 2020, and we’re committed to being transparent every step of the way. These changes help us continue improving the service, while giving customers clearer choices and greater control. 

What this means for existing customers 

This is the most important part: 

  • Your current features and pricing are locked in through the end of 2026. 
  • You don’t need to do anything. 

For customers whose plan pricing may change in the future, we’re taking a loyalty‑first approach, including discounted renewals for the rest of 2026. You will receive an email detailing exactly what this means for you.  

What’s new  

We’re excited to share that Professional Monitoring is now available in Canada for the first time, giving Canadian customers access to 24/7 monitoring and emergency response through RapidSOS as part of Smart Security. 

For the first time ever, you can discover and purchase Smart Security plans alongside ecobee devices on Amazon. 

And Smart Security now makes it even easier to see the updates that matter most. Subscribers can now see up to 6 months of whole-home history and find what they are looking for easily with advanced filtering capabilities. Plus, we've made the Know Who's Home feature better with updates in Activity Feed when members come and go. 

Learn more 

We’ve published a full breakdown of the changes, including what’s changing, what’s staying the same, and what new customers can expect on our blog.  

For new customers, check out the new plans on ecobee.com/smart-security.  

If you have questions, we’re happy to help. You can contact our Customer Support team, and we’ll also be keeping an eye on this thread and listening to feedback. 

Thanks for being part of the ecobee community.  


r/ecobee 1h ago

Am I doing this right?

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I put a sensor in my baby's room because it stays hotter. I don't want to do it by occupancy so I set it to average out or whatever. I set it to 71 and the living room got down to 68 and the nursery only got down to 74. Am I understanding that right and doing this the best way? Is occupancy better? Even with a very small baby that might not be sensed as occupying?


r/ecobee 5h ago

PEK Installation: extra wires?

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Hi all,

Trying to install the PEK. At my thermostat, I have G, W, Rc (w/jumper to RH), and two wires on Y, blue and yellow.

At my furnace, I have G, W, R, two wires on Y (red and blue), and a C wire that is not bundled with the thermostat wires and goes back into the furnace apparatus rather than towards the wall.

Any recommendation for how to tackle this or what’s going on? Any help is appreciated!!!


r/ecobee 10h ago

Ecobee

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So my ecobee thermostat, which is maybe about two years old has suddenly started to reboot itself. Can anybody out there? Give me a reason why I had a service call today and they thought perhaps it was the condensation pump. It was not so, he said to keep an eye on it and if it happens again, let them know. Well it did happen again this afternoon when I turned the air-conditioning back on and it seems to go blank when the condensation line is dripping into the sink which is designed to do. I hope everyone’s understanding me but that’s my issue. Anyone get an answer


r/ecobee 9h ago

Question Any trouble with the new sensors?

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I have been using the ecobee3 lite and use 2 room sensors with it that I connected to it 2 years ago. I bought a 2 pack last week to add more sensors but these new one’s will not pair at all.

Contacted support and they send replacements, but again it wont pair either. Ecobee says there is something wrong with my thermostat. For my amusement, I unpaired the old 2014 room sensors and paired it back with no problem.. Anybody with the same experience?


r/ecobee 20h ago

Installation Ecobee premium won’t turn on.

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Hello. I installed the premium today and it will not turn on at all. I triple checked the wiring and fuse and all is good. My old unit was working fine with batteries before I upgraded to the ecobee. I’m not sure what else to do. Super discouraging .


r/ecobee 1d ago

Ecobe building age keeps changing to 1930s

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I keep changing my home age to 1990s on the web portal and app but it will change back to 1930 later by itself. Is there any fix for this?


r/ecobee 1d ago

What happens if cooling is turned on on ecobee if I don't have AC?

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I'm getting a kitchen remodel done, but I'm not home currently, and I see (on my app) that the contractor turned my ecobee on cooling set to 66F, but I don't have AC in my house. I do have central heating.

My utility company has an app for tracking electricity usage live, and it looks like this setting is using around 800-900 watts/hr.

Is it just from the fan blowing?


r/ecobee 1d ago

Ecobee thermostat

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r/ecobee 1d ago

GP Flex Sched Today

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Got an email from Georgia Power for a scheduled FLEX Hours today being implemented.


r/ecobee 1d ago

Installation Something Wrong

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Photo of my Honeywell wiring which is correct and the subsequent wiring on my ecobee as instructed from support. Over the winter went back to Honeywell due to heating constantly on emergency heat instead of heat pump. What do I need to do to correct?


r/ecobee 1d ago

Ecobee

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For the past two years, I have utilized an Ecobee thermostat to operate my heat pump. While it has functioned satisfactorily, I have recently encountered a recurring issue where the thermostat has inexplicably gone blank. I am unable to determine the underlying cause of this problem.

In my condominium, the condensation line is designed to drip into the bathroom sink. However, the thermostat appears to reboot itself when this condensation occurs. I would appreciate any insights or suggestions you may have regarding this issue.

The service technicians have indicated their intention to replace the thermostat. Nevertheless, I am uncertain whether this is the actual problem. I suspect that the issue may be related to the pump.


r/ecobee 2d ago

Fix for “invite link opens Add a Device page and does nothing” (Family Accounts)

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Spent hours on this — deleted/recreated my account, rebooted, contacted ecobee support (no help). Wife's invite link would open the app but land on "Add a Device" and just sit there.

Fix: turn off WiFi on your phone and accept the invite over cellular data instead. Worked instantly for me.

I run a Firewalla firewall at home, so my guess is it was stripping or interfering with the invite token in the link before the app could read it. If you're on any firewall/DNS-filtering setup (Firewalla, Pi-hole, NextDNS, etc.), try cellular data first before doing anything drastic.


r/ecobee 2d ago

Is this normal cycling?

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It's a brand new 3T in a 950sq ft Phoenix condo. They said it needed to go up to a 3T because there is a loft/vaulted ceilings. Overnight it runs in 5 min block then is off for 10 mins then runs 5 mins, all night long. Sometimes it will be off for 14-17 mins. Min runtime is set to 5mins. Temp dif is set to .5 but when I asked the tech about it he said that is fine and won't cause short cycling.


r/ecobee 3d ago

Hooking up new thermostat to an old furnace

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r/ecobee 3d ago

Question 0.9 degrees F / hour normal or poor performance?

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Just got bee stat... I have a Mitsubishi ducted heat pump, one year old. Socal weather about 80-85 today. New R38 blow-in insulation in attic but likely 1950s insulation in walls.

From reading on the HVAC sub reddit it sounds like the ecobee doesn't get the full performance out of the heat pump.

If I switched to the Mitsubishi thermostat should I see that cooling performance 2x?


r/ecobee 3d ago

Are "Smart Sensors" junk?

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I bought an Ecobee Enhanced and 2 smart sensors on sale. The thermostat is fine. One of my sensors was showing some crazy high temp, so I used the other one. It is sane, but I'm convinced they just don't work very well. I sleep upstairs which tends to be warm, so I put the sensor there and tried using ONLY that for nighttime. Compressor was running almost non-stop. After a few days, I went back to using the downstairs thermostat mostly, certainly at night. This doesn't get the room as cool, but at least my A/C cycles occasionally. I don't have a lot of confidence in these remote sensors and wondered if anyone else has an opinion.
"Follow me" is off. Eco Plus is off.


r/ecobee 4d ago

Mounting base

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Does anybody know if I can buy this separately??


r/ecobee 4d ago

new ecobee premium shuts off early - multiple sensors

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I have disabled eco+, follow me, precool, comfort, and have only one smart sensor in the upstairs office set for all of my scheduled zones, which is usually 3-6 degrees warmer than the main floor where the thermostat is at or my downstairs bedroom sensor. I don't want an average temp, I want it to cool until the office is the temp I set - 73. From what I understand, just clicking the office sensor should accomplish this. But the a/c is shutting off at least 5 minutes early before my peak time at 4, if not sooner. When I log into the web app, it seems the temp gets changed to 79 at 3:55 even though that's not what's set in the schedule. It should be 73 and then switch to 90 at 4pm. And the app temps don't seem to match what I'm looking at on the thermostat because when I took the screenshots, it was 76 in the upstairs office according to the thermostat (which I believe because it was hot!). Any ideas what I'm doing wrong here? I don't feel like I ever see it get to 72, it just stops at 73. My temp differential is set at 1.

edited to add: just now, it shut off after 70 minutes even though it has another degree to go according to the app. I don't get it. What is right?


r/ecobee 5d ago

Problem Strange issue all of the sudden with what thermostat reports and what app shows

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I just ran into an issue where I noticed it was getting a little warm in the house. I checked the ecobee app and it said it was at 72 and cooling, however the AC was not running and the thermostat was showing 74. I unplugged the thermostat and plugged it back in. Immediately it kicked the AC back on after booting but it’s now showing 80. It’s very slowly coming back down.

Is it showing 80 after a reboot because the internal sensors are trying to recalibrate? It’s real strange that it did the original issue. While typing this and researching, it has dropped to 78 without changing anything so it must be equalizing. The hole behind the thermostat has been sealed completely so the only heat is from the thermostat itself and the surrounding area.


r/ecobee 5d ago

Ecobee Thermostat and Condensate Pump Safety Switch

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My experiences with condensate pump safety switches (wired through the Y terminal) is that the outside compressor will shut off but the blower motor will still run.

Wired one with my Ecobee today, and noticed that both the compressor and the blower will shut off when the safety switch trips. Is this normal? Does Ecobee call for cooling and fan together as one signal?

No problem if so, just want to make sure I didn't make a mistake with the wiring.


r/ecobee 5d ago

Reliance trying to upsell Google Nest thermostat

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Hi, I just bought a home with a reliance rental tankless water heater and air handler. It’s a Rinnai system. I called reliance to inquire about smart thermostat. The sales person immediately said Google nest is the best option for me. I asked about Ecobee and they said that works better for heat pump systems and was pushing the Google nest. I don’t know much about HVAC but I know enough when someone is trying to sell me something that I don’t need.

Can anyone verify these claims? I don’t even care for the extra bells and whistles. I just want a system that works with iOS and I can control with Wi-Fi.


r/ecobee 5d ago

Best setting for humidity control

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I have a Trane heat pump with an Ecobee 3 thermostat in Orlando FL. I’m fairly comfortable at home during the day with the thermostat set to 80. I have the Ecobee set for a 1 degree spread before the unit will run, so at 81 it brings it back to 80. I also have the fan set to run 10 minutes per hour, but I don’t think that activates since the fan runs more than that per hour to run the cooling. My issue is with humidity. It gets to 55% or more and only as low as 50% during the day. Is there a setting to help keep humidity lower without having to significantly keep the house cooler. I found a humidity setting on the Ecobee, but I’m not sure how that works. If I set humidity to below 50%, will it just run the cooling at full blast or would it use a low fan speed to reduce humidity without over cooling the house? Thanks.


r/ecobee 6d ago

Why can’t my thermostat stay smart?!?

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My comfort setting for sleep only utilizes the sensor that we have in the nursery to keep our newborn cool. His sleep time still fluctuates based on his naps during the day.

I’ve made sure to turn eco+ and follow me off -yet maybe only 60% of the time will it kick on the ac based on the temp reading in the nursery when I set a manual comfort setting hold on sleep.

It will still show an average of my other sensors and the thermostat it self even though I am I’m sleep hold. Any thoughts?