LONDON — Annual shipments of remote access and control thermostats that allow consumers to adjust the temperature in their homes via a smartphone and tablet are expected to quadruple by 2017 as ...

FULL POTENTIAL: Smart thermostats certainly aren’t new, but new technology is helping to unleash their full potential, to the benefit of contractors and homeowners alike. August 18, 2025 It’s a device ...

There are plenty of Internet controlled thermostats on the market today, including the Nest thermostat. The idea behind these gadgets is to allow users to control the climate system in their home ...

With two products, a touchscreen thermostat and a wireless portable thermostat remote, Honeywell has changed how I control my heating and cooling forever. In a good way. The system I have here ...

Nest Labs pioneered the smart thermostat that knows when you’re home and when you’re gone. But like most thermostats—smart or not—the Nest only monitors the temperature in the immediate area where the ...

HOUSTON — Some neighbors in the Houston area said their homes have been much warmer this week, even while they are running their air conditioners. Many of them claim someone has been turning up the ...

A thermostat is the brains behind your home’s heating and cooling system, whether that system has a heat pump, furnace, boiler, central AC, or a combination. By monitoring and controlling the ...

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Nearly all thermostats operate solely based on the temperature reading of the room they're in. That can make other rooms of your house controlled by the same thermostat uncomfortable if, say, the ...

Don’t be surprised if your doorbell rings and it’s an NV Energy representative. The power company is canvassing neighborhoods, encouraging people to sign up for its mPowered program. The program ...

Nick Statt is a Senior Producer on Decoder. Previously, he reported on the technology and gaming industries for more than a decade. Some users of Nest thermostats can no longer control the devices ...