Honeywell has introduced the Lyric T5, its latest Wi-Fi-enabled thermostat with support for Apple’s HomeKit platform.
The Lyric T5 has a square, glossy black design with built-in touchscreen controls for adjusting the temperature and other settings, or the smart thermostat can be controlled at or away from home with an iPhone or iPad using the accompanying Honeywell Lyric app [Direct Link] from the App Store.
Meanwhile, like Honeywell’s more expensive Lyric Round smart thermostat, HomeKit support enables the Lyric T5 to be controlled with Siri voice commands or through Apple’s new Home app on iOS 10. The Lyric T5 is also compatible with Amazon Alexa-enabled devices and Stringify, with other partners to follow.
The Lyric T5 can help homeowners save money by entering energy saving mode when someone leaves the home, based on the location of their iPhone or iPad via geofencing technology. Likewise, it can detect when the first person returns to start making the home comfortable ahead of time.
Like the Nest, ecobee3, and many other smart thermostats, the Lyric T5 is able to learn a home’s heating and cooling cycles, enabling it to bring the home to the optimized temperature at the requested time. There is also the option to set up the thermostat on a more traditional seven-day schedule.
The thermostat’s other features include auto changeover between heating and cooling mode, filter change reminders, and extreme temperature warnings.
Lyric T5 will be available in October for $149 online and at select retail stores. Honeywell products are typically available at, among other places, The Home Depot, Lowe’s, Ace Hardware, Best Buy, Target, and Walmart.
