Gadgetory

when you think about the high tech home start thinking about smart thermostats I'm glad you carry would seen it with your first look and Honeywell smart thermostat it's called the lyric now this is a small circular one that you put on the wall and it has a reel to simply change your temperature but we don't want to get more into your temperature settings it's all about the smartphone app the lyric is able to sense when your phone has left the house it's a geofencing sensor so when the phone has gone a certain distance away from your home well an energy-saving feature will kick in and your AC won't be ready at full blast so that's pretty handy for saving energy without having to worry about setting a schedule on when you're coming and going there are different lifestyle modes in this example there's one for working out when you might want to be cooler in the house the lyric takes into account the feels-like temperature so it calculates for humidity and wind chill getting down to the device itself it has a few touch controls you don't have to use your smart phone for everything the wheel has some haptic feedback so you can hear clicks when you're moving it for instant adjustment of the temperature but also if you're just stepping away for a moment you can touch the home clock button and let it know that you'll be away for seven hours the cloud icon is a handy way to see if you need an umbrella to go it will show you what the weather is like outside in six hour increments on top you can also change from cool to heat you're a little intimidated on installing something like this because it can be complicated the app even comes with DIY instructions so you get a step-by-step walkthrough on what you need to do to install it this is a growing evolving category the nest thermostat made the sleek home smart thermostats popular and the Honeywell lyric is going to be a big competitor to the net you'll be able to pick up this at Lowe's and Home Depot for two hundred and eighty dollars the CNET I'm Bridget Carey with your first look at the Honeywell lyric