tado‪°‬ 4+

Name: tado°
Rating: 4.3 (6 reviews)
Author: tado°

Easily cut your energy costs

tado°

- 4.3 • 6 Ratings

- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases

Description

Use tado° to make your home smarter and save energy and money. Control your heating, air conditioning or heat pump more easily and conveniently than ever before, reduce your energy use and help the environment.

Your benefits at a glance:

• Intuitive app
• Easy control of your heating and air conditioning
• Insights into heating behaviour and energy savings
• Effective energy-saving tips
• Save 22% energy on average
• Compatible with Matter and Thread

7 Nov 2024

Version 8.11

• Various UI, stability and performance improvements.

4.3 out of 5

6 Ratings

Needs more UI development

Its not as intuitive as other apps it can be better but it works!

Why is Auto not in HomeKit?

If only Tado exposed more of the settings to HoneKit like Auto mode for AC.

My Tado app does have Auto, but it’s not in HomeKit even though HomeKit does support Auto mode, but in this case Tado chose not to implement it. Probably to give users a reason to stick with the app since that’s how they get your usage data and hopefully reel you in for a subscription.

If Tado really wanted to cater to its users it wouldn’t do this and instead implement other controls like swing control that a typical AC remote has instead of just the very basic ones. That way they have a legitimate excuse why those other features aren’t present in HomeKit because Apple doesn’t currently support them. Auto is such a low-hanging fruit that it’s obvious what Tado’s intentions here are.

Similar competing solutions like Sensibo does rely on your usage data to sell and subscription as well, but they don’t withhold features like Auto from HomeKit. This alone is making me consider going with Sensibo going forward.

Hello,

Thank you for taking the time to write a review,

If you want to suggest developments of features we don’t offer, you can visit our Community Forum where we have a section for suggestions and ideas.

Best regards,
Your tadoº team

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