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Ecobee Smart Thermostat Essential offers basic smart features at a reasonable price of $129.99. It's compatible with major smart home platforms like Google, Apple, and Amazon and advertises that it ...

The middle of Ecobee’s smart thermostat line comes with every important feature that’s built into its top-of-the-line model, save one: a remote temperature/occupancy sensor. But you can add one later.