
The thermostat will operate as per the schedule, but if it senses that you are at home while the program is set to away, then it will override the plan to provide you with the temperature you have set. This setting combines the two options above, using time-based scheduling together with the location-based feature. You can choose from three options to set the timing: each of the seven days individually, Monday-Friday/Saturday/Sunday, or Monday-Friday/Saturday-Sunday. This option sets the home climate schedule for a week. You can always manually switch between home and away modes on the thermostat or the mobile application. When it senses that you are coming home, it will turn on the heating or cooling system to make sure the climate is at the temperature set for comfort. If you are away, it will switch to energy-saving mode. The Lyric T5 thermostat will use your smartphone’s location to recognize whether you are away or at home. With the Lyric T5 you have several options to choose from to control your home climate. If you have a few users on your Lyric T5 thermostat, then it will switch to the away setting once the last person leaves home and turn the comfort settings back on when the first person returns. Each user should create a Lyric application account and set it up on their mobile device. You can also set up the geofencing feature for more than one user. This way, you can save energy while away from home and enjoy a perfect climate when you are back. For that feature to be enabled, you need to connect your Lyric T5 thermostat to the Honeywell Lyric mobile application.Īfter you have set up the Lyric mobile application, it will reduce energy consumption when you leave your home and return it to the comfort settings before you arrive home. The Honeywell Lyric T5 thermostat can determine whether you are at home or away by using your smartphone GPS location. In this Honeywell Lyric T5 review we will outline key features so you can decide whether this is a good fit for your home. The main advantage of this smart thermostat can be considered its price, being one of the cheapest smart Wi-Fi thermostats on the market. Works with Amazon Alexa and Apple HomeKit.Geofencing features with support for multi-users.

It does have even some more advanced features such as geofencing (recognizing when you are not at home and shutting down the heating or cooling) and quite a wide array of integration with smart home ecosystems. At the same time, it has all the features required of a smart thermostat such as home climate scheduling or mobile application control.

However, is quite basic compared to other smart thermostats on the market.

The Honeywell Lyric T5 smart thermostat is an improvement over the previous Lyric T3 thermostat model.
