Yes. All Vine thermostats can be managed verbally with Amazon Alexa. Read our Amazon Alexa support articles for more on linking your Vine thermostat, what voice commands you can give, and other helpful tips.
Follow these steps to disconnect/unlink your Vine thermostat from Alexa:
In the Amazon Alexa app, tap the menu button in the top left corner
Select Smart Home in the menu bar
Scroll to the bottom of the Smart Home page and select Your Smart Home Skills
Select Vine
Select Disable Skill and confirm
Note: your thermostat may still appear in your Alexa app until Alexa is asked to discover devices, which will update what she is connected to.
Once connected, you will be able to verbally change thermostat modes, and set, lower and raise the temperature on your Vine thermostat. You will also be able to ask Alexa the room temperature, the thermostat’s mode, and the thermostat’s set point. For Alexa to properly carry out your command, you will need to use the name listed in the Alexa app for your thermostat. By default, this is the name you gave your Vine thermostat in the Vine App, however, you can update the thermostat name in the Alexa app if you choose.
For instance, in the following examples, let’s say you’ve named your Vine thermostat “house.”
Here are some examples of commands to give Alexa:
“Alexa – set house to 68 degrees”
“Alexa – raise (or increase) house by 2 degrees”
“Alexa – lower (or decrease) house by 4 degrees”
“Alexa – set house to heat”
“Alexa – set house to cool”
“Alexa – set house to auto”
“Alexa – set house to off”
“Alexa – what is the temperature in house?”
“Alexa – what is house temperature?”
“Alexa – what is house set to?”
Auto Mode Note: When using Alexa while your thermostat is in auto mode, Alexa will change your comfort range to one degree above and one degree below your requested temperature. For example, if your current cool set point is 80 degrees and your current heat set point is 60 degrees, you have a 20-degree comfort range with an implied 70-degree midpoint. If you ask Alexa to set your thermostat to 75 degrees, your 20-degree comfort range will change to a three-degree comfort range, and your new cool and heat set points will be 76 degrees and 74 degrees, respectively.
Fahrenheit/Celsius Note: Alexa and your Vine thermostat can function in either Fahrenheit or Celsius, however both Alexa and your Vine thermostat should be set up in your preferred format. To change to degrees F/C on your Vine thermostat, navigate to the Vine app and click Settings and then Thermostat Display. You can toggle between F/C. To change to degrees F/C on your Echo, navigate to the Alexa app and click Settings. Under Alexa Devices, find and click your Echo. Scroll down and toggle Metric Measurements to On for Celsius or Off for Fahrenheit.
If you want to change the name of your thermostat, you will need to do this in your Vine app.
Yes. All Vine thermostats can be managed verbally with Google Home and Google Assistant directly. To use your Vine thermostat with Google Home or Google Assistant, you must first have the Google Home app downloaded or use Google Assistant.
All Vine thermostats can be controlled with Google Assistant if you have an Android smart device with “Okay Google” turned on, and an internet connection. Follow these steps to get started:
Step 1: Set up your Vine thermostat
Download the Vine app and create an account, or sign in to your existing account.
In the Vine app, click “+” to add a thermostat to your account, and follow the in app instructions to connect Vine to Wi-Fi.
Step 2: Connect your Vine thermostat to Google Assistant
On your Android phone or tablet, touch and hold the Home button or say “Okay Google” to activate Google Assistant.
In the top right corner, tap the blue menu icon, and then more options (3 vertical dots).
Tap “Settings.”
Tap “Home control.”
In the “Devices” tab, tap the “+” icon to add a device.
Select “Vine.”
Enter the email and password associated with your Vine account.
Step 3: Give your Vine thermostat a nickname in Google Assistant (optional)
On your Android phone or tablet, touch and hold the Home button or say “Okay Google” to activate Google Assistant.
In the top right corner, tap the blue menu icon, and then more options (3 vertical dots).
Tap “Settings.”
Tap “Home control.”
In the “Devices” tab, tap the thermostat you want to rename.
Tap “Nickname,” and enter your desired nickname.