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We’ve been using Tado Smart Radiator Thermostats (V3+) for the past two years. While the thermostats work well and the system is generally reliable, the app is missing some essential features you’d expect in a modern smart home product. What I Like: •The app design and layout are excellent—intuitive and easy to use. •The scheduling system works well, and setting up the system was straightforward. What Needs Improvement: •Siri Integration: The app lacks deeper Siri functionality. For example, I’d expect to say, “Hey Siri, resume schedule,” and have it resume my preset thermostat schedules. Simple, practical commands like this are missing. •Smart Widgets: There’s no widget functionality. A smart widget with one-tap controls, like resuming a schedule, would save time and effort, but it doesn’t exist. •App Performance: The app often takes too long to load, frequently displaying “updating” when I try to make quick adjustments. •Battery Notifications: The thermostats constantly send low battery alerts, even when the batteries are new. These notifications seem inaccurate and have become something I just ignore. Tado’s smart thermostats are great at connecting to radiators to manage heating efficiently and save energy, but the app experience lags behind. It needs modern features like smart widgets, better Siri integration, and improved performance to match the quality of the hardware. Adding these updates would make this a 5-star experience.

Scheduling function works perfectly. Home/away mode. Away mode works fine. Home mode hit and miss. Sometime it doesn't register I am home and doesn't start home mode automatically, but only after launching app which was in background. Otherwise it will start home mode only after I have walk through the door which is also when I connect to my home wifi and tado knows I am home positively. Seldom I will come home with the Aircon temp already set nicely. For the above I have set my home geo fence to the smallest radius which they did warned will not be reliable. I have increased the radius and will update back here again. Could give better control over the function that automatically turns off the Aircon when a set temperature is hit. Currently I can only set a single range +/- same temp ie 2deg lower it will cut off, 2 deg warmer it will turn back on. Unable to control individual colder or warmer timer preference too for this case it's same.

We wanted a solution for managing our home radiators - and - wanted something where our data was going to be secure. All other solutions on the market are selling/using your data for something other than the core service ( eg Google’s Nest). Tado is exceeds them all. Not only is the interface totally slick and the components reliable, but it’s a German company that is governed by German data protection laws (the strictest in the world) - which means all they are doing is building and delivering the best possible product. No sketchy data collection here. We love Tado and highly recommend it!