Living with thermostat auto mode with Alexa Skill V3

[burke]

The thermostat auto mode behavior for Alexa Skill v3 has rendered thermostat control essentially useless for me. Now, when I ask Alexa to set my thermostat to 70 degrees, she sets the thermostat to 68 degrees and unexpectedly changes the upper setting. @bmercier provided some helpful info here, clarifying a request for a specific temp in auto mode will, in Fahrenheit, set heat to temp - 2 and cool to temp + 3. Suggested workarounds are to ask Alexa to increase the temp by 2 degrees, reduce the temp by 3 degrees, or just give up on auto mode.

Is there any hope of being able to specifically set a boundary in auto mode in Alexa Skill v4?

If Amazon requires the v3 behavior for a specific temp request in auto mode, I'd be fine with "Alexa, set the low temp to 70 degrees" or "Alexa, set auto heat to 70 degrees" as alternatives.

[Michel Kohanim]

Hi burke,

That's a good question since I have already given up on Auto mode with Alexa. I am hoping that they will indeed address in V4.

With kind regards,
Michel