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Now my wife will have to walk to the thermostat instead of text me it's too hot in the house.

You can always add her as a user (also helps with detection of home/away, if you don't have security/privacy concerns with geofencing).

Still, that approach may still come with its own dangers ;)

9 out of 10 non-techy partners agree: The texting UX works better than the vendor's native app