Meross unveils a Matter-enabled smart thermostat [Video]

Shopping for a smart thermostat that works with the new Matter standard? There aren’t many to choose from, but now you’ve got one more option. 

Smart home manufacturer Meross has just unleashed its first thermostat to support Matter, the 2-year-old protocol that allows the big smart-home platforms to play nice with each other. 

On sale now for $69.99 (a $30 price cut from its $99.99 list price), the Meross Smart Wi-Fi Thermostat is rated to work with 95 percent of HVAC systems, including single- and multi-stage furnaces, boilers, air conditioners, heat pumps, and fan coil units. 

One thing the Meross thermostat won’t do is work with heating and cooling setups in Europe; instead, the device is strictly for stateside use.  

The Meross thermostat also requires a C (or “common”) wire; if you live in an older home without a C wire, the thermostat can still work with help from an adapter. 

From a design standpoint, the Meross thermostat comes in …