2 | Smart Air Conditioner Controller for Mini Split ACs | Smart WiFi Thermostat for Minisplit, Window & Portable AC | Compatible with Alexa, Apple Siri, Google Home, IFTTT, iOS & Android

I got my Fujitsu heat pump a few years ago, and I've enjoyed it very much for the most part, but I found that it took a little too much fiddling to keep a comfortable temperature, especially in the spring and fall. Auto mode didn't work well enough, so I'd have to change the setting and temperature frequently. The Ambi Climate makes this so much better. The setup was a little weird and I had to get a service rep involved to get a good remote setting on the app, but it was reasonable to do that and they answered promptly within one business day. Then I had to go through the learning process where I told it when I was too warm or too cool, and now I feel like I barely have to interact with it, which is perfect. I see that it is making good, mild corrections to keep the temperature comfortable. I'm in the early winter now, so I'll update the review for spring and summer when I get the chance, but I'm very pleased so far. This is how my heat pump should work to start with! -----update late spring 2020----- I found that I really enjoyed the temperature control mode better when I know that I'm going to be sticking with heating or cooling. It seems a little bit more even. With comfort mode, the temperature would oscillate a little bit go a little bit too warm, and then go a little bit too cool. However, in the spring, comfort mode has worked very well. It will switch between heating and cooling so that I can avoid having to take on that task. My wife is at home all day and she doesn't want to be fiddling with the heat pump, and the comfort mode really keeps her comfortable.

I picked up one of these about 6 months ago. I have a mini-split in my home office (which is detached from the rest of the house - renovated garage) that provides both cooling and heating. The office is not very well insulated (it's old brick), so leaving my unit on auto, cool, or heat would routinely perform better (or worse) depending on the time of the day, humidity levels (it's very humid in the summers where I live), and outdoor temperature. So I picked one up on sale, and decided to give it a shot. For starters, the app is fine. However, you can tell, from the get go, that this app was designed with comfort mode (their "AI" learning system) in mind. The iOS widget only gives you "too hot" or "too cold" options and the main UI basically gives you much of the same. If you want to work in temperature control mode (keep the room at one temperature and adjust it as needed) or manual mode (works just like a remote), you have to dig through menus to get to the settings you want. It's like those functions are bolted on last minute. And the app, as a whole, functions like it was made last minute. Tiny fonts, weirdly named things, poor geolocation that kicks you off of geolocation unless you open the app every day. As a member of the beta community for Ambiclimate, the only new feature added in the last 6 months to the iOS app was the widget, and beta feedback was not taken into consideration. I've complained to support about these seemingly easy fixes with "okay, we'll take it into consideration" or "that's just how it works" (despite other apps not having those problems). So, if you're hoping it will get better or there will be improvement - there won't. Now, onto the functionality. I don't have confidence that this unit's sensors are actually any good, or the AI actually knows what it's doing. In comfort mode (the "AI"-driven mode), there would be plenty of times where it was 90F outside and THE HEAT WOULD COME ON because it thought the room was too cold. Same in the colder months - it can be snowing outside and the A/C would come on. I've even had days where it would get up to 80F in my home office (which is way too warm), the app would say "yep, it's too warm," but continue heating things. It's hilarious how bad it is, especially when you give it feedback literally multiple times a day. Oh, and when it needs to be warmer, it likes to max out your heat temperature, or when it needs to be cooler, max out your A/C temperature. It's a poor implementation that basically thinks the mini-split doesn't have any sort of internal thermostat of its own. And regarding feedback - the "AI" learns what you like by what feedback you give it. That means that you're just replacing your remote for an app - you're still adjusting things just as much, but now you have a cumbersome app to deal with. This is hilariously bad for a smart home device that's supposed to make your life easier. Away mode. My A/C likes to make obnoxious beeps when the temperature is changed. It can be muted, but, as soon as it is turned off and turned back on, the beeps begin again. Away mode will turn off your unit, which, for most people, is probably perfectly fine, but there's no option to disable this. So I still have to have my remote nearby to mute the thing every time I come home. And, on top of that, away mode doesn't differentiate between summer and winter. So if it's winter and you randomly have an 80F day (which we do from time to time), instead of turning the heat off and going down to, say, 60F while away, it will run the A/C extra hard, defeating the economical purposes of any sort of away mode. And since there are no heat/cool breakpoints (like almost every thermostat in the world has), the away setting is completely useless during the spring, where it might be cool one day and hot the next. Smart home integration: the Echo/Alexa commands are finicky at best (and, again, only work in comfort mode), and any other integration just doesn't exist. If you're looking to hook this into your SmartThings system, you better keep looking. Lastly, customer support is hilariously bad. There's a user group on Facebook and staff will reply to you in-app instead of on the Facebook page, like they have something to hide. On top of that, I've had them call me the wrong name and ask for data that no human being would ever collect when I've had issues (the timestamp when you noticed this occurrence, for example - I dunno about you, but I don't keep a notebook next to me to record times when minor details in my life happen). Most apps allow you to send debug data via email with one tap, but this isn't even a thing here either, so they can't even help you. There is never any resolution to issues, and the resolutions I've had, I've had to figure out myself. It just seems like an outsourced PR agency dealing with customer service, not people who actually know about the device. So, all in all, you have an app that under delivers on its feature set, an "AI" that might work sometimes but routinely doesn't, manual functions to replace your remote but require you to go through more work to do the same thing, half-baked geolocation and away functionality, poor smart home connectivity, and some of the worst customer support I've ever dealt with. I'm not saying you shouldn't buy this, but... there are other options on the market that are better.

Unit is effectively DOA. It starts up, beeps, lets me connect to its WiFi network, but it won't connect with the Ambi Climate app on my phone. Because the app gives me exactly zero detailed information about what exactly went wrong, all I can conclude is that this device is complete vaporware and doesn't work at all. I have never seen it perform anything resembling any of the functions advertised in the feature list because it can't connect. Extremely disappointed. Sending it back for a refund.

I've been using Ambi for 2-3 months now and there are 3 major flaws: 1) In A.I. mode, the user has to select ONE fan speed (Auto, Quiet, Low, Medium, High, etc). If this was truly intelligent, the system would set the speed. This has resulted in higher energy bills. 2) Following #1, the A.I. will set your temperature to the highest setting possible if the room is 'Freezing.' While it somewhat makes sense, the way I would do it manually is setting a temperature such as 68 degrees (instead of 86 degrees). I fear this is also a reason for higher electric bills (and you would think it would put extra stress on the unit). 3) That all said, wouldn't it be great if you could simply schedule 7 days a week? You can but only in Comfort / A.I. mode. Therefore, if that mode is not working for you, it doesn't allow you to set it in Manual mode (where after using our units for a few years, I know best). I've contacted support about all of the above and there are plans to address #3. PREVIOUS REVIEW: I have split AC/heat units in my apartment and just purchased an Ambi Climate 2. Setup was very easy and app seems pretty intuitive. My biggest pain point with dumb remotes is you have 3 major variables (temperature, mode, fan speed) which contributes to the room temperature- so reaching a balanced/consistent setting is near impossible. Also, factory automatic modes can blow cold air in dead of winter. Then you have programming which is extremely mind-numbing on a 2" display with icons you've never seen before. After only a few hours of using Ambi's Comfort mode, I'm actually comfortable and don't have to think about what permutation of settings are on. Letting it know when I'm too cold, warm, and just right is dead easy. Programming custom schedules and behaviors is also as simple as it gets. And getting my wife setup on her own account / sharing the same units only took a minute. I'm still in the early-stages and it's winter here, but hoping it's smart enough to detect when to use the fan if outside air temperature is cool vs AC cooling in the spring/summer- that would be a huge money saver! Also hoping for HomeKit support in the future. Only complaint so far is it's not the easiest to place given the shape. I don't really want it in plain view so would be nice to have a flat side and adhesive for wall mounts, behind dressers, etc.

I have tried three different split AC controllers This has been by far the best Its AI function after learning your likes will start to home in on your preferred temperature range.We have had an unexpected hot spell & I didn't notice that the cooling function has kicked in and kept the home temperature in our comfort range. Now I am working on fine tuning the response.We live in an older home that we are renovating with doors Windows etc. Currently the dominant factor in our comfort is the prevailing weather (exactly as you would expect in an older home)As we complete the renovation the system should self adjust to our preferences again The remote on off function has worked perfectly I only have one issue The away heat setting is at 66 , would like it lowered to 60 though. The unit developed several issues related to micro internet dropouts , after the internet dropped out for a few seconds the unit would be lost in never space. After a couple of go a rounds with support they suggested a fix that woks perfectly - So the AC preconditions the house for two hours (Heats to 72) , then sets the temperature to <75 degrees (We are having a heat wave) We live in a high roofed condo with a mezzanine second floor , now we have excellent control upstairs and downstairs The AI takes persistent work : enter your comfort factor at least 3-4 times daily It'll speed up learning. Have tried 2 other units this is the best for my unique sitiuation

The customer service proactively contacted me and recommend better integration with Amazon Echo, namely via "Ambi Smart Home" skill vs "Ambi climate" skill that I originally used. The "Ambi Smart Home" skill allows directly voice-manipulate the air conditioner without saying "Alexa, tell Ambi something something". So that was an improvement. In addition, I am starting to like the Timers feature, which lets me turn off conditioning in Living Room over night, and preheat the room for the morning, and just before coming home from work. Ambi also has geo-fencing function with the mobile phone, but so far I was unable to make it work. Hopefully the mobile app will be improving over time.

I have a house with a one zone thermostat, so if I want to heat the bedroom, my furnace has to heat the entire house. Closing the registers is not really efficient. So with an air conditioner with heat I can let the bedroom get heat or cool air without causing energy waste on my furnace After purchasing the AC for my bedroom I started looking into how I can manage it most efficiently. I have Nest for my entire house but I would like to manage the energy usage solely for our bedroom. I googled several devices, at least three, and I found an Ambi Device advertisement. It was down to earth and explained in detail what they can do for me. I made contact with Ambi device support team. They were honest in saying that my AC may not work with their device. But they also said since I already ordered it, they would work with me. They gave me a lot of material to look at after communicating with them, I was able to pair my AC with the Ambi device. As expected, the sophistication level of their device is quite high. I had several discussions with their support team and they were able to help me.I found the comfy level switch a good tool since it is supposed to consider environmental variables, such as humidity and outside/inside temperature in configuring what's the suitable running temperature for my AC at a given time. They told me that the comfy level is based on the AI capability of the device. However, it still needs a good history to make it work at its optimum. As a matter of fact, it has "Insights," which sounds like business intelligence tool. I never expected the charts that they created for this device. I have to learn the insights and see how it actually configures the device to utmost optimum level. One measure would be if I don't need to press an extra button to set the right temperature setting for the AC. However, I can manually change the temperature setting. The mode includes Away. Just like any other good device it has Geolocation that tells the device my presence within the radius of the geolocation. I have a Nest device and I think the Ambi device is much better than Nest. One thing that I would like to add to the Ambi device is the capability of Netatmo, which tells me the CO2 and decibel level. I highly recommend this product. By the way the ambi device has more control than the AC remote.

Updated review: Unfortunately, this still seems to be the best product on the market in 2021. But that’s not saying much - the bar is very, very low. Dumb app that never gets new, basic features. All the fancy “AI” control and they won’t even let you define setpoint ranges yourself. Instead, you will spend a year of your life giving feedback to the “AI” just to accomplish what setpoint ranges and schedules would have done far better with 10 minutes of configuration. The Software is designed to mine your data while mindlessly turning on heat and cooling when it’s not needed at all. Huge energy waster. Amazing these smart controller companies can’t figure out how to bake in features that have been standard in hvac automation systems for 30 years. Setpoint ranges and schedules. Original review: 1st impression - Very responsive support. Checked remote compatibility with support before purchase. They put me at ease. 2nd impression - Device arrives in THE MOST SUSTAINABLE packaging I've seen of ANY IOT DEVICE I've purchased. Killer! 3rd impression - App is a bit finicky at times, but nothing I couldn't get past. Not bad enough to spoil the rest of the experience. 4th impression - Pairing was pretty straight forward, though I had to unpair and repair to wifi once. For anyone with a MR COOL mini split - this thing works! MR COOL is not listed, but the remote must be generic because RG57A6 was listed for several other manufacturers. Just select from one of them and it works. I chose the Carrier version. Final Review TBD: Time will tell. This thing is in learning mode for the next week is what I understand. But I have high hopes.