Nest shook up the sleepy thermostat business — it’s probably the first product ever to be sold both at the Apple Store and at Lowe’s home improvement centers.

This Nest Thermostat is, however, designed for simpler HVAC systems and has just six sockets on its wiring block: Y (for air conditioning, stage 1), C (aka “common,” for power to the ...

Now, the massive industrial conglomerate / prototypical thermostat maker Honeywell is rethinking the way it tackles home automation with Lyric. It’s a $279 Wi-Fi thermostat (available today to ...