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Honeywell Home RTH9585WF Wi-Fi Smart Color Thermostat vs Honeywell Home T9 Smart Thermostat

Full Smart Thermostats comparison in 2026

Updated September 2026
Data from Amazon and official Honeywell Home site.
2026 verdict
If your thermostat sits in a hallway nobody spends time in, the Honeywell Home T9 Smart Thermostat is the better Honeywell smart thermostat of these two.
Honeywell Home T9 Smart Thermostat
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Honeywell Home T9 Smart Thermostat
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It ships with a Smart Room Sensor that works up to 200 ft away, follows occupied rooms or holds a chosen room at temperature, adds Apple HomeKit to Google Home, Alexa, SmartThings and Home Assistant, and doubles the warranty to two years. The Honeywell Home RTH9585WF Wi-Fi Smart Color Thermostat answers with a customisable full-colour touchscreen, monthly energy reports with tips and a longer track record, and it is the cheaper of the two. Both measure humidity, send temperature alerts, remind you about filters and run on 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi only, and neither supports Matter. Pick the T9 for room-by-room comfort or an Apple home, and the RTH9585WF for a single-zone home that wants a big readable screen.
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FeatureHoneywell Home RTH9585WF Wi-Fi Smart Color ThermostatHoneywell Home T9 Smart ThermostatWinner
Price$123.49$209.99Honeywell Home RTH9585WF Wi-Fi Smart Color Thermostat
Warranty1 year2 yearsHoneywell Home T9 Smart Thermostat
Included accessoriesNoneTemperature SensorHoneywell Home T9 Smart Thermostat
IntegrationsGoogle Home, Alexa, Samsung SmartThings, Home AssistantGoogle Home, Alexa, Apple HomeKit, Samsung SmartThings, Home Assistant, External Temperature SensorsHoneywell Home T9 Smart Thermostat
SensorsTemperature, HumidityProximity / Motion, Occupancy, Temperature, HumidityHoneywell Home T9 Smart Thermostat
SpeakerNOYESHoneywell Home T9 Smart Thermostat
Rating4.34.3Tie
Connectivity2.4 GHz WiFi2.4 GHz WiFiTie
ScreenYESYESTie
AlertsTemperature AlertsTemperature AlertsTie
Energy SavingsYESYESTie
System Health MonitorYESYESTie

What the differences mean

Room sensors

The Honeywell Home T9 Smart Thermostat includes one Smart Room Sensor, supports more, and can prioritise a bedroom or follow occupancy. The Honeywell Home RTH9585WF Wi-Fi Smart Color Thermostat does not support remote sensors, so it only knows the temperature where it hangs.

Apple Home

The T9 works with Apple HomeKit; the RTH9585WF does not. Both cover Google Home, Alexa, SmartThings and Home Assistant.

Screen

The RTH9585WF has a full-colour touchscreen whose background you can match to the wall, with outdoor conditions and forecasts. The T9 also has a touchscreen, and the catalog does not list it as a colour one.

Energy tips

The RTH9585WF sends monthly home energy reports with personalised suggestions. The T9 instead leans on geofenced Home and Away scheduling and its room sensors to avoid wasted heating.

Warranty

Two years on the Honeywell Home T9 Smart Thermostat against one year on the Honeywell Home RTH9585WF Wi-Fi Smart Color Thermostat.

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What owners say

Owners of both Honeywell models describe a solid thermostat let down at times by the Resideo app and cloud. Honeywell Home RTH9585WF Wi-Fi Smart Color Thermostat owners stress longevity, many having replaced Nest units that failed, and praise the colour screen with its outdoor temperature and humidity readout and installs of a few minutes; their complaints are Resideo server outages, remote features that are effectively US-only and a fixed one-degree differential. Honeywell Home T9 Smart Thermostat owners single out the room sensors correctly finding the occupied room, HomeKit pairing and the C wire adapter in the box. Their gripes are sensor batteries that can drain fast, a Wi-Fi adjustment that sets a permanent hold over the schedule and an averaging mode that slips back to the schedule overnight.

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Every price change of both, in the same store, so the gap between the two lines is what one costs more than the other.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which one is better: Honeywell Home RTH9585WF Wi-Fi Smart Color Thermostat or Honeywell Home T9 Smart Thermostat?

The Honeywell Home T9 Smart Thermostat for most homes. It adds an included room sensor with occupancy detection, Apple HomeKit support and a two year warranty. The Honeywell Home RTH9585WF Wi-Fi Smart Color Thermostat is the cheaper choice with a customisable colour screen.

What is the biggest difference between the Honeywell Home RTH9585WF Wi-Fi Smart Color Thermostat and the Honeywell Home T9 Smart Thermostat?

Room sensing. The Honeywell Home T9 Smart Thermostat uses Smart Room Sensors up to 200 ft away to follow occupied rooms, while the Honeywell Home RTH9585WF Wi-Fi Smart Color Thermostat reads only the temperature at the wall.

Do the Honeywell Home RTH9585WF and T9 work with Apple Home?

Only the Honeywell Home T9 Smart Thermostat does. The Honeywell Home RTH9585WF Wi-Fi Smart Color Thermostat works with Google Home, Alexa, SmartThings and Home Assistant but not Apple HomeKit, and neither supports Matter.

Do both Honeywell thermostats use the same app?

Both are Resideo products, and owners of the Honeywell Home RTH9585WF Wi-Fi Smart Color Thermostat and the Honeywell Home T9 Smart Thermostat alike mention app and cloud hiccups while the thermostat itself keeps running its schedule.

Who should buy the Honeywell Home RTH9585WF Wi-Fi Smart Color Thermostat?

Single-zone homes that want a proven thermostat with a big customisable colour screen, energy reports and Google Home or Alexa control, and do not need HomeKit or room sensors.

Who should buy the Honeywell Home T9 Smart Thermostat?

Homes with rooms that heat unevenly, Apple Home or SmartThings households, and anyone who wants to prioritise a bedroom at night.

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