Honeywell Home X8S Smart Thermostat vs Sensi Touch 2 smart thermostat

The Honeywell Home X8S Smart Thermostat is the more advanced and better-equipped of the two. It adds a radar occupancy sensor, an included room sensor, air-quality monitoring, Matter and Apple Home support and doorbell streaming. The Sensi Touch 2 smart thermostat is the value pick for a straightforward touchscreen upgrade with a guided install.

Sensing. The Honeywell Home X8S Smart Thermostat carries an onboard radar occupancy sensor and ships with a room sensor, and it can display air quality and a doorbell feed. The Sensi Touch 2 smart thermostat has no occupancy sensing, no air-quality alerts and no system health monitor.

No. The Sensi Touch 2 smart thermostat works with Google Home, Alexa, SmartThings and Home Assistant, but it supports neither Apple Home nor Matter. If either of those is your platform, the Honeywell Home X8S Smart Thermostat is the one of the pair that fits.

The Honeywell Home X8S Smart Thermostat includes a wireless room sensor with a long range and can prioritise that room. The Sensi Touch 2 smart thermostat ships with no sensor, though it supports add-on external sensors if you buy them separately.

Large multi-room homes, Apple Home or Matter households, buyers who want indoor air-quality monitoring and a room sensor in the box, and Ring or First Alert doorbell owners who want the feed on the wall. It is a flagship pick, and it needs a C-wire.

Homeowners who want a good-looking glass touchscreen and a guided DIY install at a lower price, on a standard system, and who already run Google Home, Alexa or SmartThings and do not need occupancy or air-quality sensing.