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Beating the Heat with SwitchBot Smart Gadgets

Earlier this summer, I bought the SwitchBot Meter Pro bundle, which we recommended on MacStories Deals earlier this week. The Meter Pro is a small display with a kickstand that measures indoor temperature and humidity. The bundle adds an outdoor sensor that I put on my balcony and a Matter-compatible Hub Mini that pulls in basic weather information from the Internet.

Initially, I got the Meter Pro to get a sense for just how warm it is in my office in the afternoon and to track the temperature outside on my balcony. I love that my office faces south because I get lots of natural light all day long, but late in the afternoon, it can get uncomfortably hot, a situation made worse by all the electronics I’m running. As I suspected, it’s often 2–3 degrees warmer in my office than in the hallway, where the thermostat that controls the air conditioning is.