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Cielo Breez Max vs Honeywell Home X8S Smart Thermostat

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Key differences between Cielo Breez Max and Honeywell Home X8S Smart Thermostat

A summary of selected recorded differences between these thermostats. Check the full specification table below for details and conditions.

Feature differences among your selected devices

Air Quality Alerts (alerts): Cielo Breez Max — No; Honeywell Home X8S Smart Thermostat — Yes (Indoor air quality monitoring).
5 GHz Wi-Fi (connectivity): Cielo Breez Max — No; Honeywell Home X8S Smart Thermostat — Yes.
Bluetooth (connectivity): Cielo Breez Max — Yes (The device carries a Bluetooth indicator on its display and pairs with the phone over Bluetooth during registration, per the Breez Max user manual.); Honeywell Home X8S Smart Thermostat — No.
Color Screen (display): Cielo Breez Max — No (Cielo describes it as a sharp LCD segment display; the full color touchscreen belongs to the Breez Edge Pro.); Honeywell Home X8S Smart Thermostat — Yes (Selectable display colour and style).

Specifications to check side by side

Screen Type (display): Cielo Breez Max — LCD; Honeywell Home X8S Smart Thermostat — LED.

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Option 1 · Cielo

Cielo Breez Max

Last updated October 2026

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Option 2 · Honeywell Home

Honeywell Home X8S Smart Thermostat

Last updated October 2026

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What the catalog tells us

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Apple Home

Cielo Breez MaxNo
Honeywell Home X8S Smart ThermostatYes

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Matter

Cielo Breez MaxNo
Honeywell Home X8S Smart ThermostatYes

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Reading layout

Alerts

Air Quality Alerts

Cielo Breez Max: No
Honeywell Home X8S Smart Thermostat: Yes
Catalog note
Indoor air quality monitoring

Fire Alerts

Cielo Breez Max: No
Honeywell Home X8S Smart Thermostat: No

Intrude Alerts

Cielo Breez Max: No
Honeywell Home X8S Smart Thermostat: No

Temperature Alerts

Cielo Breez Max: Not recorded
Honeywell Home X8S Smart Thermostat: Not recorded

Connectivity

2.4 GHz Wi-Fi

Cielo Breez Max: Yes
Catalog note
Radio parameters on the official submittal sheet: 2.412 to 2.484 GHz, IEEE 802.11 b/g/n, WLAN channels 1 to 11.
Honeywell Home X8S Smart Thermostat: Yes

5 GHz Wi-Fi

Cielo Breez Max: No
Honeywell Home X8S Smart Thermostat: Yes

Bluetooth

Cielo Breez Max: Yes
Catalog note
The device carries a Bluetooth indicator on its display and pairs with the phone over Bluetooth during registration, per the Breez Max user manual.
Honeywell Home X8S Smart Thermostat: No

Thread

Cielo Breez Max: No
Honeywell Home X8S Smart Thermostat: No

Z Wave

Cielo Breez Max: No
Honeywell Home X8S Smart Thermostat: No

Zigbee

Cielo Breez Max: No
Honeywell Home X8S Smart Thermostat: No

Display

Color Screen

Cielo Breez Max: No
Catalog note
Cielo describes it as a sharp LCD segment display; the full color touchscreen belongs to the Breez Edge Pro.
Honeywell Home X8S Smart Thermostat: Yes
Catalog note
Selectable display colour and style

Screen

Cielo Breez Max: Yes
Honeywell Home X8S Smart Thermostat: Yes

Screen Resolution

Cielo Breez Max: Not applicable / unspecified
Honeywell Home X8S Smart Thermostat: Not recorded

Screen Size

Cielo Breez Max: Not recorded
Honeywell Home X8S Smart Thermostat: 5"

Screen Type

Cielo Breez Max: LCD
Honeywell Home X8S Smart Thermostat: LED

Touch Screen

Cielo Breez Max: Yes
Catalog note
The front panel carries touch controls for menu, up, down, power and presets, and the manual works through them by touching and holding combinations.
Honeywell Home X8S Smart Thermostat: Yes

Features

Display Temperature

Cielo Breez Max: Yes
Catalog note
The display shows the set point, the room temperature and the room humidity at once.
Honeywell Home X8S Smart Thermostat: Yes

Display Time

Cielo Breez Max: Yes
Honeywell Home X8S Smart Thermostat: Yes

Display Weather

Cielo Breez Max: No
Catalog note
Cielo's own model comparison grants the live weather display to the Breez Edge Pro only.
Honeywell Home X8S Smart Thermostat: Yes
Catalog note
Five-day forecast on the customisable idle screen

Energy Savings

Cielo Breez Max: Yes
Catalog note
ENERGY STAR certified, with usage history, temperature range lock and the Comfy Max mode that stops the air conditioner overcooling or overheating the room.
Honeywell Home X8S Smart Thermostat: Yes
Catalog note
ENERGY STAR certified with monthly energy reports

External Temperature Sensors Selection

Cielo Breez Max: No
Honeywell Home X8S Smart Thermostat: Yes
Catalog note
Prioritise living areas by day and bedrooms by night

Speaker

Cielo Breez Max: No
Honeywell Home X8S Smart Thermostat: Yes
Catalog note
Two-way intercom with a compatible video doorbell

System Health Monitor

Cielo Breez Max: Yes
Catalog note
AC Filter Status tracks runtime and raises an alert when the air conditioner's filter needs cleaning.
Honeywell Home X8S Smart Thermostat: Yes
Catalog note
Filter change and heat pump failure alerts

Voice Control

Cielo Breez Max: Yes
Catalog note
Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant and Siri Shortcuts.
Honeywell Home X8S Smart Thermostat: Yes

Included Accessories

Temperature Sensor

Cielo Breez Max: No
Honeywell Home X8S Smart Thermostat: Yes
Catalog note
One wireless Room Sensor included in this SKU, range up to 200 ft

Trim Plate

Cielo Breez Max: No
Catalog note
The box holds the Breez Max, a backplate, a table stand, mounting screws with drywall anchors, a 5V DC USB adapter with cable and the manual. The backplate is the wall mount, not a cover plate for an older thermostat's footprint.
Honeywell Home X8S Smart Thermostat: No
Catalog note
UWP wall plate included, decorative cover plate sold separately

Integrations

Alexa

Cielo Breez Max: Yes
Catalog note
The official submittal sheet carries the "Just ask Alexa" badge.
Honeywell Home X8S Smart Thermostat: Yes

Apple Home

Cielo Breez Max: No
Catalog note
Cielo supports Siri Shortcuts ("Add to Siri"), which runs app shortcuts rather than exposing the device to the Apple Home app. There is no HomeKit profile and no Matter path, so the thermostat does not appear as an Apple Home accessory.
Honeywell Home X8S Smart Thermostat: Yes

External Temperature Sensors

Cielo Breez Max: No
Catalog note
The built-in sensors are the only ones it reads. Follow Me makes the air conditioner track the Breez Max's own temperature sensor instead of the one inside the indoor unit; Cielo sells no remote sensor for it.
Honeywell Home X8S Smart Thermostat: Yes
Catalog note
Wireless Room Sensors (XRSENSOR) with a 200 ft range

Google Home

Cielo Breez Max: Yes
Catalog note
The official submittal sheet carries the "works with Hey Google" badge.
Honeywell Home X8S Smart Thermostat: Yes

Home Assistant

Cielo Breez Max: Yes
Catalog note
The official Home Assistant Cielo Home integration names this exact model in its supported devices list, connecting through the cloud-based Cielo Connect API.
Honeywell Home X8S Smart Thermostat: Yes
Catalog note
Via the Home Assistant Matter integration

Matter

Cielo Breez Max: No
Catalog note
No Cielo product appears in the CSA certified-products database, and neither the product page nor the submittal sheet claims Matter.
Honeywell Home X8S Smart Thermostat: Yes
Catalog note
Matter certified per Resideo

SmartThings

Cielo Breez Max: Yes
Catalog note
The official submittal sheet carries the "Works with SmartThings" badge.
Honeywell Home X8S Smart Thermostat: Yes
Catalog note
Via Matter

Scheduling

Automatically

Cielo Breez Max: Yes
Catalog note
Comfy Max holds the room at the chosen temperature on its own, and Comfy Mode, geofencing and Freeze Protection each drive the air conditioner without input.
Honeywell Home X8S Smart Thermostat: Yes
Catalog note
Smart Away / Auto-Away

Manually

Cielo Breez Max: Yes
Catalog note
Weekly schedules, one-time or repeating, keep running on the device even if the internet connection drops.
Honeywell Home X8S Smart Thermostat: Yes
Catalog note
Time-based programming

Suggestions

Cielo Breez Max: No
Honeywell Home X8S Smart Thermostat: No

Sensors

Ambient Light

Cielo Breez Max: No
Catalog note
The submittal sheet lists only a temperature sensor and a humidity sensor as built in.
Honeywell Home X8S Smart Thermostat: Not recorded

CO₂

Cielo Breez Max: No
Honeywell Home X8S Smart Thermostat: No

Humidity

Cielo Breez Max: Yes
Catalog note
Built-in humidity sensor; room humidity is shown on the device display and in the app.
Honeywell Home X8S Smart Thermostat: Yes

Occupancy

Cielo Breez Max: No
Honeywell Home X8S Smart Thermostat: Yes
Catalog note
Advanced occupancy and presence detection

Proximity Motion

Cielo Breez Max: No
Catalog note
Cielo's own model comparison grants the proximity sensor to the Breez Edge Pro only.
Honeywell Home X8S Smart Thermostat: Yes
Catalog note
Onboard radar sensor

Temperature

Cielo Breez Max: Yes
Catalog note
Built-in temperature sensor, calibratable from the app, with a stated static accuracy of 1.0 F.
Honeywell Home X8S Smart Thermostat: Yes

TVOC

Cielo Breez Max: No
Honeywell Home X8S Smart Thermostat: No

Specifications for Cielo Breez Max versus Honeywell Home X8S Smart Thermostat
Specification	Cielo Breez Max	Honeywell Home X8S Smart Thermostat
Alerts
Air Quality Alerts	No	Yes Catalog note Indoor air quality monitoring
Fire Alerts	No	No
Intrude Alerts	No	No
Temperature Alerts	Not recorded	Not recorded
Connectivity
2.4 GHz Wi-Fi	Yes Catalog note Radio parameters on the official submittal sheet: 2.412 to 2.484 GHz, IEEE 802.11 b/g/n, WLAN channels 1 to 11.	Yes
5 GHz Wi-Fi	No	Yes
Bluetooth	Yes Catalog note The device carries a Bluetooth indicator on its display and pairs with the phone over Bluetooth during registration, per the Breez Max user manual.	No
Thread	No	No
Z Wave	No	No
Zigbee	No	No
Display
Color Screen	No Catalog note Cielo describes it as a sharp LCD segment display; the full color touchscreen belongs to the Breez Edge Pro.	Yes Catalog note Selectable display colour and style
Screen	Yes	Yes
Screen Resolution	Not applicable / unspecified	Not recorded
Screen Size	Not recorded	5"
Screen Type	LCD	LED
Touch Screen	Yes Catalog note The front panel carries touch controls for menu, up, down, power and presets, and the manual works through them by touching and holding combinations.	Yes
Features
Display Temperature	Yes Catalog note The display shows the set point, the room temperature and the room humidity at once.	Yes
Display Time	Yes	Yes
Display Weather	No Catalog note Cielo's own model comparison grants the live weather display to the Breez Edge Pro only.	Yes Catalog note Five-day forecast on the customisable idle screen
Energy Savings	Yes Catalog note ENERGY STAR certified, with usage history, temperature range lock and the Comfy Max mode that stops the air conditioner overcooling or overheating the room.	Yes Catalog note ENERGY STAR certified with monthly energy reports
External Temperature Sensors Selection	No	Yes Catalog note Prioritise living areas by day and bedrooms by night
Speaker	No	Yes Catalog note Two-way intercom with a compatible video doorbell
System Health Monitor	Yes Catalog note AC Filter Status tracks runtime and raises an alert when the air conditioner's filter needs cleaning.	Yes Catalog note Filter change and heat pump failure alerts
Voice Control	Yes Catalog note Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant and Siri Shortcuts.	Yes
Included Accessories
Temperature Sensor	No	Yes Catalog note One wireless Room Sensor included in this SKU, range up to 200 ft
Trim Plate	No Catalog note The box holds the Breez Max, a backplate, a table stand, mounting screws with drywall anchors, a 5V DC USB adapter with cable and the manual. The backplate is the wall mount, not a cover plate for an older thermostat's footprint.	No Catalog note UWP wall plate included, decorative cover plate sold separately
Integrations
Alexa	Yes Catalog note The official submittal sheet carries the "Just ask Alexa" badge.	Yes
Apple Home	No Catalog note Cielo supports Siri Shortcuts ("Add to Siri"), which runs app shortcuts rather than exposing the device to the Apple Home app. There is no HomeKit profile and no Matter path, so the thermostat does not appear as an Apple Home accessory.	Yes
External Temperature Sensors	No Catalog note The built-in sensors are the only ones it reads. Follow Me makes the air conditioner track the Breez Max's own temperature sensor instead of the one inside the indoor unit; Cielo sells no remote sensor for it.	Yes Catalog note Wireless Room Sensors (XRSENSOR) with a 200 ft range
Google Home	Yes Catalog note The official submittal sheet carries the "works with Hey Google" badge.	Yes
Home Assistant	Yes Catalog note The official Home Assistant Cielo Home integration names this exact model in its supported devices list, connecting through the cloud-based Cielo Connect API.	Yes Catalog note Via the Home Assistant Matter integration
Matter	No Catalog note No Cielo product appears in the CSA certified-products database, and neither the product page nor the submittal sheet claims Matter.	Yes Catalog note Matter certified per Resideo
SmartThings	Yes Catalog note The official submittal sheet carries the "Works with SmartThings" badge.	Yes Catalog note Via Matter
Scheduling
Automatically	Yes Catalog note Comfy Max holds the room at the chosen temperature on its own, and Comfy Mode, geofencing and Freeze Protection each drive the air conditioner without input.	Yes Catalog note Smart Away / Auto-Away
Manually	Yes Catalog note Weekly schedules, one-time or repeating, keep running on the device even if the internet connection drops.	Yes Catalog note Time-based programming
Suggestions	No	No
Sensors
Ambient Light	No Catalog note The submittal sheet lists only a temperature sensor and a humidity sensor as built in.	Not recorded
CO₂	No	No
Humidity	Yes Catalog note Built-in humidity sensor; room humidity is shown on the device display and in the app.	Yes
Occupancy	No	Yes Catalog note Advanced occupancy and presence detection
Proximity Motion	No Catalog note Cielo's own model comparison grants the proximity sensor to the Breez Edge Pro only.	Yes Catalog note Onboard radar sensor
Temperature	Yes Catalog note Built-in temperature sensor, calibratable from the app, with a stated static accuracy of 1.0 F.	Yes
TVOC	No	No

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