The updated Ambi Climate smart aircon control device uses AI and deep learning to determine the ideal room temperature

Hong Kong-based Ambi Labs has just announced its second generation Ambi Climate smart air conditioning controller add-on on Kickstarter.

Like the first Ambi Climate, the Ambi Climate 2nd Edition continues to let you access and control all your AC units (over 50 brands and 1,000 models are supported) from anywhere via a smartphone app, but now comes in a smaller and lighter package. More importantly, the updated model is touting more use of AI and machine learning to get the temperature just right.

According to the company, the device will now consider multiple data points, from humidity, sunlight, and online weather data (to account for clothing) to even your metabolic cycle when creating your personalized profile, which in turns affects how the device will regulate the AC's temperature settings without the user interfering. Ambi Climate won’t always get it right, of course, but you can use the app to let it know when the estimates are off. Presumably, it will learn based on your adjustments and get better over time.

Another new feature is multi-user geo-location, which is coming in Q3 2017. In short, Ambi Climate will notice the first person arriving and adjust the AC to fit his or her profile; it will also turn off all AC units when everyone has left the house. If you’ve an Amazon Echo, an Alexa skill is also due to arrive in Q3, so you can use voice to control Ambi Climate. IFTTT is also supported.

You can back the Ambi Climate 2nd Edition on Kickstarter now, and as of this writing, you can score a unit for as low as HK$616 (~S$110), which is 35% off the final retail price. Delivery starts in June.