You do not need a new air conditioner to control it from your phone. A small controller placed in the room learns your AC remote commands and sends them for you, so most split units become part of your automations. The unit itself is not opened or modified.

Vaety. pairs the controller with room sensors for temperature, humidity and presence, so the AC acts on what the space actually feels like and not only on a timer. You can control it from your phone, from a wall button, or let a scene do it. Where possible we choose controllers that work with Matter or HomeKit, so they respond locally.

A few AC models, such as some ducted or VRF systems, use their own controls and need a different approach. We check the model on site first and tell you plainly what is possible before you buy anything.