Configuring Home, Away, and Vacation

Last updated: October 26, 2026

Set up each shortcut so it applies the temperature and hold behavior you want across the thermostats in a Home.

How to configure a shortcut

  1. Open the Mysa app

  2. On app 4.21.0 or later, tap Settings at the bottom of the home screen and select Shortcuts (or open the side menu > Manage Homes, select your home, and tap Shortcuts)

  3. Tap the shortcut you want to configure: Home, Away, or Vacation

  4. Choose which thermostats to include

  5. Set the desired temperature for each thermostat (and mode/fan where supported)

  6. Choose the hold behavior if available

  7. Tap Save

Home Settings screen in the Mysa app showing Edit Home, Shared Access, Geofencing, Shortcuts, Smart Alerts, and Delete Home.

Shortcuts vs. Schedules (why Home and Away show the same schedule)

The Home, Away, and Vacation buttons at the top of the Mysa app home screen are one-tap temperature shortcuts (holds), not separate weekly schedule tabs.

  • Each thermostat has one active 7-day schedule at a time.

  • If you tap Home in the header, edit a thermostat's Schedule (times, temperatures, Copy Days, and Save), and then tap Away, opening the thermostat's Schedule screen will still show that same 7-day schedule.

Depending on what you want to set up, use one of these three options:

  1. Daily Home and Away times in your regular routine: Build both your home and away temperatures as time events inside the thermostat's single weekly Schedule (for example: Wake at 7:00 AM, Leave/Away setback at 9:00 AM, Return/Home at 5:00 PM, and Sleep at 10:30 PM), then copy across the days you want and tap Save.

  2. One-tap or geofenced temperature override when you leave: Configure a single preset temperature for Home, Away, and Vacation in Shortcuts (on app 4.21.0 or later, tap Settings > Shortcuts; on earlier versions, open the side menu > Manage Homes > Shortcuts). Tapping a shortcut temporarily overrides the weekly schedule until the hold ends or you switch back to Follow Schedule.

  3. Two separate full-week schedules you can switch between: On supported models (Mysa for Baseboards V2, Gen3, In-Floor, and AC; not supported on Mysa LITE), use Saved Schedules (tap Schedules at the bottom of the home screen on app 4.21.0+, or open a thermostat > Schedule) to save multiple named 7-day schedules and apply whichever one you want active.

Tips

  • Home, Away, and Vacation are the built-in shortcut types

  • Configure each Home separately if you use Multi-Home

  • A useful Away setback for many homes is about 7°C (12°F) from your comfort temperature; adjust to what works for you

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