Westinghouse 60" Electric Fireplace Heater Review

Westinghouse is a new name in this category for us, and the pitch is different from the three linear fireplaces we already carry: instead of competing on flame depth or price, the 60-inch leads with smart-home integration. The Westinghouse app pairs with Alexa and Google Home, so the flame, its color, and the heater can be scheduled or voice-controlled the way a smart plug or a thermostat can — something none of the R.W.FLAME, Touchstone, or PuraFlame units in this guide offer. It's also the most customizable flame on paper: 144 combinations of flame and ember color, five brightness levels, and five flame speeds, versus a fixed handful of presets on the budget units.

Underneath the app is the same fireplace format as everything else here: a 5.56-inch-deep unit that recesses into a stud wall or hangs on the surface, a 750/1,500W fan-forced heater behind the glass with a 62–82°F thermostat, and a flame that runs independently of the heat. The 24-hour timer is the longest in the category — useful if you want the flame running through a whole evening without babysitting it. At 1,500 watts it's the same ~5,100 BTU as the Touchstone and R.W.FLAME: enough to take the edge off a bedroom or a living-room corner, not a furnace replacement.

The honest caveat is that this is a new entrant without the years of user feedback the Touchstone Sideline has, and it's also the most expensive fireplace we carry — meaningfully more than the Touchstone, let alone the R.W.FLAME. You're paying for the smart-home layer and the deepest color customization in the category, not for flame realism we can vouch for as superior to Touchstone's established layered effect. If voice control and app scheduling matter to you, it's the only fireplace here that delivers them; if flame quality and a proven track record matter more, the Touchstone remains the safer bet. Plan the install around a dedicated outlet in the cavity, same as any other linear fireplace.