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Manufacturers genuinely disagree, so check yours. But the electrical rating is the smaller question. The one that matters is whether a heater should ever switch on while nobody is in the room.
Yes, always. A smart plug has to stay awake to hear the command to switch on, and that costs a trickle of power around the clock. Here is how much, and when it is worth caring about.
Sometimes, and it depends almost entirely on how you heat your home now. If your timer is already well set and you turn the heating down when you go out, expect very little.