Homey Pro (Early 2023) | Smart Hub for Home Automation – Features Z-Wave Plus, Zigbee, Wi-Fi, BLE, 433MHz, Infrared, Matter & Thread. Compatible with Siri, Alexa & Google Home.

I've been using Home Assistant for some time now, and to be honest in fed up with the constant updates. 6 months getting everything working for them to then update everything and bam, automations stop working, devices just vanish or stop working ..it's getting silly. So I decided to give homey pro ago ..and my god I'm so glad I did. There isn't anything I cannot do that I couldn't on HA. And the only thing I've found that isn't compatible is hive and my Reolink cameras .. which is no biggy as they are already controlled through Alexa so it's all intertwined anyway. The flows and advanced flows are easy and intuitive..pairing devices is easy ..all protocols (WiFi, ZigBee, Z-Wave, Bluetooth (BLE), Thread, 433Mhz RF, Matter, and Infrared) all in one box ..where as you would have to add a lot of these as add in dongles and so on with HA.. you also get person presence built into the app so you can trigger automations when each person comes home or leaves within a geofenced area like you can do with HA but you don't need nabu casa for it to work if you're not technically savvy It's a no brainer Love it Update: Hive does work within Homey through the homekit integration..so all good. And I believe that a Reolink app is also coming soon. So there is actually nothing that I cannot do with homey now 👍😁 If I could give this product more than 5 stars I would in a heartbeat

The Homey Pro has become the backbone of my entire smart home setup, and I honestly can’t imagine managing everything without it. I’ve got smart lighting throughout the house, paired with motion sensors in key areas, and everything is seamlessly controlled through Homey. It’s one of the few hubs out there that handles multiple protocols - Zigbee, Z-Wave, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and even Infrared which means I can connect almost any smart device to it, no matter the brand. What makes Homey Pro stand out is its Flow automation feature, which is a simple yet powerful way to create custom automations. Even if you’re not especially tech-savvy, Flow makes it easy to build complex scenarios that work the way you want. For example, I’ve set up a flow where the lights in each room automatically adjust based on the time of day, dimming in the evenings and brightening in the mornings. If motion is detected in the hallway after dark, it turns on just enough lighting to guide the way without being too bright. All of these automations are easy to set up with Flow’s visual editor, which lets you drag and drop conditions and actions to make adjustments on the fly. The app does take a bit of getting used to, especially with the wide range of options and customizations available. But once you get the hang of it, the level of control is amazing. Another great perk is that Homey’s open approach allows me to mix and match devices from different brands, which means I’m not locked into a single ecosystem. I’ve got a combination of Philips Hue lights, Nest thermostats and Sonos speakers all working together smoothly under one app. Homey Pro isn’t cheap, and there is a bit of a learning curve, especially if you want to dive deep into custom automations. But the flexibility, functionality and ease of use are absolutely worth it if you’re serious about a connected home that just works. It’s ideal for anyone who wants one central hub capable of managing a large, varied setup. In my experience, Homey Pro has allowed me to fine-tune every aspect of my smart home exactly how I like it.

I had been looking for a solution to bring together the myriad of devices I have to overcome the shortcomings of creating routines in Google Home & Alexa. I had looked at Home Assistant but quickly realised that I don't have have the patience to go through the steep learning curve and was constantly frustrated with things not working despite following YouTube instructions to the letter and then I came across Homey with the YouTube videos labelling it the hub to rule them all. Anyway I started on the free cloud based option & created a couple of basic automations so started looking into it in more depth. I decided to take the plunge knowing that I could return it if it didn't perform as promised. Setup was straight forward and managed to connect most of my devices, annoyingly my Arlo cameras & the few Hive lights are not compatible (but I was aware of that before purchasing - check out compatibility of devices on their site before buying) Setting up routines or flows as Homey call then is a breeze and intuitive but it really comes into it's own when using the web app to create advanced flows to create complex routines. Is it perfect? No, no product is and did have some initial frustrations, eg, had to create a new Switch bot account (error adding if logging in via Google using the community created app but only had one device no no big deal) but the main one is that having many Aqara products they had to be imported as Matter products as M2 hub was Matter enabled & ZigBee devices are controllable with one controller only so you don't get the full capabilities so in time will need to remove from the Aqara ecosystem & into Homey. I did have an issue getting an error using an app created by the Homey makers and having contacted support they pushed out an update to the app within 24 hours to fix the issue, so very impressed, but be aware that many apps for the device are community created so support may not be available. So to conclude is it worth your money? If you're an enthusiast then yes and now that it's starting to get official Tuya support will likely offer even more value as time goes on. If Home Assistant is too daunting then yes, if Google Home & Alexa is insufficient, yes (you can use them both to trigger Homey flows). Hopefully over time it's ecosystem will expand with more officially in-house created app now that they are owned by LG, but so far so good if you don't mind it's nuances.

For many years I’ve had smart home products running with a combination of Apple’s HomeKit and with HomeBridge running on a separate computer. I was considering switching to Home Assistant to allow for more compatibility and to allow for more complex automations, but then a saw a video showing what Homey Pro could do, and decided to try that first. Initial set up was very easy and everything was brought into the Homey ecosystem via their great app, however, by around the 3rd day of having partially set things up I suddenly had a ‘cannot connect to Homey Pro hub’, so I took a look and it had a red light which basically means it’s crashed. I cut the power and started it back up and all was good again. A few days later I noticed a couple of my devices were showing an error. I restarted their Homey apps and they showed as ok again, but within hours they fallen over again, so I decided to remove them from the hub. Then on Saturday I’d just finished adding the rest of my devices to the hub and received another ‘can’t connect to Homey pro hub’ error. Took another look at it and as before it was showing a red light as it had crashed again (twice in less than one week). At this point I decided that this isn’t something I want to be dealing with on a regular basis. My HomeKit based set up has been extremely reliable, and for the additional benefits I’d receive by sticking with Homey I just don’t think the cost is worth it if it’s not going to be reliable. It’s a shame as I was loving it (and perhaps I received a faulty one) but I’m not prepared to regularly spend time fault finding when I don’t have to currently.

I've only need using this a week now after moving from home assistant. I toyed with the idea for some time and after spending too much time trying to keep everything running every time an integration was broke, I decided to take the plunge. I'm now wishing I'd done it earlier. Set up is ridiculously easy and setting up automations, or flows as Homey calls them is a breeze. I got pretty good with home assistant automations but the implementation on Homey is so simple. You have basic flows, which is useful for people used to the likes or smartthings or Alexa and then there are advanced flows which make is really visual. So far I've found nearly all of my devices are working, even some I thought were broke that home assistant couldn't pick up any more. Don't get me wrong, there are also some that don't work that did with home assistant but I knew about hem before hand. My Tuya devices don't work at all but there are workarounds so if you are thinking of buying them make sure you read up first. I would say if you need something more advanced than Alexa or Google home but don't need something as complex as home assistant then this fills the spot and I wish I'd bought one sooner. Yes it's expensive but I've probably spent the same money on a nabu casa subscription over the years so when you look at it that way, it's justifiable in my opinion

Amazing product, but lots of flaws, keeps frezing after few months restore is not working, this was my whole point of buying a subcription, after the 1st one i bought in march failed on me. now im waiting for terrible customer service, whom are not helpfull. only solution is to start adding all devices from scratch, and all flows, thtas crazy. so upset and dissaponited.

I was very excited to purchase the homey pro. The product left me very disappointed. Quite simply nothing would connect after multiple attempts . Everything just timed out, wired or wireless , when it would even find anything . Nothing wrong with our network. Instructions followed to the letter . Home assistant has no issues . Aqara has no issues Homey online has no issues . But the pro , was an ordeal which in the end I gave up with and returned . Oh. And don’t sign up with the Apple login. It’s supported on the device but not on the device portal . Very poor forward thinking Sorry , I wish this was better

What a amazing device early days yet but I'm so impressed so far yes its very expensive . but I tried a some what cheaper one and had no luck with it . but so far this Homey pro 23 dose what it says . to be honest a little fiddly to get sorted out and setup if you alredy have a smart home setup over wifi . I don't understand all of yet but hopefully I will do All I can say is at this moment in time brilliant a excellent awsome blown away super impressed