Homey Bridge | Smart Home Hub for Home Automation – Features Z-Wave Plus, Zigbee, Wi-Fi, BLE, 433MHz & Infrared. Compatible with Siri, Alexa & Google Home.

So easy to set up and have found it really useful for connecting my devices around my home, in particular setting up flows for my smart lights and music.

I purchased this bridge because it was specified as supporting the smart light I had just bought.It discovered the light without issue using Zigbee, but then the Homey app told me that I needed to buy the significantly more expensive Homey Pro (6 times the price of this bridge!) in order to control the light.Returned.

I bought this 18 months ago thinking that support for different device manufacturers would grow, but it hasn't. For those that it does support, you can only 'install' a limited subset of their devices. It's shame - if they'd made it more open source, I'm sure the community would have got involved. The potential is great, but it just hasn't matured. They obviously want you to buy the HUGELY expensive Pro version, which has access to a growing community library of devices and services. I'll stick with Smartthings which is improving day-by-day, plus Sharptools.

I’m a huge fan of home automation and have everything from my lights to my fish tanks, garden discos and my racing rig all connected in some way or another.I took the Homey Bridge | Smart Home Hub for Home Automation in for test and review but sadly hit quite a few issues.Firstly, I was disappointed to have to subscribe to use its features. Any more than 5 devices require a sign up that at that point hadn’t shown me any real reason to have to part with cash monthly.I have roughly 70 devices to connect up and in all honesty, I find my current system provides me with everything this can other than energy usage data which is something I’d rather not see personally. Its an out of sight, out of mind thing.I’ve also not been able to connect some of the smaller, less known brands. I have two lightbulbs in my bedroom for example that had quite a different set up when I got them and I have no way of including them on this system. For me this is a deal breaker. Its designed to have all devices in one place but if I can add them I’m still having to rely on my other system too.The device is nice though, well made and has a small footprint and the user-face within the app is much easier to use than other products in this field. The flow feature in particular is very well designed and easy to understand… but again, that’s behind a paywall.So after all this, the only true feature I could see myself using this for is the positives that come from having all my devices locally rather then relying on the internet connection to the alternative providers servers. The extra abilities when it comes to routines are nice and there are many more options for people who understand coding to get more out of the system but that’s unfortunately beyond me.Overall it’s a nice device and many work well for some. For me… my current system does everything I need it too and see no reason for changing for the time being. It has potential though!

After using it for a few months, I can confidently say that it has truly transformed my home into a smart and efficient space. The biggest advantages of Homey is its compatibility with a wide range of devices. With ZWave Plus, Zigbee, WiFi, BLE, 433MHz, Infrared, Matter and Thread, it can connect and control almost any smart home device. This means I no longer have to worry about compatibility issues and can easily manage all my devices from one central hub. With Homey Flow, I can create custom flows that allow my devices to work together seamlessly. For instance, I have set up a flow where my lights automatically turn on when I enter a room and turn off when I leave. This not only saves me time but also reduces my energy consumption. Another feature that I love is the real time and historical energy usage tracking. It has helped me become more aware of my energy consumption and make necessary changes to reduce my carbon footprint. I also receive sensor alerts, which keep me informed about any changes or issues with my devices.

Great marketing, for a very expensive eco system, thouh]that I would try the bridge before committing to a massive expenditure to replace many existing hubs, which would be desirable, couldn’t pair the bridge with a single one of my devices.

Although initially satisfied with the bridge, after pairing my 5th smart device I found that in order to pair any more a subscription is needed and in honesty at the price this unit is I expected to be able to pair a lot more devices than 5 otherwise it really doesn't enable me to use my devices any easier than using them individually on their own apps. I can understand some more pro smart devices may need the more Pro bridge but with the amount of subscriptions everything requires nowadays I'm tempted to go back to 'dumb' devices! And I love smart enabled products. I do think this unit should enable at least 20 paired devices before requiring a subscription so for that reason it's a miss from me.

First time to use this kind of device, really impressive. It is well made, Very compact, easy to set up and connect with a wide range of home devices. App is also easy to use and very supportive.Brilliant smart device. Having been using it for two weeks, no issues at all, I can now control all of my compatible devices from one place.The only downside is that it is a bit on the expensive side, and it is a bridge for smart home hub which you need to purchase separately.