The Homey Podcast #1

[@EsbenRasmussen]

Thanks for a great session! A question for the next round: Why do we not have a universal RF app, which can learn RF signals - and the learned signals can then be stored as building blocks for flows (WHEN, AND and THEN)? For instance: My Jysk Huglo curtains use RF signals and I have found that the Brel app in Homey can control these curtains which is great. However, when someone manually uses the RF remote, Homey/the Brel app does not use this signal to set a status for my curtains... So basically Homey doesn't know whether my curtains are up or down, if someone uses the RF remote. It would be awesome, if we had the possibility to make Homey learn a RF signal and then when that signal is detected (WHEN) do something (like setting a status for your curtains in a variable).

[@erikh6413]

Yes please do this Podcast ones a month. By the way thanks for moods for early 2016 users.

[@Victoryus94]

Map view: I think the only solution is to display devices by category and by brand. You never need to see every device in every room at once. But it is very useful to be able to see the location of a device, or maybe all the switches, or lights, or devices with low battery, or devices with lost connection, etc.

[@sunilhareendran3039]

Expect to see:- Homey Pro dashboard on LG Smart TVs in 2024 and beyond.However, the potential for deep integration is significant. Potential Features and Considerations Based on the strengths of both platforms, we expect to see the below possibilities: *Basic Control:* Controlling lights, thermostats, and other devices directly from the TV seems likely. *Scene Control:* Preset scenes like "Movie Night" or "Wake Up" could be activated with a simple button press. *Visualizations:* Real-time data like temperature, humidity, or energy consumption could be displayed graphically. *Voice Control:* Integration with LG's ThinQ AI for voice commands could enhance user experience. *Security Integration:* Displaying live camera feeds (PIP) or arming/disarming security systems might be feasible. Challenges and Limitations: *WebOS Capabilities:* The extent of the integration will depend on WebOS's flexibility and performance. *User Interface:* Designing a user-friendly interface on a TV screen presents unique challenges. *Data Privacy:* Ensuring secure handling of home automation data is crucial. Expectations for the future are that it's reasonable to expect a growing integration between Homey Pro and LG Smart TVs, including HUB and dashboard.

[@peterbittner2958]

I think you have missed one aspect of adapting apple car play. Once you are in your car and apple car play is active you no longer get notifications, so if I leave my gate open I don’t get a visible notification. If notifications could be made visible through apple car play that would be fantastic.

[@Smurf19750330]

Great podcast. Now aim eager of the dashboard

[@AutomatedHome]

Please distribute these pods more broadly so I can listen through Apple podcasts 🙌

[@djcsts778]

This 👆🏼

[@homey]

Thank you for the feedback! You can now listen to The Homey Podcast on Apple Podcasts here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-homey-podcast/id1759337705

[@AutomatedHome]

@@homey Awesome, I'm subbed on Apple podcasts now and looking forward to future episodes!

[@StankoStanley86]

Please discuss Home/Away detection, because with this feature is always problem. Sometimes the reaction period for change Home/away presence is more than one hour. Everything in my phone is enabled for homey, but it does not work right. Thank you in advance.

[@modelno15]

Simple feature request idea, when we get notified about an OS or App update, could the notification link to the OS revision page or App page? It would be nice to see what was changed without having to go google the page each time.

[@rubencaceiro3776]

Thanks for new device classes Keep the good works

[@nielsvangelderen]

If you guys are going to do this regularly please put this on an actual podcast platform so I can listen to it through (my) dedicated app

[@rupsmeister]

Let’s download this episode and respond to it in 3 years 😂

[@Jorge_Pronto]

I hit the bell icon so I will receive a notification each month when you upload a new podcast!

[@nielsbouwhuis9881]

Awesome podcast. Keep it up! I’m curious for the dashboard that looks good and I can run on a wall panel. Have been waiting for this for a long time. Regarding the map: my robot vacuum from ECOVACS makes a very good 3D map and has great map building features. Perhaps use these type of integrations or the LiDAR from your smartphone to do similar?

[@michaelw_]

Als developer en Homey user thuis (en ook op kantoor 😂) vond ik deze aflevering leuk om te kijken! Waar ik wel benieuwd naar ben is of Athom in een vorm betrokken is bij de Aqara integratie. Naar mijn idee geen kleine speler op het platform, nu overgenomen door Aqara/Lumi zelf.

[@BaneneBaum]

This was a really nice Podcast! Please more

[@simonwatson474]

Is there plans for emporia energy support?

[@sofialotussen]

Reg the "map" solution. I think this would be a very good thing for people who aren't "open" to smart things and have a hard time getting used to smart home set-ups. (Talking from experience with a smart home and many visitors and a partner who id not a fan) For this I think even having just a simple solution would be fine. As in only lights and sockets. And then clicking on the TV or kitchen (complex area) would just take you in to that area in the regular Homey setting.

[@sofialotussen]

Thought a bit more about this and as it is now all pointers in the apps are descriptive I'm words. So you need to name things carefully for people to find and understand. With a map you just need to know the location of the smart device.

[@HaJee59]

Nice podcast, quick question, Can Homey not only read the Tesla Powerwall app but also write to the app? So my dynamic energy plan can be linked into the powerwall app?

[@danee356]

What’s the model of the Aqara Smart Lock you’re talking about? Also, the Ring Intercom is supported in the Community Ring app and will be available in The Netherlands shortly.

[@weejewel]

Aqara Smart Lock U200

[@robindelange1940]

@@weejewel I now use the Switchbot version with finger print. but can't use the "open Latch only" function with homey and the homey Switchbot app. do you have this option with Matter? so lock, unlock and only latch?

[@TreskTheKing]

Question for next episode: When can we se a Zigbee and Zwave Route map on PRO 23? maybe a graphic one similar to that martijnpoppen created.

[@oscardekkers]

Will it be possible to use the homey bridge with an early 2016 as a satalite?

[@Jack.Shakesbeard]

On Android Car topic. Actually yeah, it might not make too much sense to control devices from the car considering voice control is available if you want to use that. But it might be interessting to consider more like a dashboard view. Which would of course need to be customizable. Like a separate car view maybe ^^

[@SolarizeYourLife]

How do you choose what brand to make official app for??? Because I can't get govee amateur app to work for me...

[@SolarizeYourLife]

How many official apps do you come out in a year???

[@bloxjw]

there's 0 videos about homey webhooks and i have no idea how it works...

[@clambrec1957]

Will there be an (official) app for NFC for the Homey PRO 2023?

[@mnoijens]

there is no NFC chip in the Pro 2023. The older Homey's had an NFC chip, Microphone and 868Mhz Antenna, those are left out of the newer Homey Pro's.

[@robinonrust8756]

Love the podcast idea and the information you guys can give, but please give some love to the audio processing. You use radio mics but looks like no radio processing. Emiel is low in volume in the beginning and the presenter high. As a sound engineer I found this a mist opportunity to make your podcast more professional. Other thing is that I really love the way of thinking the product needs to be explained by emiel, but hope it will be in the future after LG gets the other 20%. But on the other hand, I would love to see LG products with a homey interface in it to control my house/ products.

[@JeroenB68]

About programmable LED: People seems not to realy miss that functionality... It depends on who you ask. You're sounding like those companies that have lost their prominent market position, because they where sure the endusers didn't need some functionality. First the NFC (I found a workaround), but now missing the build-in speaker and LED holds me of buying the most recent gen. Homey controller.

[@kristianfalk1598]

is Hommy still runne 100% local if I want it ??

[@kristianfalk1598]

homey

[@_staeff]

when will we get support for uncertified Matter devices so Homey can be used as a development platform for matter?

[@TzyKuTzyoMping]

nice podcast, but nothing about the Tuya Zigbee?

[@m9nu4lRJM]

Somebody knows when it Will work with Alexa in México?

[@Ronald01Peters]

Thanks for this podcast, I really liked it. Next time a life one where we can ask questions and respond to some of them. I own one of the first Homey's and I am still super happy with her/him. I moved to Down Under but it still works on all the devices i have or purcharged here in Aussie. Athome warned me that it might violate the use of homey's as for bandwidth or so in other countries but after 8 years no problem whatsoever. as I don't have the same amount of time back in the day's to create and investigate create new flows apps or add new devices, it is really nice that after so many years my Homey still works flawless, thanks thanks thanks. I do have a question, is there a comparison like the first homey against the newest homey? what can the newest homey do what the old Homey can't do and what can the new homey not do what the old homy still can do. Kind Regards, Ronald Peters

[@Ronald01Peters]

I reply on my own , as it might be nice to know what I use Homey for at the moment. My main use is that I have Philips and ikea lights. i press one button and all the lights that I need turn on or off thue on the the Philips switches, I can also use the same device to dim or brighten them. I also have Ikea motion sensors in my house and outside. the ones inside i mainly use for the night, to turn on lights in the hallway and living room towards the toilet, it turns them on and after a while they turn of. there is a bit more into this but that is just the basics to share. Homey also let me know if there is someone at the front door and sends a picture to my apple watch and homey speaks out that there is someone at the front door, with blinking light on my dressoir from the ikea lights, ( just in case I have the music to loud). When I get up in the morning 05:30 weekdays the koffy is ready at the time I have set it ( did this 6 years ago and not changed it ;-) ) it also let me know by one of the Philips lights in the living room that it is below 5 degrees celsius and I might have to deIce my car window. ( Yes even here in Junee NSW Australia it will go below 0 degrees celsius ) By a bleu cold looking Philips light, and believe me this has worked all the times and saved me coming to work to late all the times. When I come home and it is already dark and no lights are on then homey takes care of me by turning on the driveway light and after a minute or so it also turns on the patio light and some lights inside the house, very helpful. last one but certainly not the last one I run with Homey is the one when I go to work weekdays. when I leave my pre set area, everything I set, like coffee machine socket, lights and alarm will be activated or turned off. there is heaps more Homey do for me but I am sure it's too much to mentioned here.

[@Ronald01Peters]

I forgot to mention that it tells me what kind of bin and when I have to putt on the street, as this just popped onto my attention by Homey just a minute ago. 🙂

[@tikass9901]

could you create map using lidar from your own iphone ?

[@Theo-de-Koning]

What about making arrays to store variables like putting 24h dat4 on one spot then 24 solitaire variable. In PBTH you can then put 8 hour prices more together in one array.

[@rikvanmaurik]

This is a reaction to LG aquiring of Homey. I've been a homey user since the launch, i saw tthe starting pains of a new product, and i've seen homey trive in the smarthome marked. Convinced colleages to buy homey as well.. Ive bought about a hundred of sensors and smarthome products based on what homey supports., . Iput my trust in the privacy statement Athom stood for. now..I feel gutted and betrayed by this move. You do not sell LG and say your data is safe. LG has a bad bad reputation about this. ( i also refer to louis rossman videos) recently i bought a homassistant yellow, and the migration has been really fun and easy.

[@LD-DK]

Have a talk with Louis Rossman about LG’s privacy policy. They harvest and sell data on their smart TV. So a big thank you from me as a customer. I missed a product in my house harvesting everything we do. Soon we will get bills if we want to use webapp and the online parts. Mark my words. You already started taking money for funktion on the previus model. I get why you sell out. Money doesnt smell. But still sellouts.

[@Plantje1978]

Time will tell...

[@zandordandor]

RSS feed?

[@rjellema]

What about your privacy in the Tuya app for your mobile and Homey itself?

[@perlantz7201]

Bla bla bla. This is offcause a good deal for you guys cashing in. I dont see any benefits for us customers. This kind of big whales buying small companies NEVER ends well, period.

[@magohl]

The idea of 'Big whales' buying small businesses are to some extent what often, directly or indirectly, drives innovation and risk-taking. That does not mean that the end result is always better for the consumer, like many other business decisions. But being against that on a generic level is basically being against capitalism