Are you switching to the Homey Pro smart home hub, or keeping what you already have? 🤔

Nah, after wink I vowed to never get locked into one vendor as a hub. I'll stick with home assistant and open source for as long as possible.

I've recommended this one to a friend of mine over 2 years ago and he absolutly loves it, he isn't as tech savy so something likes HAS isn't something for him, the price sounds steep but with all the antenna's and software onboard it isn't thatt bad

Wow, this video is a comprehensive guide to the Homey Pro smart home hub! I appreciate the detailed breakdown of hardware, apps, automations, and device compatibility. It's great to have all this information in one place. I'm considering getting the Homey Pro, and this video has been really helpful in making an informed decision. Thanks for sharing your insights and experiences! 👍

loved the review, mate! I was on Homey (not the pro version, which was only recently released) up until a couple of years back and used to love it. Now on Home Assistant, which is a beast in terms of features, compatibility, community support, etc. but as any home assistant owner knows, it's a great path to 1) family divorce and 2) bad sleep habits - I challenge any HA user they've never been up till late to fix issues such as broken devices, flows, etc. or even figure out how implement and perfect a new automation! With Homey, I could easily do basic automations from the phone from anywhere and they just worked! (and for the advanced stuff....yeah, of course you need to be on a proper keyboard and screen!) you nearly got me to get back into Homey world until....welll, the integrationd doesn't actually work! ooops! I don't discard one day going back and compromising the power of home assistant in favour of the Homey Pro simplity, yet decent amount of power!

Great review. We’ve moved most our home over including over 45 zwave devices. A few of our devices are not yet supported but surprised at how many are. So now we are shaking it out.

I was looking forward to your coverage on this. I was thinking about adding this.

Use the homey pro for a couple of months allready it works flawless for al my automations and i also use it as my house alarm

Reed, love the skit at the end, so glad to see you all contributing!

Finally, an objective review with all the minuses and advantages. Congratulations!

I have one. It's my first automation hub and I'm happy with it. Very easy to use, Advanced Flows are great. I do have some issues with WiFi reliability but they're working on that and ethernet seems to work fine for others.

I have been waiting for homey to come to the states for years. Thanks for the video.

Great review, just what people need to know/understand from this type of device ! Thanks !

Thanks, Reed. That is a steep price point but it does seem to be cutting edge in user-friendliness, so I'll definitely be taking a closer look.

I have the 2019 model. Controls central heating, IR heating, air filter, ventilation (windows) lights, home theater, energy, etc. Pretty complex flows made, all works perfectly. Even if a sensor doesn't work, you can just program a plan b.

As a former Homey user, in Europe, your experience resonates(it's not just US)... things don't connect well, tend to be unstable, and depend HEAVILY on 3rd party developers (which you didnt really mention) I moved to home assistant and haven't looked back

You're THE BEST! Keep it going!!! ❤

Got my Pro a few weeks now and I love it

I love the look and feature set BUT that price kills it for me at the moment. Looking forward to future videos on this to see how much I can get out of it first.

From an awesome Dutch 🇳🇱 company 👍

Nice video Reid. Sticking with Smartthings for now!

Of course you love it......they gave it to you to play with. At that price point Home Assistant is FAR better.......

Just bought mine a month ago because someone mentioned it in a reddit post I was reading. I LOOOOOVE it and while there's a couple things it doesn't support, once it does, I can pretty much ditch Homebridge!! Do you think this one compares to the new HOOBS Pro? I almost went for that one until I saw it was still in pre-order.

I've had this several years and love. Now using the latest Homey Pro 2023, and it is awesome and can't really be compared to the older models... You mentioned there are no substitutions... Thats wrong! You need one very important subscription: The automatic daily backup!! Thats important, when you have built a lot of great flows and your personal settings, it must be backed up 😉

@smarthomesolver How are you using this in your environment? I am running home assistant for my automations but i have devices sent out to homekit through home assistants homekit bridge so i can use siri to control stuff, if need be, same with amazon but all automations are done in home assistant. This looks cool and i like the flows as i can't seem to figure out node red but i was curious how you plan to use it with your setup.

I use Hubitat Elevation C7 and have been looking to go to the C8 and now I am looking at Homey. What would be the best hub if you have many Aqara devices? What is the best way to keep them connected? I have gotten some tradfri outlets but when I look at my Zigbee map, 2 of the three outlets have nothing connected to them.

Thanks for another great video. Will it detect and control say wifi switches from some unknow company or only with what they have integrated with? And what did you mean by saying it has no search?

Thanks Reed.

Question: I own a few Tuya/Smart Life devices, but would like to expand my home automation. I found so-called Multi Mode Hubs, which appear to be able to connect with non-ZigBee devices (like the Tuya devices I already own) and ZigBee devices. Looks like the best option for me to keep using old devices and add new ZigBee-compatible devices. Am I correct with my assumption? Anything important to know about those multi-mode hubs? Thanks :-)

This hub seems great!!

Hey reed, you should review Switchbot’s new robot vacuum. I guess it changes out water for the mop part of it by itself by connecting to a water line in your house to the base station. Maybe worth checking out?

Can Homey Pro forward Unifi camera videos to HomeKit or I’ll still need a Homebridge or Hass for that?

Looks interesting but expensive! I’d like to use HA but would like a specific Raspberry Pi recommendation for a medium sized system. I don’t see one in your shopping lists. Would you mind taking a few minutes to recommend exactly what I need? I’d appreciate it greatly!

This looks like a user friendly device with an intuitive interface. One concern is the fact it took you 5-6 times to pair a Zigbee device, that makes me believe that those devices will drop off the zigbee network after sometime, I would suggest it would be due to wifi interfence. Great device though to get yourself in the door with all things IoT.

Been on HA for years, and I might consider this. Leaving ST and HE for HA made me happy for a while, but the lack of user friendliness and how finicky HA can be might have me switching soon. I have a constant fear of updating an app or OS and completely borking my setup. Heck, sometimes HA hangs on me just because it wants to, and when it does, can take all of my Zwave devices with it.

I had Homey for a while, but I moved away from it to Home Assistant. My main issues were: No dashboard support, well you could use a third party one, but you can't customize it. Limited device support. The developer support isn't as good as, for example, Home Assistant. Finding devices in the app is horrible. You can't use the app during an internet outage, flows will continue to run though.

I've been looking at the Homey Pro for when I start my smart house conversion. Please tell me you're making a series of flows and automations, as well as recommended accessories for the Homey Pro.

Looks pretty easy to use.

Could you make a home assistant to homey, or more homey to home assistant tutorial? I've used homey for years and are now adding home assistant so would be nice if I can get things from homey in home assistant

Interesting product. Having Homey do the Flows/Automations would be great. But for day to day use I would want to (forgive me YT) use the Apple Home app

Haha your child stealing the hub was a nice sketch :)

Hello, do you know if Wifi Thermostats BeOK are compatible with Homey Pro?

Yea, heard about it it for a while now (since February, I think. But they kept delaying it, until you featured it, that is) I wished it's priced a little lower, like 299 or even less, that would be nice.

hello, with homey can I connect aqara products without a hub?

It will not pair with WEMO or Meross devices and I have a lot of them! The apps on Homey Pro only show EU outlets? What did I miss? Is there a version for USA?

Wowwwwwww that's niceeeee

I may have missed this, but my main concern would be how it works without internet. It is DOA for me if internet is required for it to function (after setup). Also, it being new to the states is not an excuse for any of the pairing and discovery issues as those aren't different in europe.

How does Homey Pro compare to Home Assistant as far as the power of the automations and reliability? You can add ZWave to the Home Assistant Yellow, as well as WiFi and the like, but yeah, the default box doesn't come with it. I am more interested in how the automations work though, and how easy they are to set up.

Excited for the review of the Homey Pro! Bummed to see that it's far from future proof, at $400, with 1.8ghz cpu/2gb memory. 😐

If I buy honey pro would I still need Phillips and aqua hubs

I already have it!

Is this able to replace a home assistant hub?

the interface is cool...but i wouldnt buy that even at half the price ! Thanks for the review ! Sick Hub!

Can I trigger homey flows from Google voice commands? Hey google, it's showtime! (Runs homey flow to put everything into home theater mode). Is that possible?

0:19 - I reckon I can do that rubik’s cube no problem.

Should try out that final flow in a youtube short lol

Can it speak natively to echo without virtual switches ?

Home automation is really nice and convenient but if and when it goes down you are done. I live in an apartment so my only automations are my Hue lights and microwave connected to Alexa. When Alexa acts up it is more than enough of a hassle to get things back online and running again. I can just imagine how much of a nightmare it would be to get a whole house back online and functioning again.

That flow pun is underrated lol.

On security…… where is user data stored and does the company have access to user data?

I like this but I’d say that Hubitat might be the strongest choice for someone who wants the power of home assistant without the hassle of dealing with the pi. I say this because the Hubitat forums are filled with support whereas Homey might take some time to get there.

If I get this hub, will I still need a Lutron and Hue hub?

What about the bluetooth antenna

I think that all makers SHOULD conclude an agreement to have standardized protocols, in order to avoid having to buy, for example, a new control unit for each and every hardware device added to an automation system. I don't which to live the same nightmare we had in the 80s and 90s ; having a bunch of remote controls that have the same commands, but different codes. The result? Tens of millions of RC still working, that goes to garbage for incompatibility reasons.

How many devices can it have via wifi? Doesn't seem like it could handle a whole house of smart lights.

Is that's what happened to stringify?

I have Google home devices with Google assistant, which is less useful than a pile of bricks. Question is, using the homey pro with Google assistant... Will it improve commands like turning on lights or music to certain devices? At the moment i ask Google to play music and it adds a banana to my shipping list 😅

Can I disable the WFi? Why doesn't it have LoRa?

For 400 USD i'll KEEP what i have think you very much no way no how will i EVER go back to a proprietary hub and definitely not at that price.

Loxone is far better, though I don’t know if it’s available

I'm surprised about the many price complaints. To me 400 isn't that expensive if it saves me a bunch of time compared to building a Home Assistant setup. I mean, we've all spent much more on sensors, devices, smart lights and speakers anyway. I know I have.

Why don't you compare new products to Hubitat anymore? 😞

i love it but the hardware could be better

OMFG!!!! $599 here in Canada 😞

I switched. Went from Home Assistant to Homey Pro. I still have Home Assistant on my home network, but it is mainly used to help get devices that aren't in Homey Pro apps, over to Homey Pro. I struggled with getting automations to work in Home Assistant the way I wanted them too, and decided to give Homey Pro a try with flows. It has been great and love it! I didn't know about it until saw this video. All of my flows just work, it's nice. I like tweaking them, vs Home Assistant, where I really didn't like trying to tweak Home Assistant. I'm always looking to try some new fun flows in Homey Pro. I have my theme music playing (Imperial March, of course) for me, and if not home, "Let The Bodies Hit The Floor" when my room goes active. I just make sure that before I purchase something new, it is part of the Homey Pro network, and so far, most of what I've wanted to get, is. Think Nanoleaf Essentials is about only device I have that isn't part of the system, for things like playing scenes. Nanoleaf Shapes have scenes, so that works.

$399. For a smart hub!! I guess thats somwhere in-between smart things and control 4. But really limits your customer base.

It seems like a great product. Unfortunately Homey doesn't support 433MHz in the US yet and they don't know when they will be granted a license. I would love to use it to control my Somfy RTS roller shades.

Home Assistant takes way too much work and maintenance. It was taking over too much of my lfie.

You say it controls locally, if the internet goes down, but I don't trust any of these hubs unless they show it actually being done!!! Besides, another YTer says it doesn't work if the Internet goes down...

I feel like saying "Home Assistant Yellow Doesn't even have Zwave" is a little disingenuous. Yes, directly out of the box, that specific piece of hardware doesn't but, it's not like HA doesn't support Zwave at all. Zwave support in HA is rather robust, as you know. And if you're comparing features; I'd rather take an internal adapter for Zwave like the Z-pi 7 than having to use a dongle just for ethernet.

600 CAD!!! No way!

I have run both Homey Pro (the ball) and Home Assistant. Both have its pros and cons, so it’s impossible to just have one. The good with homey: Works better with Aqara devices than HA Connects to a lot of things Easier to use The bad with Homey: No dashboards No template sensors (that I know of, please correct me with a solution) Price No good energy dashboard. The one that exists hasn’t been updated since 2021 and isn’t very good.

DOA

It seems really diluted to me. I guess I have... Homey apathy. I'll see myself out.

Tried the app, connected it to my Hue lights. Yawn.. The app is not easy to use, like where are my rooms / groups whatever they are called in Hue? I looked and looked and it was not obvious. The flows initially seemed to make sense but then got confusing. Gave it a chance but no i'll pass.

Far too expensive, at around half price I would consider it but not for this.

Please teach me how to make a smart home

and if it wasnt for the stupid brand naming, id might be interested. As it is though, Im not

Hi

400.00😂 NOPE

Open source forever and nothing else

I'm sorry, I don't care HOW good it is. That name.... Having to tell anyone I had a "Homey" Pro in my house? Not gonna happen.

$400 for a hub? No thank you.

6:34 😂 I dont care if this hub can transform and cook me dinner at night. For that price they can keep it.

Don’t bay the homeypro before you read forum on the homey can’t add zwave

wow this thing is super expensive for a micro pc that is basically all it is. micro pc with multiple radios .

i think you really should stop getting money from manufacturer

I love the look and feature set BUT that price kills it for me at the moment. Looking forward to future videos on this to see how much I can get out of it first.