Athom, Dutch creators of the Homey sensible residence system have reinvented the controller as an app and Cloud service. The makers say that Homey works with many cloud-connected gadgets, comparable to Philips Hue, Sonos, Spotify and may hook up with 50.000+ sensible residence gadgets from 1000+ manufacturers.
No {hardware} is required to attempt it out and you can begin off on the free tier with the Cloud solely service and as much as 5 Cloud gadgets.
If you need greater than that, and you’ll, then a month-to-month £2.99 subscription means that you can management limitless gadgets and provides entry to Homeys highly effective logic engine.
The following step is so as to add the £69 Homey Bridge. This new gadget has on-board {hardware} so you’ll be able to add Bluetooth, Zigbee, Z-Wave, 433 MHz and Infrared management to your setup.
Lastly, the Homey Professional controller remains to be obtainable at £399 with the benefits proven within the comparability desk beneath.
Take a look at the keynote video beneath and go to homey.app
