The Homey Vitality Dongle, which was introduced on the finish of final yr alongside a brand new suite of software program options, is now transport.
Priced at €39, the Vitality Dongle can present European Homey customers with real-time insights into their dwelling’s vitality consumption.
And by Europe, I imply Europe. The likes of Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Lithuania, Austria, Switzerland and Hungary can all get entangled as their sensible meters have the P1 port wanted for the Dongle.
Within the UK, the Vitality Dongle is not going to work, however the Homey Vitality platform works with numerous optical vitality meter readers from the likes of Frient, Aotec and Emporia.
Again the the Vitality Dongle although and it’s a P1-compatible gadget that connects on to a house’s sensible meter, streaming stay electrical energy, gasoline, and even water utilization (the place supported) to the Homey Professional or Homey Cloud platform.
The Dongle consolidates information from vitality meters, sensible plugs, photo voltaic inverters, and different power-monitoring gadgets.
The launch of the Homey Vitality Dongle coincides with the rollout of Homey’s enhanced Vitality Monitoring performance, which supplies customers a full overview of their vitality flows in a clear, easy-to-read interface.
The Vitality tab helps quite a lot of third-party monitoring gadgets, however the Homey Vitality Dongle is the only plug-and-play answer for houses with a P1 sensible meter.
When you’ve obtained it plugged in, you possibly can enter your vitality contract costs within the Homey app to see value insights alongside kWh use values. Price insights can be found for day by day, weekly, and month-to-month overviews and dynamic pricing shall be supported quickly after launch.
Past simply monitoring vitality use, Homey permits customers to automate their vitality consumption utilizing Homey Movement and Superior Movement.
For instance, customers can set their EV to cost when electrical energy costs are off-peak, or flip off high-energy home equipment throughout peak pricing durations.
The dongle connects by way of Wi-Fi and features a built-in P1 splitter, which means customers can nonetheless join a further gadget – reminiscent of an EV charger load balancer – with out requiring additional adapters.
Most newer sensible meters present sufficient energy to run the dongle straight, however a USB-A to USB-C cable is included for meters that require exterior energy.
It connects regionally to Homey Professional or via the cloud to each the free and premium tiers of Homey Cloud.
The Homey Vitality Dongle is transport at the moment and out there for €39; to order go to Homey’s web site.
Athom, the Dutch-based model behind Homey, was acquired by LG final yr, who’ve plans to combine Homey’s software program into its ThinQ platform.
LG assures us that Homey will stay unbiased although, persevering with to cater to energy customers and sensible dwelling fanatics – very similar to Samsung has accomplished with SmartThings.
Homey’s rising sensible dwelling ecosystem – powered by community-driven integrations and LG’s backing – makes it a compelling contender for managing related gadgets in a privacy-focused, regionally managed atmosphere.
