Versions

6.3

21 November 2024

Allows stopping blinds using the Hold Position characteristic
Includes 37 new accessory icons
Supports searching for scenes when adding a scene to an automation
Shows accessories with battery-related characteristic in the “Battery” and “Low Battery” category
Fixes some layout issues on iOS 18

6.2.1

8 November 2023

Shows reordering options on Favorites screen
Doesn’t group accessories by room on Favorites screen
Fixes watchOS watch face complications
Fixes appearance of scenes when screen has a background image

6.2.0

17 October 2023

The battery level of your HomeKit accessories is now available in the smart group “Batteries”
A home screen widget can now show multiple accessories and scenes on iOS 17
The new battery widget shows the battery level of accessories right on your home screen
Multiple garage doors are now available under the smart group “Garage Doors”
Accessories are grouped by room in the overview screen

6.1.0

27 March 2023

An accessory can be replaced by another one. This is useful if an accessory is broken and has to be replaced in scenes and automations.
A scene can now import all actions from another scene.
Better support for Eve Weather charts.

6.0

25 November 2022

New Features

Provides widgets to toggle accessories and to set scenes from the Home and Lock Screen.
Allows setting a wallpaper as background. (Wallpaper are synced between devices with the same iCloud account.)
Shows a chart for history values from Eve accessories.
Contains UI improvements to better match the style in the new Apple Home app.

Improvements

Accessories can now be sorted by type, name or room.
Widgets on watchOS now work more reliable.

5.4.3

31 May 2022

Fixes an issue, where all weekdays are pre-configured for time-based automations.

5.4.2

23 May 2022

HomeKit now requires that the recurrence days (ex Saturday and Sunday) are specified for time-based automations (ex Time is 9.00 AM). This update makes sure that Home+ shows the recurrence days for those kinds of automations.

5.4.1

28 April 2022

Shows link button to copy navigation link in accessory detail view

5.4.0

28 April 2022

Adds support for navigation urls to open specific screens in the app
Adds swimming pool icon
Fixes an issue where some characteristics could not be added to automations

5.3.3

28 March 2022

Fixes the issue that characteristics are not shown for an accessory
Fixes wrong order of automation folders

5.3.2

24 March 2022

Improvements

Better supports push buttons
Supports ConnectSense custom characteristics
Shows info when others are already viewing a camera stream

5.3.0

12 February 2022

– Allows activating/deactivating of automations in a folder – Fixes the sort order of automations

5.2.2

19 January 2022

Shows the automations for a scene in the detail view
Adds a search field to search scenes
Supports multiple location events in one automation

5.2.1

18 November 2021

Improvemets

Improves status text of thermostats
Include range trigger events in backups

5.2.0

23 September 2021

Includes additional app and accessory icons
Supports iOS 15

5.1.1

17 May 2021

Fixes a crash when option the list of automations

5.1.0

4 May 2021

New Features

Provides option to execute automation once. The automation is then disabled after execution.
Provides a compact appearance size for camera, scene and sensor widgets. See “App Settings” → “Today Widgets”.
Allows hiding accessories
Supports grouped fans

Improvements

Allows using custom characteristics in automations
Improves performance when adding a HomeKit bridge with a lot of bridged accessories
Shows filter maintenance services

5.0.2

20 February 2021

Improvements

Supports automation trigger for a value range
Allows searching for automations based on scene name
Provides haptic feedback when using digital crown on the Apple Watch

Bug Fixes

Fixes issue where a backup could not be created
Fixes issue where the backup file name contains a colon “:”
Fixes issue where the value of a sensor was clipped
Fixes typo in German translation
Fixes sort order of scenes on Apple Watch
Fixes issue where accessory group is not displayed if the contained accessories are located in different rooms
Fixes issue where air quality and humidity sensors are not shown under Air Senors
Fixes issue where Vado bridge is not shown under Bridges

5.0.2

8 February 2021

Bug fixes

5.0.0

4 February 2021

Home+ 5 is a major update and includes an enhanced user interface and new powerful features, which makes it easier to control and configure HomeKit devices.

The new user interface was designed to feel familiar and to make it easier than ever to control accessories and to configure automations.
New icons allow you to personalise your accessories, rooms and scenes.
The updated Automation screen lets you organise your automations in folders.
With Smart Groups you can quickly control multiple accessories at once.
In new Favourites screen all your favourite scenes, accessories, cameras and sensors are listed.
You can finally restore your HomeKit data with backups.

4.2.2

22 June 2020

Allows using time of day and solar altitude in one automation condition (ex “From 10 AM to Sunset”, or “From Sunrise to 2 Hour after Sunrise”)
Fixes showing rounded characteristic values in automations (ex. 1.2 kW is now displayed as 1,230 W)

4.2.1

10 June 2020

Bug Fixes

Fixes bug where the color of light bulbs is not correctly shown in automations
Fixes wrong order of scenes in widget

4.2.0

26 May 2020

Improvements

Allows copying and pasting of light colours via a long press on the hex value
Adds additional offset increments to sunrise/sunset events ad conditions

Bug Fixes

Fixes issue where small lux values were not available

4.1.4

6 April 2020

Improvements

Increase undo actions countdown duration to 24h

Bug Fixes

Fixes bug where a selected accessory is ignored when creating new automations
Fixes “Cannot connect to iTunes Store” error on app launch

4.1.3

24 January 2020

Fixes crash during launch on devices running iOS 12.

4.1.2

8 January 2020

Correctly refreshes accessories after app launch

4.1.1

27 November 2019

Fixes an issue where scenes could not be added to automations

4.1

21 November 2019

New Features

Allows showing service in separate tile
Includes 20 new accessory icons
Provides an activist log where changes of characteristic values are listed; see Settings > Activity Log
Allows ordering of favorite accessories, cameras, groups and scenes; see Settings > Favorites

Improvements

On smaller screen sizes (iPhone SE), the accessory and group widget only shows 2 tiles per row

4.0.1

17 October 2019

Enhancements

Adds button to quickly add action for specific accessory to a scene
Changes name of Apple Watch app and widgets to Home+
Shows warning symbol when accessory has detected an obstruction
Shows room name for accessory tile in widget
Supports Nanoleaf light panel
Prevents line break between value and unit

Bug Fixes

Fixes issue when editing color of light in scene and automation
Fixes an issue where the status low battery is shown, even though it should be hidden
Fixes various crashes

4.0

25 September 2019

New Features

Resdesigned user interface
New Accessories tab shows a list of accessories as tiles
New 50+ accessories icons
New app icon and allows changing the app icon
Supports Dark Mode on iOS 13

More Improvements

Supports context menues on iOS 13
Supports string characteristics in scenes and automations
Allows merging multiple scenes into one
Allows duplicating scenes and triggers
Allows adding more than one condition of the same characteristic to an event trigger
Synchronizes the order of HomeKit items via iCloud
Accessories from a specific room can be temporarily hidden in the Accessories tab.

Apple Watch

Updated user interface with tile layout
Camera snapshots are now correctly displayed

3.4.1

21 May 2019

Enhancements

Supports Lock Management related characteristics in automations
Supports Ecobee motion detected duration
Supports Leviton dimmer
Shows air pressure values always in hectopascal
Doesn’t show black bars in camera snapshots

Bug Fixes

Fixes issue where list of automations is not updated when switching from Apple’s Home to Home 3

3.4

15 April 2019

New Features

Shows values of services in groups
Contact sensors can now be associated with a doors, garage doors, windows or blinds
New colour presets for lights
Supports latest Parce Plus firmware
Supports Mi Flora accessory (via Homebridge plugin)

Enhancements

Watch app supports new row animation when scrolling in watchOS 5.1 and higher
Improves support for Fibaro heat controller

Bug Fixes

Fixes crash when adding Eve Energy to automation

3.3.1

11 December 2018

New Features

New icon for the Apple Watch app as well as new complication icons

Further Improvements

In automations the room name is shown next to the device name to make it easier to distinguish between devices with the same name
Updates the thermostat automation example when creating a new automation

Bug Fixes

Brightness changes of lights by using a swipe gesture are now correctly send to the device
Change of name of a room and zone is now correctly shown

3.3

26 November 2018

New Features

Includes a new Camera widget to see your favorite HomeKit cameras in the Today View
Allows changing the conjunction (AND, OR) of conditions
Supports rain and wind sensor of Netatmo weather station

Improvements

Improves toggling of window, window covering and doors
Allows 1, 2, 3 and 4 seconds countdown to undo trigger actions

Bug Fixes

Fixes crash when adding Eve Door & Window to an automation
Fixes bug where altitude is not correctly converted to feet

3.2.4

1 June 2018

Supports opening and closing windows, window coverings and doors via swipe-left gesture in the app or tap in the widget
Fixes bug where app could not be opened from the widget

3.2.3

22 May 2018

Fixes wrong calculation of temperature in Fahrenheit

3.2.2

17 May 2018

Enhancements

Supports brightness characteristic for the night light service of First Alert OneLink smoke detector and CO detector

Bug Fixes

Fixes issue where camera live stream is clipped
Fixes bug where initial temperature unit is not set in Watch app
Fixes bug where favourites are not updated in Watch app

3.2.1

22 February 2018

Fixes crash when adding action to scene

3.2.0

19 February 2018

Improvements

Shows value picker below slider when selecting row
Asks to add scene or individual actions to an automation
Improves scrolling performance
Supports iHome firmware service
Supports Netatmo Home Coach sound sensor
Asks when deleting automation to also delete assigned scene

Bug Fixes

Fixes bug where today widgets don’t resize when number of favourites changed
Fixes bug where new group doesn’t show up immediately after creation
Fixes bug where reordering doesn’t always work
Fixes crash when adding current temperature of Elgato Eve Weather accessory as trigger event, if current temperature is below 0°C
Fixes German translations

3.1.2

21 December 2107

Improvements

Add Spanish translations
Provides more sunrise/sunrise event offset values (e.g. 2 hours before sunrise)
Adds swipe gesture to enable and disable trigger
Allows time condition for event trigger with events other than time events

Bug Fixes

Fixes size of Today widgets
Fixes wrong temperature unit in Today widgets
Fixes bug where time of event trigger was displayed wrong
Fixes bug where undo countdown could not be removed from an event trigger
Fixes gray icon if garage door was closed

3.1.1

16 October 2017

Fixes an issue where today widgets couldn’t be loaded.

3.1.0

14 October 2017

Improvements

Triggers can fire on a specific range value again
Allows more precise control of values using a slider
Supports bidirectional communcation with IP cameras
Improves layout on iPhone X
Doesn’t show incorrect Home Hub state

Bug Fixes

Fixes IP camera stream in dark theme
Fixes bug where characteristic value is not sent to accessory if finger is lifted outside of the slider
Fixes crash on iPad when long pressing on the “Add Actions” button

3.0

19 September 2017

Home 3 adds support for iOS 11 with an updated user interface and new automation features.

User Interface – Home 3 looks beautiful with the updated user interface, which is specifically designed for iOS 11. Home also supports the new accessibility text sizes and provides a dark theme, if Smart Invert Colours is enabled. And finally you can reorder your accessories, scenes and triggers using Drag & Drop.

Automation – Home 3 supports the new automation features introduced in iOS 11. You can now execute actions on sunrise/sunset, when somebody leaves or enters home and when a characteristic value is within a specific range. There are also new trigger conditions to only execute actions on specific weekdays or based on the presence of people at home. These and other features allow you to automate your home in new ways.

More Improvements

Actions can now be added directly to triggers
Adds support for programmable switches and color temperature
Provides preview actions to turn devices on or off
Sets unit settings based on devices’ region setting

Bug Fixes

Fixes bug where the state of groups couldn’t be changed from the Today View

2.1.6

27 August 2017

Updates links to webpage and support email address

2.1.5

10 August 2017

Supports iHome Smart Monitor: You can now change the Ambient Light Detection Threshold and the sound detector service is now available under the Services tab.
Supports Eve Motion
Unblocking of bridged accessory now works again

2.1.4

23 June 2017

Adds iOS 11 compatibility
Adds support for air purifier, de-/humidifier, heater and cooler
Fixes in issue where temperature was shown wrong if step value was less than 1 degree
Fixes empty today widget on iOS 9

2.1.3

18 January 2017

Fixes appearance of Today widget for larger text
Fixes crashes

2.1.2

3 January 2017

Allows changing the state of groups in the Today widget and Watch app

2.1.1

1 December 2016

Adds support for locks in Today widgets
Fixes issue when adding new accessories

2.1

26 October 2016

Enhancements

Long press on an item in the Today widget to open the Home app and jump directly to a scene, service or service group
Tapping on a Today widget item now also changes the state of a door, garage door and microphone
Provide haptic feedback on iPhone 7 (Plus) for swipe actions
Support Elgato Eve Energy electric current, current consumption and current voltage in event trigger conditions
Improve legibility of long text in the Today widgets

Bug Fixes

Fix bug where wrong scene is execute from the Apple Watch app

2.1

24 September 2016

Fixes layout of Today widget on iOS 10
Allows non-readable characteristics as trigger events

2.0

12 September 2016

Version 2 improves the look and feel of the app on iOS 10 and watchOS 3, adds support for HomeKit IP cameras and makes it easier to control outlets and lights.

iOS 10 and watchOS 3 - The Today widgets are redesigned to better fit into iOS 10. The watchOS app matches the style of the Today widgets now too.

IP Camera - If you’re running iOS 10, you can now control your HomeKit IP cameras on iOS and watchOS.

Outlets and Light Bulbs - Outlets and light bulbs can now be control using swipe actions. You can toggle the power state by swiping to the left. Swiping to the right lets you quickly change the brightness of lights. For coloured lights you can choose from predefined colours.

1.6.6

2 August 2016

Support for the new Elgato Eve Room firmware

1.6.5

18 July 2016

Support for the new Elgato Eve Weather firmware

1.6.4

2 July 2016

Fixes an issue with Philips Hue White Ambience lights

1.6.3

15 June 2016

Better support for Philips Hue White Ambiance, Nanoleaf Hub, and iHome SmartPlug accessories.

1.6.2

16 May 2016

Enhancements

Better support for Ecobee thermostat (Thanks Francis)
Better support for right-to-left languages
Hide Lock Management and Battery service in Services tab
Show correct characteristic for group in Today widget and Apple Watch app

1.6.1

6 May 2016

Enhancements

Support First Alert OneLink accessory and Ecobee temperature sensors
Show service icons for accessories, in scenes, and event triggers
Show current consumption in overview for Parce One outlet
Show if smoke is detected in overview for smoke detectors

1.6

22 April 2016

New Overview - The list of accessories is now replaced by a list of services. This resolves issues where accessories with the same name couldn’t be distinguished. Accessories are now available in the Home tab.

Peek and Pop - You can now use Force Touch to peek and pop into homes and services on your iPhone 6s (Plus).

HomeKit Accessory Support - There is now a better support for Parce One and Ecobee 3 accessories.

Enhancements

Support associated service types in groups
Use Heart symbol to mark something as favourite
Consistently order actions in scenes
Allow unconfigured accessories to join your Wi-Fi network using Wireless Accessory Configuration (WAC)
Hide Home and Triggers tab for invited people because they can’t make changes anyway
Separate time and event triggers in two groups
Sort triggers by last fire date
Show service name instead of accessory name in trigger characteristic conditions
Show checkmark for characteristics which are used in scenes or triggers
Show version number in settings

Bug Fixes

Fix bug where next fire date of time trigger was in the past
Fix bug where last fire date of trigger was wrong

1.5

2 March 2016

Groups - Groups are used to combine multiple services and allow you to change characteristics of those services simultaneously. Groups can also be used to create scenes. Learn More

Tab Bar - Rooms and Zones are merged into one tab. Accessories are now under the Accessories Tab. Groups were added.

Enhancements

Better support for Elgato Eve Weather, Room, Door and Energy products
Don’t allow event triggers to be enabled without scenes and events
Support boolean write-only characteristics
Show ⚠️ in widget if connection to accessory could not be established

Bug Fixes

Fixes issue where list of accessories is not updated when service name changed
Fixes issue where on/off toggle is shown in Today widget for non-writeable characteristic
Fixes bug where temperature unit was wrong in specific cases. Now only the user defined unit in the app settings is used.
Fixes issue where list of triggers was not updated when next fire date of timer trigger changed
Hopefully fixes issue where no toggle is shown in Today widget for accessories

1.4

13 January 2016

3D Touch Support - Use Quick Actions to execute your scenes right from the Homescreen on iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus.

Event Trigger Enhancements - You can now create triggers, which are activated every time a characteristic value changes.

Other Enhancements

Improve support for dynamic type (different text sizes)
Show service name of favorite accessory also in Watch app
Better support for slider step values other than 1 or 0.1
Make it easier to see if an accessory is already assigned to a room
Provide links to help pages throughout the app

1.3.1

14 December 2015

Fixes a critical issue where invalid event triggers could be created. In iOS 9.2 homes, which contain invalid event triggers cannot be accessed anymore.
Shows + and - for Hue sliders
Fixes images for iPhone 6(s) Plus

1.3

9 December 2015

Favorite Scenes - You can now favorite scenes, which then show up in the Today view and Apple Watch app.

Watch App - The Watch app shows your favorite accessories and scenes. The interaction with accessories is now limited to simple actions, like turning on a light.

Scenes and Triggers Creation - Selecting a row for a characteristic, adds the current value as action to a scenes or as event to a trigger. Selecting a highlighted row, removes the corresponding action/event again.

Enhancements

Show service name for accessory which makes it easier to distinguish Philips Hue lights
Deletion of home now requires a confirmation
Accessories can be removed from rooms
Last fire date of event trigger is shown similar to time trigger
Remove event trigger condition for a specific time, which does not work because of a HomeKit bug

Bug Fixes

Fixes crash when re-assigning accessory to the same room
Fixes bug where no thermostat icon is shown for temperature sensor in Today view
Fix bug where jumping to a specific characteristic (from the Today widget or scene) ended in the wrong accessory when there are multiple accessories with the same name
Hopefully fixes crash when sending support email

1.2.1

2 December 2015

New setting to show temperature in Fahrenheit.

1.2

22 October 2015

Handoff - When you use the app on iPad, you can pick up your iPhone and jump right into the app where you left.

Enhancements

Allow more concise control of values when using a slider - increase the value by tapping the right image in the - slider, same works for decreasing the value
Allow changing the primary home
Allow adding more than one condition for event triggers
Does not crash anymore when searching an address for a location event
Support contact sensor characteristics
Show temperature values in Fahrenheit if accessory provides a characteristic to set temperature units

1.1

17 September 2015

This version supports new characteristics and event triggers introduced in iOS 9.

Event Triggers - Event triggers allow setting scenes based on events and conditions. Events can be characteristic or location events; for example when the garage door is opened and I leave the house. Conditions can be time or characteristic conditions; for example before sunrise and front door is locked. Event triggers are a powerful way to script complex behaviour.

Tab Bar - The Users tab is removed. Sharing a home with others can now be done from iOS Settings > HomeKit.

Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue where tapping an icon in the tab bar navigates back to the list of homes. Now it does what it should do.

1.1

23 August 2015

This version correctly shows temperature in Fahrenheit and fixes some crashes.

1.0

15 July 2015

Initial release