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| Wi-Fi | Yes | Home Connect appliances connect through Wi-Fi and need no extra equipment. Depending on the model they use the 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz band, and the network must support IEEE 802.11 b, g or n. Control and monitoring go through the Home Connect cloud. Only selected models from each brand are compatible. | Home Connect FAQ |
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| Bluetooth, Zigbee, Z-Wave, Thread | Not mentioned | None of these are mentioned on the Home Connect FAQ or the Matter page we read. The Matter page says Matter appliances connect via Wi-Fi and does not mention Thread. | Home Connect FAQ Home Connect: Matter |
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| Matter | Yes | BSH says the first Matter-enabled appliances are in the cooling category (Siemens, Bosch, Neff, Gaggenau and Thermador). Existing Home Connect appliances will not be updated to Matter. Pairing starts in the Home Connect app, where a Matter code is copied into the other smart home app. Bosch's US page describes core control and monitoring only and says Home Connect stays the central platform. We found no Matter bridge or controller role. | Home Connect: Matter Bosch US: Matter |
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| Voice assistants and ecosystems |
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| Amazon Alexa | Official | Bosch's US page says Bosch appliances are voice controlled through Echo and Echo Show devices after enabling the Home Connect skill in the Alexa app. Home Connect's partner page cites examples such as ordering a specific coffee drink. | Bosch US partner ecosystem Home Connect: Works with smart home Alexa Skills store |
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| Google Home | Official | Bosch's US page describes voice control and use in routines with other devices such as lights and thermostats. Home Connect's partner page lists Google Assistant voice control, for example starting laundry or preheating an oven. | Bosch US partner ecosystem Home Connect: Works with smart home Google Home compatible devices |
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| Apple Home | Unconfirmed | No Apple Home or HomeKit support is named on the Home Connect pages we read. Matter appliances could in principle join Apple Home, but Bosch's pages do not name Apple, so we could not confirm it. | Home Connect: Matter |
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| Samsung SmartThings | Official | Bosch's US partner page lists SmartThings for monitoring and automating Bosch appliances alongside other brands. Its Matter page also uses SmartThings as an example of a Matter controller that can control a paired appliance. We did not read a SmartThings setup page. | Bosch US partner ecosystem Bosch US: Matter SmartThings supported devices |
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| Bosch Smart Home | Official | Bosch's Smart Home site says Bosch, Siemens and Gaggenau Home Connect appliances can be linked to the Bosch Smart Home app. Appliances must first be set up in the Home Connect app. Status can then be shown and used as automation triggers. Bosch Smart Home has its own profile. | Bosch Smart Home: Home Connect |
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| Other partner platforms | Not mentioned | Home Connect's partner page lists other systems, including Busch-Jaeger and ABB free@home, digitalSTROM, Magenta SmartHome, Josh.ai, iHaus and Conrad Connect. Bosch's US page also lists Crestron. We did not read the individual partner pages. | Home Connect: Works with smart home Bosch US partner ecosystem |
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| Open platforms and developer access |
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| Home Assistant | Yes | Home Assistant has a built-in Home Connect integration, classed Cloud Push and maintained by the Home Assistant project, not by BSH. It needs a Home Connect developer account, a registered API application and application credentials. It covers coffee makers, hobs, hoods, ovens, dishwashers, washers, dryers, fridges, wine coolers, cleaning robots and air conditioners, depending on the appliance. Its notes say the API does not fully match the app. A community local-network add-on, homeconnect_local_hass, appeared in search results and we did not open it. | Home Assistant Home Connect homeconnect_local_hass (search result) |
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| Homey | Official | The Homey store lists a Bosch-Siemens Home Connect app published by Home Connect GmbH with an Official label, and Home Connect's partner page lists Homey. It uses the cloud, covers appliance types including ovens, hobs, hoods, dishwashers, washers, dryers, coffee machines and fridges, and lists Homey Cloud, Homey Pro, Homey Pro mini and Self-Hosted Server. Every device type is marked Homey Bridge required. A separate community app by Lucas van der Have, Home Connect (Local), talks to dishwashers, ovens, dryers and washers over the LAN after a one-time account login. It is marked as a test version and not affiliated with BSH, and it also lists Homey Bridge as required. | Homey: Bosch-Siemens Home Connect Homey: Home Connect (Local), test Home Connect: Works with smart home |
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| openHAB | Yes | Two bindings are listed in openHAB's add-ons. The Home Connect binding is cloud based, needs a developer account and client credentials, and supports dishwashers, washers, dryers, ovens, fridge-freezers, coffee machines and hoods, with hobs and cleaning robots experimental. The Home Connect Direct binding works locally without the cloud, but needs appliance profiles downloaded with an external tool and does not support robot vacuums. Both are maintained by the openHAB community, not BSH. | openHAB Home Connect binding openHAB Home Connect Direct binding |
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| Node-RED | | The node-red-contrib-homeconnect package has authentication, request and event nodes for the Home Connect API. It needs a client ID and secret from the developer portal and has a simulation option. It is maintained by an individual (alexkn) under an MIT licence. A second package, @impact0815/node-red-contrib-home-connect, also appeared in search results. | Node-RED library |
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| IFTTT | Official | Home Connect lists IFTTT as a partner and describes Applets that link appliances to other services, such as flashing a Philips Hue light when the washer finishes. Its page says the free IFTTT tier allows 3 own Applets and unlimited predefined ones. The page does not list the available triggers and actions. | Home Connect: IFTTT Home Connect: Works with smart home |
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| Hubitat | Unconfirmed | We searched for a Hubitat driver or app for Home Connect and found nothing, so we could not confirm one exists. | Searched, no source |
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| Domoticz | Unconfirmed | We found no Domoticz plugin for Home Connect in our searches. We could not confirm one exists. | Searched, no source |
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| Control4 | Unconfirmed | No Control4 driver was found. Bosch's pages we read name Crestron, not Control4. | Bosch US partner ecosystem |
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| Philips Hue | Not mentioned | Not a direct integration. Home Connect's IFTTT page uses a Philips Hue light as an example action when a washer cycle ends. | Home Connect: IFTTT |
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| Home Connect cloud API | Official | BSH runs the Home Connect Developer Program. The REST API uses HTTPS and JSON through api.home-connect.com, with authorisation code and device flows and a live event channel (server-sent events). Appliance types include ovens, hobs, hoods, coffee machines, dishwashers, washers, dryers, fridges, cleaning robots and air conditioners. Limits include 1,000 requests per day per client and user, and 10 event channels. The docs describe no local option. Publishing a public app needs review, and commercial use of the data needs written agreement. | Home Connect API docs Developer program: how it works |
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