Emporia is a US company that makes the Vue whole-home energy monitors, smart plugs with energy monitoring and Level 2 EV chargers. All of them are controlled through the Emporia Energy app and Emporia's cloud.
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Emporia devices connect to home Wi-Fi (2.4 GHz) and send data to Emporia's cloud, and the Emporia Energy app reads it from there. Smart plugs and EV chargers can be linked to Alexa and Google Home for basic on and off control. Emporia says there is no local API on any of its products and no official public API.
That suits people who want circuit-level energy data and scheduling in one app. It is weaker for Matter, Apple Home, SmartThings and Hubitat, which Emporia lists as unsupported, and for local automations: Home Assistant and similar platforms rely on unofficial community projects that Emporia does not support.
Source: Emporia app page
The one app for Vue monitors, smart plugs, EV chargers and the home battery. Emporia describes it as free with no subscription or in-app purchases. It shows costs and device status, charging history, and scheduling such as Smart Scheduling, Peak Demand Control and Solar Optimization, and it links thermostats and Home Connect appliances. Device setup must be done in the mobile app. The store links below are the ones given on Emporia's own app page; we could not open the store pages themselves, so the publisher name is unconfirmed.
A browser view of the same account data. Emporia's app page says device setup cannot be done there and must use the mobile app.
Official supported by the brand Community built by someone else Not found searched, nothing found Unconfirmed sources conflict or could not be opened
| Platform | Status | What it means | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connection | |||
| Wi-Fi | Yes | The Vue sends measurements to Emporia's cloud over 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi and needs an active internet connection. The Vue Gen 3 specs list 802.11 b/g/n on 2.4 GHz only. The EV charger also requires a 2.4 GHz network and cannot join 5 GHz. | Emporia: How the Vue works Emporia Vue Gen 3 specs Emporia: EV charger Wi-Fi |
| Ethernet | Yes | The Vue Gen 3 specs list one 10/100 Ethernet port, and say the device can reach the cloud over Wi-Fi or Ethernet. We did not check Ethernet on other models. | Emporia Vue Gen 3 specs |
| Bluetooth | Yes | The EV charger uses Bluetooth only during initial setup, when the app finds the charger and passes it the Wi-Fi login. The Vue Gen 3 specs and the smart plug page do not mention Bluetooth. | Emporia: EV charger Wi-Fi Emporia Smart Plugs |
| Zigbee, Z-Wave, Thread | Not mentioned | None of these are mentioned on the Emporia pages we read. | Emporia Vue Gen 3 specs |
| Matter | Not found | Emporia lists Matter among requested integrations it does not currently support, with no development timeline. | Emporia: unavailable but requested integrations |
| Offline behavior | Not mentioned | There is no local API or local server in the Vue (Gen 1, 2 or 3). An EV charger in the Ready state keeps charging without Wi-Fi, downloaded schedules keep running during an outage, and outages under 20 minutes are stored locally and uploaded afterwards. Schedules cannot be changed without internet. | Emporia: How the Vue works Emporia: EV charger offline behavior |
| Voice assistants and ecosystems | |||
| Google Home | Official | Emporia documents Google Home for smart plugs and EV chargers: link the Emporia Energy service from Works with Google in the Google Home app. Voice control is limited to basic on and off, with no charge rate changes or energy readings by voice. The Vue monitor is not listed as a voice device. | Emporia: voice assistants Google Home compatible devices |
| Amazon Alexa | Official | Emporia documents an Emporia Energy skill for smart plugs and EV chargers. Enable the skill, sign in, then discover devices. Voice control is basic on and off only. | Emporia: voice assistants Emporia: link EV charger with Alexa Alexa Skills store |
| Apple Home | Not found | Emporia lists Apple HomeKit among requested integrations it does not currently support, with no timeline. | Emporia: unavailable but requested integrations |
| Samsung SmartThings | Not found | Emporia lists SmartThings as not currently supported, with no timeline. | Emporia: unavailable but requested integrations |
| IFTTT | Not found | Emporia lists IFTTT as not currently supported, with no timeline. | Emporia: unavailable but requested integrations |
| Thermostats and appliances | Official | The Emporia app links Nest, Honeywell (Total Connect Comfort), Resideo and Sensi thermostats, and Home Connect appliances such as washers, dryers and dishwashers, so they can follow energy schedules. ecobee is not listed. This is a link into the Emporia app, not a way to control Emporia devices from those platforms. | Emporia: thermostats Emporia: Home Connect |
| Open platforms and developer access | |||
| Home Assistant | Community | Emporia says it does not support Home Assistant. A community integration (ha-emporia-vue) installs through HACS, pulls data from Emporia's cloud through the PyEmVue library and states it is not endorsed by Emporia. A separate unofficial ESPHome firmware project flashes the Vue 2 or Vue 3 for fully local use, which Emporia will not support. We could not confirm coverage of plugs or EV chargers. | Emporia: is an API available? ha-emporia-vue (GitHub) Local Control for Emporia Vue Home Assistant integrations |
| Homey | Community | The EnergyVue app is by an independent developer (Tim Wilkinson, labelled Community), not Athom. It covers the Vue monitor and Vue Outlet. The store page lists Homey Cloud, Homey Pro and Homey Pro mini, but also shows a not compatible message in its install panel, and does not mention a Homey Bridge, so we could not resolve compatibility. | Homey app page |
| openHAB | Community | No dedicated Emporia binding was mentioned. A community forum thread discusses using the unofficial Emporia Vue ESPHome firmware with openHAB's ESPHome binding, with MQTT as a fallback. | openHAB community thread |
| Node-RED | Community | No official node. A community flow in the Node-RED library signs in to Emporia's cloud and reads per-circuit usage through its API. | Node-RED flow library |
| Hubitat | Not found | Emporia lists Hubitat as not currently supported. We did not search for a community driver. | Emporia: unavailable but requested integrations |
| Domoticz | Unconfirmed | Not searched specifically; we could not confirm a plugin. | Searched, no source |
| Control4 | Unconfirmed | Not searched specifically; we could not confirm an integration. | Searched, no source |
| Philips Hue | Unconfirmed | Not searched specifically; we could not confirm an integration. | Searched, no source |
| Developer or local API | Not found | Emporia says it does not offer a public API for programmatic access and that an official API is a long-term goal with no timeline. It also says no local access to device data exists on any Emporia product. Community projects such as PyEmVue and Vuegraf fill the gap, and Emporia does not support them. OCPP and ioBroker are listed as unsupported. | Emporia: is an API available? Emporia: unavailable but requested integrations |
Checked 11 November 2026 against the brand's own pages, app store listings and each project's own page. “Not found” means we searched and found nothing, not that it is impossible. Compatibility changes often. Spot an error? Tell us and we will fix it.
Not that we could find. Emporia lists Matter among requested integrations it does not currently support, with no development timeline.
Yes, officially. Emporia documents an Emporia Energy skill for smart plugs and EV chargers. Enable the skill, sign in, then discover devices. Voice control is basic on and off only.
Yes, officially. Emporia documents Google Home for smart plugs and EV chargers: link the Emporia Energy service from Works with Google in the Google Home app. Voice control is limited to basic on and off, with no charge rate changes or energy readings by voice. The Vue monitor is not listed as a voice device.
Not that we could find. Emporia lists Apple HomeKit among requested integrations it does not currently support, with no timeline.
Yes, through a community-built integration. Emporia says it does not support Home Assistant. A community integration (ha-emporia-vue) installs through HACS, pulls data from Emporia's cloud through the PyEmVue library and states it is not endorsed by Emporia. A separate unofficial ESPHome firmware project flashes the Vue 2 or Vue 3 for fully local use, which Emporia will not support. We could not confirm coverage of plugs or EV chargers.
Not that we could find. Emporia lists SmartThings as not currently supported, with no timeline.
Yes, through a community-built integration. The EnergyVue app is by an independent developer (Tim Wilkinson, labelled Community), not Athom. It covers the Vue monitor and Vue Outlet. The store page lists Homey Cloud, Homey Pro and Homey Pro mini, but also shows a not compatible message in its install panel, and does not mention a Homey Bridge, so we could not resolve compatibility.
Not that we could find. Emporia lists Hubitat as not currently supported. We did not search for a community driver.
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