Twinkly makes app-controlled decorative lights, including string lights, curtains, icicle lights, festoons and pre-lit trees. Each LED is individually addressable, and all sets are managed from the Twinkly app, which is published by Twinkly srl.
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Twinkly lights carry an integrated controller and connect to your Wi-Fi network, so there is no hub to buy. The Twinkly app does the setup, effects and scheduling, and Twinkly lists Alexa and Google Home for voice control. Apple Home and Siri work on Generation II sets with recent firmware, and Twinkly's own help pages say the PRO and Plus lines do not support HomeKit voice control.
That suits decorative lighting that you want to switch by voice and animate from the app, and Home Assistant has a built-in integration. It is weaker for deeper automation: Twinkly says it has no open, officially published API, so most open-platform control relies on an unofficial local API, and we found no mention of Matter.
Source: Twinkly Help Center: What's Twinkly
The main app for Twinkly lights. It offers an effects gallery, effect sharing, scenes, an FX Wizard, camera-based LED mapping and grouping, and effects saved to the user's Twinkly account. The App Store listing says users connect over Wi-Fi, and release notes say Scenes can be activated with Alexa and Google Home. iPhone requires iOS 16 or later. Twinkly's help page says PRO Ethernet and Wi-Fi controllers work only with iOS, while Plus works on iOS and Android. The Android link comes from Twinkly's Google Play developer listing as shown in a fetch summary, and we could not open the Play page itself.
An app aimed at installers and integrators of Twinkly Pro installations, with on-site onboarding, LED mapping, effects, playlists and shared access. A third-party app index lists it as iPhone only, from the publisher Illucere S.r.l., and we could not confirm that publisher's relationship to Twinkly. Twinkly's own help page names only the single Twinkly app, so we could not confirm whether this is an official Twinkly product.
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| Platform | Status | What it means | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connection | |||
| Wi-Fi | Yes | The App Store listing says users connect over Wi-Fi, and Twinkly's HomeKit guide says the Wi-Fi network can be set from the Home app. It also describes a direct Wi-Fi connection mode used after a reset. PRO lines have Ethernet and Wi-Fi controllers. The pages we read do not state a Wi-Fi band. | Twinkly (App Store) Twinkly HomeKit guide Twinkly app help (PRO and Plus) |
| Bluetooth | Yes | Twinkly's HomeKit guide mentions Bluetooth onboarding for Generation II devices. Scanning the HomeKit QR code skips it, and after a reset Bluetooth onboarding is needed to reconnect through direct connection mode. We could not confirm from the pages read whether Bluetooth is used for anything beyond setup. | Twinkly HomeKit guide |
| Zigbee, Z-Wave, Thread, proprietary radios | Not mentioned | None are mentioned on the Twinkly technology page, the Twinkly smart home page or the HomeKit guide we read. | Twinkly technology page |
| Matter | Unconfirmed | Matter is not mentioned on Twinkly's smart home page, technology page or HomeKit guide. A general search for Twinkly and Matter returned no Twinkly source, but we did not run a dedicated search for a Twinkly announcement. | Searched, no source |
| Voice assistants and ecosystems | |||
| Google Home | Official | Twinkly's smart home page says the lights integrate with Google Home and Alexa for voice control of on and off, brightness and main colours. The App Store notes add that Scenes can be activated with Google Home. Twinkly's help center has setup and troubleshooting articles, which we saw only as titles. | Twinkly smart home page Twinkly Help Center: integrations Twinkly (App Store) Google Home compatible devices |
| Amazon Alexa | Official | Documented on Twinkly's smart home page alongside Google Home, with the same on, off, brightness and colour commands. The App Store notes say Scenes can be activated with Alexa. The help center has setup and troubleshooting articles, which we saw only as titles. | Twinkly smart home page Twinkly Help Center: integrations Twinkly (App Store) Alexa Skills store |
| Apple Home | Official | Twinkly's guide covers Generation II devices on iOS with firmware 2.8.3 or later, set up by scanning a QR code from the Twinkly app in the Home app. It excludes USB-C Strings, Tree Topper and Matrix, and says Squares can be set up. Controls are on and off, brightness and dominant colour. Each device in a Twinkly group appears separately in Home. Siri works on Generation II, and the PRO and Plus lines lack HomeKit voice control. | Twinkly HomeKit guide Twinkly Siri guide Twinkly PRO and Plus HomeKit guide Apple Home accessories list |
| Samsung SmartThings | Unconfirmed | Not mentioned on Twinkly's smart home page, and no SmartThings article appears in its integrations help section. We did not search SmartThings' own pages. | Searched, no source |
| IFTTT | Unconfirmed | Not mentioned on the Twinkly pages we read. We did not search IFTTT's own site. | Searched, no source |
| Razer Chroma, Omen and Windows lighting | Official | Twinkly lists Razer Chroma RGB and Omen Light Studio on its integrations menu, and its help center has a Razer Chroma setup article. A further article title refers to Microsoft's Dynamic Lighting feature, which we did not read. | Twinkly smart home page Twinkly Help Center: integrations |
| Open platforms and developer access | |||
| Home Assistant | Yes | A built-in Twinkly integration lists the Local Polling class and finds devices automatically or by IP address. It supports on and off, brightness, static colours, effects and modes such as Color, Movie and Playlist, but not Real-time or Music modes. Effects must first be added and applied in the Twinkly app, and the integration arrived in Home Assistant 2020.12. It is maintained by the Home Assistant project, and we found no sign that Twinkly maintains it. | Home Assistant Twinkly |
| Homey | Official | Twinkly lists Homey in its integrations menu and its help center has an article on how the integration works, though we saw only the titles. Homey's forum thread says the app is by a community developer, not Twinkly or Athom, and lists Homey Cloud and Pro. Version 4.0.12 added cloud support using the official Twinkly cloud API and deprecated the older local driver. The thread does not mention a Homey Bridge, so we could not confirm whether one is needed. | Twinkly smart home page Twinkly Help Center: integrations Homey forum: Twinkly |
| openHAB | Community | No dedicated binding found in the pages we read. Forum users control Twinkly from openHAB with an exec script, HTTP rules or MQTT, all relying on the unofficial local API. We did not check openHAB's add-on list. | openHAB forum: Twinkly |
| Node-RED | Unconfirmed | We did not find a Twinkly node and did not check the Node-RED library. | Searched, no source |
| Hubitat | Unconfirmed | We did not find a Twinkly driver and did not check Hubitat's documentation. | Searched, no source |
| Domoticz | Unconfirmed | We did not find a Twinkly plugin and did not check Domoticz's documentation. | Searched, no source |
| Control4 | Unconfirmed | We did not find a Control4 driver for Twinkly in the pages we checked. | Searched, no source |
| Philips Hue | Unconfirmed | Not mentioned on the Twinkly pages we read, and we did not search for a Hue integration. | Searched, no source |
| Twinkly local HTTP API | Community | Twinkly's help center says there is no open and officially published API, covering Generation I and II, Plus and PRO, and does not rule one out in future. Community projects document a private local HTTP API that was reverse engineered from the app's network traffic. The xled documentation says it is unofficial, tested on only some hardware and firmware, and not published by Twinkly. | Twinkly: is an official API available? xled-docs XLED readme |
| Twinkly cloud API | Unconfirmed | A Confluence space titled Twinkly Cloud Public API documents a cloud endpoint at api.twinkly.com with bearer tokens valid for one day, for Retail and PRO devices. The page names no publisher and says nothing about whether it is official. Twinkly's help page says no open official API exists, and the Homey thread says it uses the official cloud API, so we could not reconcile these. | Twinkly Runtime API Reference Twinkly: is an official API available? Homey forum: Twinkly |
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.
Unconfirmed. Matter is not mentioned on Twinkly's smart home page, technology page or HomeKit guide. A general search for Twinkly and Matter returned no Twinkly source, but we did not run a dedicated search for a Twinkly announcement.
Yes, officially. Documented on Twinkly's smart home page alongside Google Home, with the same on, off, brightness and colour commands. The App Store notes say Scenes can be activated with Alexa. The help center has setup and troubleshooting articles, which we saw only as titles.
Yes, officially. Twinkly's smart home page says the lights integrate with Google Home and Alexa for voice control of on and off, brightness and main colours. The App Store notes add that Scenes can be activated with Google Home. Twinkly's help center has setup and troubleshooting articles, which we saw only as titles.
Yes, officially. Twinkly's guide covers Generation II devices on iOS with firmware 2.8.3 or later, set up by scanning a QR code from the Twinkly app in the Home app. It excludes USB-C Strings, Tree Topper and Matrix, and says Squares can be set up. Controls are on and off, brightness and dominant colour. Each device in a Twinkly group appears separately in Home. Siri works on Generation II, and the PRO and Plus lines lack HomeKit voice control.
Yes. A built-in Twinkly integration lists the Local Polling class and finds devices automatically or by IP address. It supports on and off, brightness, static colours, effects and modes such as Color, Movie and Playlist, but not Real-time or Music modes. Effects must first be added and applied in the Twinkly app, and the integration arrived in Home Assistant 2020.12. It is maintained by the Home Assistant project, and we found no sign that Twinkly maintains it.
Unconfirmed. Not mentioned on Twinkly's smart home page, and no SmartThings article appears in its integrations help section. We did not search SmartThings' own pages.
Yes, officially. Twinkly lists Homey in its integrations menu and its help center has an article on how the integration works, though we saw only the titles. Homey's forum thread says the app is by a community developer, not Twinkly or Athom, and lists Homey Cloud and Pro. Version 4.0.12 added cloud support using the official Twinkly cloud API and deprecated the older local driver. The thread does not mention a Homey Bridge, so we could not confirm whether one is needed.
Unconfirmed. We did not find a Twinkly driver and did not check Hubitat's documentation.
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