Creating an account

The first time you use the app, you must register an account using your mobile phone number or an e-mail address and a password.

NOTE: It is mandatory to select the correct country code while registering using e-mail address.

When you create your account, a country code is set based on your location.

Using your account, you can become a member of one or more Homes ( Data stores). You can operate any devices that belong to the Home, from any location that has Internet access, using any compatible mobile phone that has the app installed.

NOTE: An account cannot be logged in on multiple smart devices and used at the same time.

Data stores

Home and account data is assigned to one of several data stores, depending on the country code selected at registration, and the country code of the user who creates a Home. These data stores are independent of each other. The major data centres are:

China
Europe
United States of America
India

For more information, refer to the country table Data centre.

IMPORTANT: Home and user account data is assigned to one data store and cannot be transferred to another. Therefore, a user can only join Homes with data assigned to the same data store as the user’s account.

TIP: If you want to join a Home in another country (for example, if you are visiting and staying with family), create a new account using the same country as displayed in the Home location. This way, the data for your new account will be assigned to the same data store as the Home.

Data centre

Data centre	Country/Regions
Oregon, USA	Region: North America, South America, East Asia, parts of Southeast Asia Countries: America, Antarctica, Argentina, Bolivia, Bonaire, Brazil, British Indian Ocean Territory, Chile, Colombia, Cook Islands, Cuba, Curacao, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, East Timor, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), French Guiana, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kiribati, Korea, Kosovo, Malaysia, Macao, Mexico, Myanmar, Nauru, Niue, New Zealand, Palestine, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Papua New Guinea, Sao Tome and Principe, Solomon Islands, St. Helena, Sint Maarten, South Sudan, Suriname, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Taiwan, Thailand, Tokelau, Uruguay, Vatican City, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Venezuela
Frankfurt, Germany	Region: Western Europe, Central Europe, Eastern Europe, , parts of Southeast Asia Countries: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Anguilla, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Aruba, Austria, Azerbaijan, Australia, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Bermuda, , Belize, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Botswana, Burundi, Benin, Bulgaria, Bosnia, Belgium, Belarus, Cayman Islands, Costa Rica, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Cote d'Ivoire, Chad, Central Africa, Congo (Brazzaville), Congo (Gold), Croatia, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Dominic, Djibouti, Denmark, Ethiopia, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, French Polynesia, Fiji, Former South Macedonia, France, Finland, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Guadeloupe, Grenada, Georgia, Guam, Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Germany, Greece, Gibraltar, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Israel, Iran, Iraq, Iceland, Italy, Ireland, Jamaica, Jordan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Korea, Kenya, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Lithuania, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Latvia, Martinique, Montserrat, Maldives, Mongolia, Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Mozambique, Malawi, Morocco, Madagascar, Mauritania, Mali, Mayotte, Mauritius, Montenegro, Malta, Monaco, Moldova, Nicaragua, Nepal, New Caledonia, Northern Mariana Islands, Niger, Nigeria, Naminia, Netherlands, Oman, Panama, Pakistan, Palau, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Rwanda, Reunion, Russia, Romania, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Salvador, Saint Lucia, Sri Lanka, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Singapore, Samoa, Serrali, Senegal, Sudan, Swaziland, South Africa, Somalia, Seychelles, Serbia and Montenegro, Spain, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Slovenia, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, San Marino, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, The British Virgin Islands, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Tajikistan, Tuvalu, Tonga, Togo, Tunisia, Tanzania, United States Virgin Islands, Uzbekistan, United Arab Emirates, Uganda, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Wallis and Futuna, Yemen, Zimbabwe, Zambia
Mumbai, India	Country: India
Mainland China	Country: China

Start the app, wait for the login page to display and then tap Register a new Account.
Select your country and provide your Mobile No. or E-mail to receive the verification code.
Tap the check box to agree with the User Agreement and Privacy Notice.
Select a country code. By default, the country code is set as follows:
- Mobile phone-based IDs: country code determined by mobile phone number.
- E-mail address-based IDs: country code determined by mobile phone location. Also, you must select the country code manually when you register using an e-mail ID.
Enter the verification code received via E-mail or SMS.
- SMS, if you use your mobile phone number as the user ID, or
- e-mail, if you use your e-mail address as the user ID.
Create a password based on the criteria provided.

Once the registration process is finished, a new Home is created and the Home page is displayed. As the creator of the Home, your account is automatically set as the Home owner with full access to the system. See Access levels in the app.

IMPORTANT: Your account cannot be transferred to another country, due to restrictions with data storage (see Data stores). If you want to join a Home or create a Home in a different country, first create a new account using the new country code.