Working with home

Create a home, add rooms to represent the areas with devices, and add home members.

In the app, a home defines a group of people, rooms and devices as a unit. Here are some examples:

Single-family dwelling: Create one home for all occupants, rooms and devices in the dwelling.
Multi-family dwelling: Create a home for occupants, rooms and devices located in one part of a dwelling and another home for occupants, rooms and devices located in another part of the dwelling.

A device can be added to only one home at a time. Once a device is added, only members of that home can control the device.

NOTE: A home administrator can share* a device to a user who is not a member of the home. For example, share the devices in a guest room with someone who is staying for a short time.

* Some device types cannot be shared. In such situations, advice is provided in the app.

A person can be a member of multiple homes and operate any device that has been added to one of those homes.