# Ideas & Suggestions **URL:** https://community.homey.app/c/ideas-suggestions/9.md?page=23 [Latest](https://community.homey.app/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.homey.app/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.homey.app/tags.md) **Page:** 24 --- ## [Exclude devices from sync with Google Home](https://community.homey.app/t/exclude-devices-from-sync-with-google-home/50852)
**Author:** [@CoonHouse](https://community.homey.app/u/CoonHouse)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2021, 8:08pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/exclude-devices-from-sync-with-google-home/50852 "2021-08-27T20:08:41Z")
I regularly make use of multiple virtual devices to control one physical device. It would be great if I could exclude the physical device from syncing with Google Home, so I could only control the device using the virtu… --- ## [Suggestions for the app](https://community.homey.app/t/suggestions-for-the-app/50850)
**Author:** [@Henrik111](https://community.homey.app/u/Henrik111)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2021, 8:03am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/suggestions-for-the-app/50850 "2021-08-27T08:03:21Z")
I am quite new to Homey so I may have missed that there are already features for my suggestions, but here are some things I am missing or have reacted to in the app: Half of the Home screen is occupied by the timeline… --- ## [Differentiate data from no data in Insights and ability to chose historical period](https://community.homey.app/t/differentiate-data-from-no-data-in-insights-and-ability-to-chose-historical-period/49530)
**Author:** [@Paxman](https://community.homey.app/u/Paxman)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2021, 2:11pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/differentiate-data-from-no-data-in-insights-and-ability-to-chose-historical-period/49530 "2021-08-15T14:11:28Z")
Hi! Relatively new user here. I come from Telldus Live! to Homey and I wonder why I didn’t do the switch earlier! I use historic graphs a lot and Telldus Live!'s excelled in that so Homey Insights was one of the strong… --- ## [Energy consumption on thermostat with remote switch](https://community.homey.app/t/energy-consumption-on-thermostat-with-remote-switch/50247)
**Author:** [@NOROle](https://community.homey.app/u/NOROle)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2021, 5:45pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/energy-consumption-on-thermostat-with-remote-switch/50247 "2021-08-09T17:45:40Z")
Hi New to forums, homey and I’m sorry if this is already covered. I have a heatit z-trm3 thermostat that operates a remote switch because of high load. What i would like to do, is simply write a logical numeric value… --- ## [\[REQUEST\] Additional options for Flow logic](https://community.homey.app/t/request-additional-options-for-flow-logic/41601)
**Author:** [@JeeHaa](https://community.homey.app/u/JeeHaa)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2021, 11:06am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/request-additional-options-for-flow-logic/41601 "2021-08-01T11:06:04Z")
I’m sure this is not a new request, but it would be great if we could use a bit more logic in flows. Also allow OR in WHEN Statement: e.g. WHEN time is 08:00 OR MyButtonPressed OR MotionDetected THEN TurnOnLight Preve… --- ## [\[REQUEST\] Additional: Make tile's display capability measure\_\* of type 'string' selectable](https://community.homey.app/t/request-additional-make-tiles-display-capability-measure-of-type-string-selectable/49952)
**Author:** [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2021, 5:12pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/request-additional-make-tiles-display-capability-measure-of-type-string-selectable/49952 "2021-07-31T17:12:45Z")
Thanks a mil, Athom, for implementing this earlier request! From what I understand, all capabilities starting with measure\_, meter\_ and alarm\_ are selectable to be displayed upon a tile. But, only the numeric values s… --- ## [Switch Homey automatically](https://community.homey.app/t/switch-homey-automatically/49854)
**Author:** [@Bumbum](https://community.homey.app/u/Bumbum)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2021, 3:58pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/switch-homey-automatically/49854 "2021-07-30T15:58:14Z")
Hello, I have two Homey’s: One at work and one at home. Can you please implement a function in the app which switches automatically to the Homey where I am? (for example in the same wifi network). best regards Bumbum --- ## [\[TUTORIAL\] Using Tasker / KLWP together with Homey](https://community.homey.app/t/tutorial-using-tasker-klwp-together-with-homey/674)
**Author:** [@Phuturist](https://community.homey.app/u/Phuturist)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2021, 10:20am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/tutorial-using-tasker-klwp-together-with-homey/674 "2021-07-29T10:20:47Z")
What are these tutorials for? If you need to read this, then this tutorial is probably not for you. I’m going to assume you know your way around Tasker (Android Automation App) and / or KLWP (configurable live wallpaper)… --- ## [Experience on Homey: What I have done](https://community.homey.app/t/experience-on-homey-what-i-have-done/24112)
**Author:** [@peltsi51](https://community.homey.app/u/peltsi51)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2021, 8:43pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/experience-on-homey-what-i-have-done/24112 "2021-07-19T20:43:51Z")
Hi all After I bought Homey Pro summer 2019 I have very often ran into problem that I’m out of ideas what to automate. Might be a common problem amongs the home automators? Therefore I wanted to share what I have done w… --- ## [Roller Shutter device status](https://community.homey.app/t/roller-shutter-device-status/47200)
**Author:** [@JF\_Castanier](https://community.homey.app/u/JF_Castanier)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2021, 4:43pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/roller-shutter-device-status/47200 "2021-05-09T16:43:20Z")
Hi all, I’m using 10 Fibaro Roller Shutter 3 modules and works fine. From smartphone, the device icon does not show the status of the roller, if it is open, partially open or closed. Because roller are associated to m… --- ## [App for empty battery or malfunctioning devices](https://community.homey.app/t/app-for-empty-battery-or-malfunctioning-devices/48268)
**Author:** [@Crimly](https://community.homey.app/u/Crimly)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2021, 11:07am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-for-empty-battery-or-malfunctioning-devices/48268 "2021-06-11T11:07:05Z")
So i am getting a little annoyed about the battery management. The battery level seems to be useless. So battery change comes only if i notice that a sensor has not been reporting for weeks. Would it be possible to crea… --- ## [Turing Complete with flows!?](https://community.homey.app/t/turing-complete-with-flows/47989)
**Author:** [@Mikael\_Sandberg](https://community.homey.app/u/Mikael_Sandberg)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2021, 10:44am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/turing-complete-with-flows/47989 "2021-06-06T10:44:29Z")
I suggest that the card “Start a Flow” be extended to so parameters can be sent to a flow, as tags. Not only would this decrease the number of flows for most people, it would also elevate the Flow, programing paradigm t… --- ## [Timestamp in logs](https://community.homey.app/t/timestamp-in-logs/48109)
**Author:** [@dematteis](https://community.homey.app/u/dematteis)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2021, 7:53pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/timestamp-in-logs/48109 "2021-06-04T19:53:15Z")
I wonder why logs express the event timestamp as “…x hours/days ago” rather than a full and much more clear date/time information. I suspect only few use case will find useful to know that something happened “3 days ag… --- ## [Tablet View - Floor Plan with icons](https://community.homey.app/t/tablet-view-floor-plan-with-icons/42135)
**Author:** [@jasoncheeseman](https://community.homey.app/u/jasoncheeseman)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2021, 11:14am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/tablet-view-floor-plan-with-icons/42135 "2021-06-03T11:14:29Z")
Next stage of my home automation is to have a few tablets mounted to the wall to allow some device control - close curtains, turn on/off lights, see temperature sensor data. I’d like to be able to CAD draw the floor lay… --- ## [Change "is turned on" to "is on" for cards in the And part of a flow](https://community.homey.app/t/change-is-turned-on-to-is-on-for-cards-in-the-and-part-of-a-flow/48065)
**Author:** [@K\_S](https://community.homey.app/u/K_S)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2021, 4:53pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/change-is-turned-on-to-is-on-for-cards-in-the-and-part-of-a-flow/48065 "2021-06-02T16:53:46Z")
It’s confusing if you add a card to the “And” section of a flow if the card says \[Device\] “is turned on”. That implies \[in English\] that the And criterion is a device is switched from the off state to the on state, not… --- ## [Trigger: The last person wakes up](https://community.homey.app/t/trigger-the-last-person-wakes-up/48041)
**Author:** [@jseverinson](https://community.homey.app/u/jseverinson)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2021, 6:57am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/trigger-the-last-person-wakes-up/48041 "2021-06-02T06:57:58Z")
Hello everyone and thank you Athom for this amazing product. I have a pretty simple and straightforward ask/proposal: Would it be possible to add a trigger under “Presence” for “The last person woke up”? Use case: I hav… --- ## [Turn on the AppleTV with Homey](https://community.homey.app/t/turn-on-the-appletv-with-homey/637)
**Author:** [@Coen](https://community.homey.app/u/Coen)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2021, 7:14pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/turn-on-the-appletv-with-homey/637 "2021-06-01T19:14:33Z")
Is it possible to make a app that at least can turn on a AppleTV? I can turn it on with my TV, but its a old one, and it’s difficult and unreliable to turn on my AppleTV. Each card has a delay, the thing is that when i… --- ## [Create a negative numeric variable](https://community.homey.app/t/create-a-negative-numeric-variable/47842)
**Author:** [@Bart\_Driessen](https://community.homey.app/u/Bart_Driessen)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2021, 6:27am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/create-a-negative-numeric-variable/47842 "2021-05-29T06:27:53Z")
It seems that in the iOS app I’m not able to create a new numeric variable with a negative value (there is no minus sign on the keyboard). Of course the variable can become negative when I perform operations with it. If… --- ## [Do Not disturb setting](https://community.homey.app/t/do-not-disturb-setting/44471)
**Author:** [@Massimiliano\_Latella](https://community.homey.app/u/Massimiliano_Latella)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2021, 1:18pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/do-not-disturb-setting/44471 "2021-05-21T13:18:14Z")
Hi, I Had this idea of a general Do not disturb setting that i can enable manually or by time of the day (like in night time) that can be used in Flow. For example i want to make a Flow when if someone push the doorbell … --- ## [Bug in Mobile app - disappearing spaces in front of tags](https://community.homey.app/t/bug-in-mobile-app-disappearing-spaces-in-front-of-tags/46927)
**Author:** [@BartOverdevest](https://community.homey.app/u/BartOverdevest)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2021, 9:23am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/bug-in-mobile-app-disappearing-spaces-in-front-of-tags/46927 "2021-05-07T09:23:39Z")
When i add tags to a text field (create a notification) and i add a space in front of the tag, this space disappears the next time I edit this text field in the Mobile Homey app. When doing the same in the Web App the … --- ## [Web App: Enable Collapsable list of Zones + Filtering, also for scripts](https://community.homey.app/t/web-app-enable-collapsable-list-of-zones-filtering-also-for-scripts/46955)
**Author:** [@BartOverdevest](https://community.homey.app/u/BartOverdevest)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2021, 11:34pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/web-app-enable-collapsable-list-of-zones-filtering-also-for-scripts/46955 "2021-05-01T23:34:19Z")
My requirement would be to synchronise the user experience for the list of flows, zones and Homeyscript. In the web app, the folders containing flows can be collapsed in /unfolded, this is very practicable, given a long… --- ## [Enhance the localisation option](https://community.homey.app/t/enhance-the-localisation-option/45865)
**Author:** [@jeremypsl](https://community.homey.app/u/jeremypsl)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2021, 4:18pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/enhance-the-localisation-option/45865 "2021-04-26T16:18:51Z")
Hi Possibility to change the radius of presence detection. Possibility to add more locations to detect presence in it. Thanks. --- ## [Function - start flow $var](https://community.homey.app/t/function-start-flow-var/46695)
**Author:** [@rxfc](https://community.homey.app/u/rxfc)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2021, 12:54pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/function-start-flow-var/46695 "2021-04-25T12:54:07Z")
I bought this thing initially because I wanted a somewhat easier way to setup my smarthome… Thing is, without scripting it seems we’re not really able to set a default. I’ll try to explain with an example: I have hue c… --- ## [iRobot Roomba s9+ and Brava Jet m6](https://community.homey.app/t/irobot-roomba-s9-and-brava-jet-m6/46577)
**Author:** [@Nitramevo](https://community.homey.app/u/Nitramevo)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2021, 1:28pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/irobot-roomba-s9-and-brava-jet-m6/46577 "2021-04-23T13:28:57Z")
Please add support for iRobot models Roomba s9+ and Brava Jet m6 --- ## [When playing music/video interactive notification with buttons](https://community.homey.app/t/when-playing-music-video-interactive-notification-with-buttons/10596)
**Author:** [@Timmmeeeeh](https://community.homey.app/u/Timmmeeeeh)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2021, 6:09pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/when-playing-music-video-interactive-notification-with-buttons/10596 "2021-04-22T18:09:32Z")
Hi all, I had an idea, wouldn’t it be awesome if you cast something using homey, or homey is actively playing it can show a notification like casting from you phone does? With a play button, and skip button? There could… --- ## [\[REQUEST\] Chime before spoken announcements](https://community.homey.app/t/request-chime-before-spoken-announcements/46469)
**Author:** [@cra](https://community.homey.app/u/cra)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2021, 11:19am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/request-chime-before-spoken-announcements/46469 "2021-04-20T11:19:52Z")
Whenever an announcement is spoken it tends to scare the living daylight out of anyone in the same room as Homey. I suggest an option to add a short chime that is played before Homey speaks, like the PA in an airport or … --- ## [Filter list of devices when adding new device](https://community.homey.app/t/filter-list-of-devices-when-adding-new-device/46470)
**Author:** [@cra](https://community.homey.app/u/cra)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2021, 11:01am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/filter-list-of-devices-when-adding-new-device/46470 "2021-04-20T11:01:11Z")
Whenever adding new devices (especially light bulbs) I find that I often add devices of a type that I already have installed. Either when adding a new lamp with multiple bulbs, or replacing a defective bulb. In these cas… --- ## [Feature request for Homey](https://community.homey.app/t/feature-request-for-homey/46306)
**Author:** [@Heronimus](https://community.homey.app/u/Heronimus)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2021, 9:26am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/feature-request-for-homey/46306 "2021-04-16T09:26:26Z")
I have a request for new functionality in Homey. Please implement a CASE in flows. Workaround for now by creating multiple flows: Flow1 WHEN \[BetterLogic\] A variable has changed AND \[Logic\] var eq 1 THEN {do someth… --- ## [Add option for Line Feed in Mobile App for text fields](https://community.homey.app/t/add-option-for-line-feed-in-mobile-app-for-text-fields/46121)
**Author:** [@BartOverdevest](https://community.homey.app/u/BartOverdevest)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2021, 8:02pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/add-option-for-line-feed-in-mobile-app-for-text-fields/46121 "2021-04-11T20:02:36Z")
In the web app it is possible to add a line feed (LF) to a text field using Shift-Return. (using Return ends text entry). Using LF is handy in FlowNotes, Paper Trail, creating notifications as it allows to create a cert… --- ## [Zoom status](https://community.homey.app/t/zoom-status/45933)
**Author:** [@MrBlue](https://community.homey.app/u/MrBlue)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2021, 2:51pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/zoom-status/45933 "2021-04-08T14:51:58Z")
Does anyone know whether it’s able to create a Zoom app so Homey knows you’re in a Zoom call? This would be great for creating your own DND status, change the brightness of lights and reducing volume/muting notification… [Previous page](https://community.homey.app/c/ideas-suggestions/9.md?page=22) [Next page](https://community.homey.app/c/ideas-suggestions/9.md?page=24)