[APP][Pro] Whisker - Life with your pet, endlessly better

[Doekse]

Whisker - Life with your pet, endlessly better

Central topic for questions/discussing the Whisker App. You can use this topic to ask questions and share your experiences with the devices from Whisker.

This app is developed by @Doekse with support from the Whisker team. For support use the e-mail link on the Homey App Store page. Support Contact »

Whisker | Homey

Supported Devices

• Litter-Robot 3 - Full support with all capabilities
• Litter-Robot 4 - Full support with all capabilities including LitterHopper
• Pets - Complete pet monitoring and health tracking
• Feeder-Robot (integration planned — hardware sample needed)
• Litter-Robot 5 (integration planned, expected in Q1 2026)

Installation

You can try the app in two ways:

Option 1: Install the test build via Homey App Store

Install the latest test version via Homey

Note: Can be used on both Homey Cloud as well as Homey Pro.

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Option 2: Manual installation via Homey CLI

git clone https://github.com/Doekse/whisker-homey.git
cd whisker-homey
npm install
homey app install

Special Thanks

This app builds on the work of pylitterbot — huge thanks to natekspencer for figuring out the Whisker API and maintaining the Python integration!

[Mark_Dowling]

I have a Litter Robot 3, can I help with development and testing?

[Doekse]

Would you be willing to share login information of your Litter-Robot 3 to support development?

[Mark_Dowling]

Yes I would

[ZeroNull]

Is there a way to get the name of the whisker device that is triggered? I have 2 litter robots, and I have to put extra logic in my flows to manually get the name of which litter robot is the one that triggered the flow. Example I send a push notification when one of my litter robots goes offline (happens every so often). It would be nice if I could just access a key/value or tag that has the name of the device I gave it. Not sure that Whisker exposes this information but would seem very basic that they would. I would like to add this as a feature request if it’s possible. Thanks in advance.

[Doekse]

It sounds like you’re using the Is Disconnected Flow card to trigger your Flow. To make sure it works correctly, you’ll need to add that Flow card from the specific device you want to monitor.

So, if you have two Litter-Robots, simply:

1. Add one Is Disconnected trigger card from the first device, and another from the second.
2. Set up a push notification for each one (e.g. “Litter-Robot 1 has gone offline”).

This way, you’ll have one Flow per Litter-Robot. Since these Flow Cards are triggered at the device level rather than the app level, each Flow will already be specific to the device it’s connected to. You can also see which device the trigger card belongs to at the top of the card.

[ZeroNull]

Thank you!

[Doekse]

Hi all! I’ve just pushed v2.0.0 of the official Whisker app for Homey to test. This update adds support for the Litter-Robot 3, and also includes several code optimizations and new features for the Litter-Robot 4:

• Automatic timeline notifications: You’ll now receive a Homey timeline notification whenever one of your cats visits any of your Litter-Robots. If no pets are added in Homey, it will show a generic notification. If you have added your pets, it will also display which pet visited and their measured weight.
• Power control for Litter-Robot 4: You can now turn your Litter-Robot 4 on and off directly from Homey, either via the standard On/Off capability or through Flows.
• Adjustable globe light brightness: You can now change the globe light brightness via the picker capability or through Flows.

Important: These new capabilities require you to re-pair your Litter-Robot 4. Please remove the device from Homey and add it again. The new capabilities should appear automatically. You’ll also receive a timeline notification if re-pairing is needed.

Happy testing, and let me know if you have any questions!

[nealmueller]

I built a tiny free Mac app called Feeder Snack Control for faster Feeder-Robot snack control from macOS. It adds a one-tap snack button to Control Center or the menu bar. If anyone here also has a Feeder-Robot and a Mac, I’d love feedback:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/feeder-snack-control/id6760721222?mt=12

[Domotica-blog.nl]

Hi all,

I’m currently working on a review of the Litter-Robot 4 and I’m curious how you all use the Homey integration.

I managed to get everything connected, but to be honest I’m not really seeing a lot of added value yet compared to the official app. Most notifications and insights are already there.

So I’m wondering:
how are you using it in your setup? Any useful or creative flows?

Right now it feels more like a “fun” integration (which is fine of course ), but maybe I’m missing some good use cases.

Looking forward to your ideas!

[Doekse]

Oh don’t get me started

The main reason I built the integration in the first place was to have my robot vacuum clean in front of the Litter-Robot after it’s been used three times. Before that, the floor would constantly be covered in scattered litter.

On top of that, I use the integration to automatically adjust the globe lighting based on ambient light, since that functionality isn’t built in.

I’ve also set it up so that emptying the Litter-Robot gets added to my to-do list on my Homey Dashboard via the Tasks app.

Next project I’m diving into is using one of the Apollo Automation M-1 LED Matrix panels to display the Litter-Robot status, mostly just for fun

[Corey_McL]

I am unable to get this app to loaded on my Homey Pro. I’ve tried installing it via my iPhone, iPad, and via the web. It seems like it starts and then just freezes. I tried rebooting my Home Pro/Mini and am still having the same issue trying to get the app to loaded. Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.

[Doekse]

To make sure I understand you correctly, the Whisker app for Homey isn’t installing on your Homey Pro?

[Corey_McL]

Correct, but since this post, I see I’m not able to install other apps as well.

Is there a service issue going on?

[Doekse]

I’ve just published v3.0.0 to test, which is by far the biggest update to the app so far. Under the hood almost everything has been rewritten to make the app more stable, easier to maintain, and ready for future features.

What’s new?

• Timeline notifications (enabled by default) for:
  • Cat visits
  • Waste drawer full
  • Robot faults
• Much improved WebSocket handling for Litter-Robot 4. The app now uses a single shared connection per account instead of one per robot, making updates much more reliable and easier on the Whisker servers.
• Smarter polling, resulting in fewer API requests and better performance.
• Better translations for robot status, cleaning status and pet labels throughout the app.

A few things to be aware of

This update does contain a couple of breaking changes.

If you have a Litter-Robot 3, you may need to re-add some Flow cards after updating, as these have been consolidated with the Litter-Robot 4 equivalents.

If you use status-based Flow conditions or triggers, you may also need to re-select the status values once. Internally these now use stable codes instead of English text, which means they’ll translate correctly in every language going forward.

Finally, if you don’t have a LitterHopper installed, its Flow cards will no longer appear.

After updating

I’d recommend quickly checking the following:

• Re-add any broken Litter-Robot 3 Flow cards.
• Verify any Flows that trigger on robot status.
• (Optional) Review the notification settings for each robot if you’d like to customize which events appear in your timeline.

As always, if you run into any issues after updating, let me know and I’ll have a look. Happy automating!

[Jgalpine80]

@Doekse Any word on when the litter robot 5 will be integrated? Just Curious. Thanks

[Doekse]

Hi! I hope to integrate the new generation Litter-Robots in August. This all depends on when I’m able to get samples in from Whisker.