# \[APP\] \< Merge \> \[Deprecated\] - Available with in \< group \> app **URL:** \ **Category:** Apps\ **Created:** [June 9, 2020, 2:47pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-merge-deprecated-available-with-in-group-app/31064 "2020-06-09T14:47:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jamie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jamie/32/5274_2.png) [@Jamie](https://community.homey.app/u/Jamie)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2020, 2:47pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-merge-deprecated-available-with-in-group-app/31064/1 "2020-06-09T14:47:58Z")
I have created an app which will merge two devices. First you select the two devices you want to merge, then you choose which capability from which device to ‘use’. Then a new device will be created where depending on what capability you change one a different device may react. I personally use this app when I have a smart globe attached to a z-wave smart switch. For example, if you were to merge a z-wave wall switch and a smart globe. eg Fibaro Switch & Philips Hue. I could choose any combination including the following : | Capability | Which Device | | --- | --- | | | | | On/Off | Use Fibaro Switch | | Dim | Use Hue Globe | | Colour | Use Hue Globe | | Temperature | Ignore | | Mode | Ignore | | Meter Power | Ignore | | Measure Power | Use Fibaro Switch | The above would give me a new device in homey, which can be controlled via devices, in flows or by Alexa/Siri/Google but when I turn it off, it uses the switch but I can use the same device to dim or change the colour. With our merging them I have to either remember very specific names of what to turn off when using voice control. Or have my voice control either turn off the wrong thing, or let them get out of sync or even turn them both off. There is a bit of work to make this app publicly available and I understand that this app might not be solving a common problem, especially when not everyone would have a robust enough zigbee network to handle globes being turned off at the switch. But I thought I would give the community the option speak up if they think its something they would use. Either the way I do … or in another way. Let me know ---
**Author:** ![Oliviervb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/oliviervb/32/7537_2.png) [@Oliviervb](https://community.homey.app/u/Oliviervb)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2020, 7:56pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-merge-deprecated-available-with-in-group-app/31064/2 "2020-07-17T19:56:54Z")
Hi Nice idea, is it possible to test the app? I can’t find it on the homey store Grts ---
**Author:** ![JPe4619](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jpe4619/32/9017_2.png) [@JPe4619](https://community.homey.app/u/JPe4619)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2020, 12:38pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-merge-deprecated-available-with-in-group-app/31064/3 "2020-07-18T12:38:09Z")
Maybe this post needs more attention, I completely missed this before, or does nobody need this? ---
**Author:** ![Jamie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jamie/32/5274_2.png) [@Jamie](https://community.homey.app/u/Jamie)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2020, 3:47am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-merge-deprecated-available-with-in-group-app/31064/4 "2020-07-19T03:47:08Z")
Post was to gauge whether or not this app would be useful to others or was very specific to my setup. Seems like there are enough people interested for me to release the app, but not enough for me to rush and do it instead of other apps which need attention. ---
**Author:** ![Sondre](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/sondre/32/16491_2.png) [@Sondre](https://community.homey.app/u/Sondre)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 4:39pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-merge-deprecated-available-with-in-group-app/31064/5 "2020-09-18T16:39:39Z")
Hope this is released soon! ---
**Author:** ![Jamie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jamie/32/5274_2.png) [@Jamie](https://community.homey.app/u/Jamie)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2020, 12:48am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-merge-deprecated-available-with-in-group-app/31064/6 "2020-11-14T00:48:42Z")
Sorry the reason why it hasn’t been release is because it is actually broken in v5 of homey. No idea why and I haven’t had a chance to investigate. I’m guessing Athom have changed something … ---
**Author:** ![Jamie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jamie/32/5274_2.png) [@Jamie](https://community.homey.app/u/Jamie)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2021, 3:51pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-merge-deprecated-available-with-in-group-app/31064/7 "2021-01-01T15:51:44Z")
This has been fixed and is now available for side loading > **[hive/com.merge](https://github.com/hive/com.merge)** > > Contribute to hive/com.merge development by creating an account on GitHub. It will take some time for me to get the images / logos / icons required for it to pass Athoms rules and be added to the app store. I have been using it for about 6 months to control a light which has a fibaro switch and hue globes. Not only can I control all the lights features (on/off, power metering, hue dimming and colour temp) from the one device in Homey - but also using Alexa/Google. The lights I control actually have 4 globes, so first I created a group of all the globes in each light - then merged said group with the switch 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Henk\_Renting](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/henk_renting/32/87634_2.png) [@Henk\_Renting](https://community.homey.app/u/Henk_Renting)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2021, 4:13pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-merge-deprecated-available-with-in-group-app/31064/8 "2021-01-01T16:13:50Z")
Sounds great! Could you publish it in the Community Store too? This will make it more easy for users fo install and test… > **[Homey Community Store](https://store.homey.community/)** ---
**Author:** ![Jamie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jamie/32/5274_2.png) [@Jamie](https://community.homey.app/u/Jamie)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2021, 1:25am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-merge-deprecated-available-with-in-group-app/31064/9 "2021-01-02T01:25:31Z")
In order to get it ready for the community store, I would have to do the same work as what I need to do to get it ready for athom store. That is name, readme, image and icon. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Cactus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/le_cactus/32/9727_2.png) [@Le\_Cactus](https://community.homey.app/u/Le_Cactus)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2021, 12:24pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-merge-deprecated-available-with-in-group-app/31064/10 "2021-01-30T12:24:31Z")
Hi, Great app Jamie. Had the same problem; replaced a dumb wall switch that was switching Zigbee dimmable bulbs with a Zigbee switch. (I had to, people kept using the dumb switch 😖). Only thing I could think of to improve the app is automatically turn on the switch device when someone changes the dim level of the bulb. Many thanks! Edit: for others; when you try to cli-install it from github, the node\_modules\athom-api is missing, you need to add that yourself. ---
**Author:** ![Jamie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jamie/32/5274_2.png) [@Jamie](https://community.homey.app/u/Jamie)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2021, 1:56am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-merge-deprecated-available-with-in-group-app/31064/11 "2021-01-31T01:56:55Z")
Thanks for the feedback, and for the pointer on how to install. I actually have noticed the same problem with the dimmer/on off, I’ll think of a way to add that feature cleanly. ---
**Author:** ![tcM](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/tcm/32/34511_2.png) [@tcM](https://community.homey.app/u/tcM)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2021, 4:58pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-merge-deprecated-available-with-in-group-app/31064/12 "2021-08-18T16:58:31Z")
Hello Jamie, I was looking for something like that because I have ZWave switches in the distribution, but also HUE lamps. I would like to try it out, but I can no longer find the repo on Github. Did you develop it further? Best regards ---
**Author:** ![Jamie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jamie/32/5274_2.png) [@Jamie](https://community.homey.app/u/Jamie)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2021, 10:34am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-merge-deprecated-available-with-in-group-app/31064/13 "2021-08-19T10:34:20Z")
I use it every day, it’s not 100% requiring you restart the app after adding a device. I’ll look at getting it published soon ---
**Author:** ![Morgan\_Thomas](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/morgan_thomas/32/69213_2.png) [@Morgan\_Thomas](https://community.homey.app/u/Morgan_Thomas)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2021, 2:46pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-merge-deprecated-available-with-in-group-app/31064/14 "2021-10-12T14:46:59Z")
Hello, are you still working on the app? If so, do you think you’ll release it soon? ---
**Author:** ![DominicVonk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/dominicvonk/32/53804_2.png) [@DominicVonk](https://community.homey.app/u/DominicVonk)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2022, 8:25am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-merge-deprecated-available-with-in-group-app/31064/15 "2022-06-08T08:25:57Z")
Hi were can I download this? ---
**Author:** ![Jamie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jamie/32/5274_2.png) [@Jamie](https://community.homey.app/u/Jamie)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2022, 10:33am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-merge-deprecated-available-with-in-group-app/31064/16 "2022-10-16T10:33:29Z")
Sorry, I did try and publish, but by then SDK 3 had come out, and I wasnt able to. Ill be updating the app for the Homey Pro2, as i use it every day and find it really valuable, and will publish it at that time. ---
**Author:** ![DominicVonk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/dominicvonk/32/53804_2.png) [@DominicVonk](https://community.homey.app/u/DominicVonk)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2022, 9:50pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-merge-deprecated-available-with-in-group-app/31064/17 "2022-10-29T21:50:40Z")
That would be great, if you need a tester, I’m here ---
**Author:** ![Jamie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jamie/32/5274_2.png) [@Jamie](https://community.homey.app/u/Jamie)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2023, 2:19pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-merge-deprecated-available-with-in-group-app/31064/18 "2023-03-26T14:19:03Z")
The features of the \< merge \> app are now available with in the \< group \> app - they are called ‘fused devices’ Thanks