# \[App\]\[Pro\] Wear OS and ESP32 Wallpanel Controller for Homey **URL:** \ **Category:** Apps\ **Tags:** app, homey-pro\ **Created:** [June 29, 2026, 3:49pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-wear-os-and-esp32-wallpanel-controller-for-homey/156700 "2026-06-29T15:49:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kaoh](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/kaoh/32/9283_2.png) [@Kaoh](https://community.homey.app/u/Kaoh)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2026, 3:49pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-wear-os-and-esp32-wallpanel-controller-for-homey/156700/1 "2026-06-29T15:49:40Z")
**Wear OS Controller** > **[Wear OS Controller | Homey](https://homey.app/en-us/app/com.kaoh.wearoscontroller/Wear-OS-Controller/test/)** > > Your smart home, right on your wrist. _ **Your smart home, right on your wrist or wall.** _ Put your most-used Homey devices and scenes one tap away on your Wear OS watch or ESP32 wall panels. Dim the lights from the couch, open the garage from the driveway, or run “Goodnight” from bed, no phone, no menus. Optimize room control with single presses on a wall panel - 🏠 **Control anything** - lights, locks, thermostats, blinds, switches. - 🎬 **Fire your scenes** - trigger any Homey Flow with a single tap. - ⌚ **Tiles on your watch face** - your top actions, one swipe away. - 🎛 **Built your way** - pick what goes on the watch, and in what order. - **Insights** select one or more insights to create a card that creates a nice graph of those inisghts right on your watch face. **Private by design:** no cloud, no account. Your watch talks directly to _your_ Homey on **your** network, every command is signed, and locks can sit behind a PIN. This Homey side **only** provides the bridge between your Homey and your watch. It does unlock trigger cards to start flows. **Getting started:** install this app, open its settings for a pairing code, and scan it with the companion **Android app**. Needs a Homey Pro plus the free Android phone + Wear OS watch apps from Google Play. Or an ESP32 based wall panel. [Homey Watch Control - Apps on Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kaoh.homeywearos) [Wallpanel shopping list and build instructions](https://github.com/kaohlive/homey-wallpanel) The app also support sending sensor data back from your phone or panel to your Homey, this means you can detect if your phone is in Do Not disturb or if it is plugged or locally connected to Homey and use this info in your flows. Use interaction with the panel as presence events or check what card is visible. ---
**Author:** ![Kaoh](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/kaoh/32/9283_2.png) [@Kaoh](https://community.homey.app/u/Kaoh)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2026, 11:21am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-wear-os-and-esp32-wallpanel-controller-for-homey/156700/2 "2026-06-30T11:21:43Z")
**New in Test flight: Wall panel devices based on ESP32 boards** ## A wall panel for Homey — a €48 round touchscreen that drives a room For a while I wanted something on the wall that does what a wall switch should do in a house full of smart devices: show the room you are standing in, and let you change it without finding your phone. Not a tablet with a browser left open, not a cloud dashboard — a device in Homey, with a knob. So I built one, and it is now good enough to share. It is an off-the-shelf **Elecrow CrowPanel 2.1" rotary** (about €48): an ESP32-S3 with a 480×480 round touchscreen and a rotary ring around it, powered over USB power. Nothing is soldered and nothing is modified. You swipe between cards, turn the ring to set a value, and press the knob to switch. Just like the watch app, configure the cards to optimaze the experience. ### What is on the screen You choose the cards per panel, in Homey, for one room: - **Lights** — on/off, brightness, and warmth or colour, in one card for a lamp or a group - **Climate** — the setpoint with the measured temperature on the same ring, heating or cooling, the fan - **Media** — volume, play/pause, next track, which source, with what is playing in the middle - **Moods** — your Homey moods as one tap each - **Energy** — the figure, with a line under it so you see whether it is climbing - **Insights** — a real chart from Homey’s own history, up to three readings over each other - **Alarm clock** — set it at the panel or from a flow; it rings on the panel - **Presence** — “leaving”, “back”, “asleep”, “awake”, which keeps Homey’s own user flags in step (flow configuration required) - **Zone cards** , and a **device card** for anything else you own, with up to three controls ### Why this and not a tablet - It is a **device in Homey** , so its screen, brightness and cards are all flow-controllable. Dim at night, bring the Energy card to the front when energy peaks, turn one card red while the alarm is going off. - **Nothing is configured on the panel.** You pick the cards in Homey, in the Repair wizard of the device, and they appear on the wall within seconds. - **It updates itself.** New firmware is a button on the device page: the panel downloads it, checks it against a hash Homey gave it over a signed connection, and restarts. - **No cloud, no account, no telemetry.** A panel talks only to your Homey, on your local network, and every request it makes is signed. It never receives your Wi-Fi password from Homey — you type that into the panel itself. - **Custom firmware.** The panel is flashed with optimized fully unique firmware for this purpose, becomming a unique Homey device ### What you need - A Homey **Pro** - One supported board (the CrowPanel above for now) - The **Wear OS Controller** app. Panel support is in the [test version](https://homey.app/a/com.kaoh.wearoscontroller/test/) for now. - One cable moment, once per panel. After that the cable never comes back. ### Getting one going 1. Open the [web flasher](https://kaohlive.github.io/homey-wallpanel/flash/) in Chrome or Edge, plug the panel in, press Install. Nothing to download or install. 2. The panel opens its own Wi-Fi network and shows the name and an eight-digit password on its screen. Join it with your phone, pick your network, and paste the pairing code from the app’s settings. 3. Add the panel as a device in Homey, then open **Repair** to choose its room and its cards. 4. Print a case if you like: the models are in the repository, in PETG, with a wall-box mount that makes its own 5 V behind the panel, or a desk stand. ### Build and hardware Everything — instructions, images, enclosures — is here: **[GitHub - kaohlive/homey-wallpanel: A round touchscreen on the wall that drives a room in Homey: firmware images, enclosures and how to set one up. · GitHub](https://github.com/kaohlive/homey-wallpanel)** It includes a cup with bajonet style connection to mount the panel into. Then choose between a desk stand or a flush mount. **Desk stand** simple stable base to print and has the connections for the cup, easy remove the device from the stand by twisting the bajonet mechanism **Flush mount** a more complex route, it is designed to fit standard flush gaps in your wall, but since it holds main at 230v we needed an adapter to fit there also. The mount holds a design to house a additional 3 euro adapter HLK-PM01 to deliver the 5 volt but that does require some soldering and carefull mouting, but it does fit as long as the wall box is nice clean and empty of other stuff 😉 But the result is a nice mounted rotatable, pressable screen on your walls without any visible wires (box needs phase and null). ### Why it lives in an app called “Wear OS Controller” Because that app already spoke the language: it drives Homey from a Wear OS watch and models your phone as a device, over the same signed local API. The panel is a third client on that same contract, so it got the same cards, the same groups and the same zone logic for free. The name is historical; renaming an app in the store is not free, so for now it stays. ### For your flows Each card type fires a trigger when someone uses it, with tokens for which card and what changed, so you can hang your own scenes off a panel. Actions: show a card, set an alarm, set one card’s colour. And the panel reports on itself — link strength, its own temperature, and a connectivity alarm when it has gone quiet for two minutes. ### Status One board is supported today, and the firmware is built per board, so a panel is only ever offered an image built for its own hardware. It hangs on a wall here and works, since I distribute the firmware as part of the Homey app you get the firmware updates to push and keep it in line with the app you installed, so it should never break compatibility, dont run test version, your firmware will be the one aimed at the live version. I need your feedback: a card that reads wrong for a device you own, a device whose controls do not fit a ring sensibly, a panel dropping off Wi-Fi, or anything about the printed parts. Say which board, which firmware version (it is on the device page) and which app version. A photo of the screen usually says more than a paragraph. Issues can go in [the repository](https://github.com/kaohlive/homey-wallpanel/issues) or right here. If anyone wants a different display supported, say which one — the protocol and the Homey side are identical for every board; what differs is the screen driver, the touch controller and the pin map. See the repo for pictures and detailed instructions. ---
**Author:** ![Yestond](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/yestond/32/9807_2.png) [@Yestond](https://community.homey.app/u/Yestond)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2026, 8:44am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-wear-os-and-esp32-wallpanel-controller-for-homey/156700/3 "2026-07-02T08:44:52Z")
I’d be happy to test it out 🙂 DM sent ---
**Author:** ![J273](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/j273/32/131778_2.png) [@J273](https://community.homey.app/u/J273)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2026, 3:31pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-wear-os-and-esp32-wallpanel-controller-for-homey/156700/4 "2026-07-02T15:31:21Z")
Hi, could I be added to the test channel please. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Joao\_Pinto](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/joao_pinto/32/120805_2.png) [@Joao\_Pinto](https://community.homey.app/u/Joao_Pinto)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2026, 7:43pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-wear-os-and-esp32-wallpanel-controller-for-homey/156700/5 "2026-07-02T19:43:26Z")
Can I test it please? ---
**Author:** ![Kaoh](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/kaoh/32/9283_2.png) [@Kaoh](https://community.homey.app/u/Kaoh)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2026, 8:00pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-wear-os-and-esp32-wallpanel-controller-for-homey/156700/6 "2026-07-02T20:00:13Z")
The app is now public live in the Homey app store, so thats one. The Android versions still requires more testers to participate. So keep comming 🙂 And please send the google play store email as part of the DM 😉 ---
**Author:** ![RobertHerter](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertherter/32/1321_2.png) [@RobertHerter](https://community.homey.app/u/RobertHerter)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2026, 5:48am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-wear-os-and-esp32-wallpanel-controller-for-homey/156700/7 "2026-07-03T05:48:03Z")
I opwuld be happy to test. ---
**Author:** ![Robin\_Schuurman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robin_schuurman/32/71552_2.png) [@Robin\_Schuurman](https://community.homey.app/u/Robin_Schuurman)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2026, 4:08pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-wear-os-and-esp32-wallpanel-controller-for-homey/156700/8 "2026-07-03T16:08:09Z")
Thanks! Testing it now. Will let you know if I run into issues somewhere ---
**Author:** ![Pieter\_Pessers](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/pieter_pessers/32/8848_2.png) [@Pieter\_Pessers](https://community.homey.app/u/Pieter_Pessers)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2026, 11:19am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-wear-os-and-esp32-wallpanel-controller-for-homey/156700/9 "2026-07-05T11:19:47Z")
Hello @Kaoh . I have a google pixel watch 4 that is running wear os on the watch, but isn’t using the wear os app on my phone, but the watch app. Can i still use the wear os controller? ---
**Author:** ![Kaoh](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/kaoh/32/9283_2.png) [@Kaoh](https://community.homey.app/u/Kaoh)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2026, 11:40am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-wear-os-and-esp32-wallpanel-controller-for-homey/156700/10 "2026-07-05T11:40:55Z")
Yes, it uses the base wearos data share between watch and phone to manage and connect. No watch apps by vendors are used ---
**Author:** ![GeurtPieter](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/geurtpieter/32/81500_2.png) [@GeurtPieter](https://community.homey.app/u/GeurtPieter)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2026, 9:48pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-wear-os-and-esp32-wallpanel-controller-for-homey/156700/11 "2026-07-16T21:48:58Z")
I would like to test it ---
**Author:** ![Kaoh](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/kaoh/32/9283_2.png) [@Kaoh](https://community.homey.app/u/Kaoh)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2026, 10:09pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-wear-os-and-esp32-wallpanel-controller-for-homey/156700/12 "2026-07-16T22:09:39Z")
send me the PM with your play account ---
**Author:** ![Kaoh](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/kaoh/32/9283_2.png) [@Kaoh](https://community.homey.app/u/Kaoh)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2026, 10:13pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-wear-os-and-esp32-wallpanel-controller-for-homey/156700/13 "2026-07-16T22:13:34Z")
Major release comming up in two days. I can submit the android apps for public release then if everything goes right. I will also bump the versions to 1.0 with new fetures comming: - State awareness, the tiles now show the control states - reorder the caps/states on the tile - add combined state tiles for multiple caps from multiple devices - create insights graph based on multiple multiple devices - all tiles can be linked to a glance card (6 of those are available) - UI polish to make the app more proffesional I wait till google allows me to apply for pulbic release, then I publish the new version Insights and states only get updated when the phone and homey need to communicate or at the latest of 15 minutes, so they can be a bit stale but that is to prevent the watch from being updated to often and draining its battery ---
**Author:** ![Kaoh](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/kaoh/32/9283_2.png) [@Kaoh](https://community.homey.app/u/Kaoh)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2026, 8:45pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-wear-os-and-esp32-wallpanel-controller-for-homey/156700/15 "2026-07-19T20:45:45Z")
Hi tester, thanks for registering. We hit the enough tester for long enough period threshild by Google, so I applied for public release permissions now. This would not have been possible without you all, thank you. To celebrate I just pushed a complete new build to the stores. Make sure you install the test channel version of the Homey app. Then update your mobile phone version and rebuild your cards, its a much nicer experience now. It also includes a state card and insights card now where you can get combined device caps in a single cards with their last known state (on/off etc) and the insight card give a nice way to combine multiple insights into a combine graph on your watch. It is now possible to assign all cards to the tiles (the glance panels of the watch) in one of the tile slotes A-B-C-D-F-G. It also includes more phone sensors to be made available to Homey. Battery, DND, charging, headphone connected, ringer mode. Another special one is: **On home network** this cap event tells your homey device if the phone cna reach the Homey through the local connection if you enabled that. This can be usefull in presence detection also. ---
**Author:** ![Morgan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/morgan/32/15416_2.png) [@Morgan](https://community.homey.app/u/Morgan)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2026, 11:36am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-wear-os-and-esp32-wallpanel-controller-for-homey/156700/17 "2026-08-11T11:36:40Z")
Some thoughts about mobile/watch app “Homey Watch Control”: - Nice graphic with icons 🙂 - I’m using Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 with rotating bezel. Normally it is used as an alternative to swipe sideways, but instead it scrolls up/down. - I have a door lock and I am forced to input PIN even if “Require PIN…” is off. Although a great functionality and design! ❤ ---
**Author:** ![Kaoh](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/kaoh/32/9283_2.png) [@Kaoh](https://community.homey.app/u/Kaoh)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2026, 12:51pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-wear-os-and-esp32-wallpanel-controller-for-homey/156700/18 "2026-08-11T12:51:59Z")
Required pin its to percent Accidental triggers. And it’s fixed on lock types and optional for the rest. I’ll see what I can do about the rotary bezel support. ---
**Author:** ![Morgan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/morgan/32/15416_2.png) [@Morgan](https://community.homey.app/u/Morgan)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2026, 1:08pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-wear-os-and-esp32-wallpanel-controller-for-homey/156700/19 "2026-08-11T13:08:25Z")
Another thing. After entering forced PIN-code the watch is returning to first card in list. ---
**Author:** ![Ronwell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/ronwell/32/46980_2.png) [@Ronwell](https://community.homey.app/u/Ronwell)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2026, 4:34am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-wear-os-and-esp32-wallpanel-controller-for-homey/156700/20 "2026-08-13T04:34:23Z")
can this app control the watch, sound/ volume etc. can when the whatch detects I’ve gone to sleep, set homey in sleepmode ---
**Author:** ![Kaoh](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/kaoh/32/9283_2.png) [@Kaoh](https://community.homey.app/u/Kaoh)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2026, 5:00am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-wear-os-and-esp32-wallpanel-controller-for-homey/156700/21 "2026-08-13T05:00:36Z")
No those are not public api for an app to use. At least not that I could find. Specially the sleep mode I am interested in myself. So no watch control. I tried to get the first release focused on least permission required. ---
**Author:** ![Ronwell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/ronwell/32/46980_2.png) [@Ronwell](https://community.homey.app/u/Ronwell)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2026, 5:40am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-wear-os-and-esp32-wallpanel-controller-for-homey/156700/22 "2026-08-13T05:40:54Z")
i currentlly use tasker and autowear to control my watch but it its only one direction [Next page](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-wear-os-and-esp32-wallpanel-controller-for-homey/156700.md?page=2)