Athom announced Homey Cloud and Homey Bridge

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@Juan_Garcia

Do you know if homey pro and homey bridge in a different location can be integrated within the same environment handling both together?

They use the same app, so you can switch between a Homey Bridge and Homey (pro) the same as you would switch between 2 normal Homey’s from withing the mobile app and web app.

@RGunther65

Will it be possible to have more than 1 Homey Bridge installed in my house to extend range of ZWave and ZigBee?

You can have as many bridges in your home as you want, but they won’t work together natively, they will be separate devices (it is a cloud bridge, not an extender)

@RGunther65

Is the BackUp subscription still needed for Homey Bridge?
How to copy existing flows from my old Homey to a Homey Bridge (Cloud)?

• your Homey bridge is already in the cloud, so no cloud backup is needed.
• Homey bridge and normal Homey are 2 entirely different devices, you would copy a flow the same way as you would from 1 normal Homey to another (manually)

@RGunther65

Does Homey Bridge work with Sonos, Philips Hue, Nuki, Gardena, Honeywell Evohome. Luxaflex Powerview, Somfy, Tesla, etc.

All apps that are made by verified developers are possible to be used on the cloud Homey (if updated by the said developer), so check the appstore if the app is made by a verified developer to see if it is possible to be used on the cloud Homey (/bridge)

@Erik_de_Vries

So still probably the same problematic z-wave range(like few meters).
Still zigbee issues when more than a few devices?
Infared still limited to few devices instead of the advertised millions.

The PCB is an entirely new design, and all the processing is done in the cloud, so any previous experiences of zigbee and z-wave is kinda irrelevant.
Infrared has a mayor update on the bridge, including a way bigger database.