Homey bluethoot sucks?

Questions & Help
1

Topic says it all.

I am beginning to think that if you can’t keep Bluethoot device really close to Homey, it isn’t worth buying. I have couple of Bluethoot temperature sensors (ruuvi) and Airthings wave plus and every one of those devices lose connection regularly and need to be uninstalled and reinstalled to get them to work. Airthings requires also removing the app itself.

However, each of these devices work flawlessly with their own android app, no connection problems.

Anybody else notice any problems with Homey Bluethoot conncetions? Any way to boost it?

1 Like
2

Yes, this is a common issue, Homey’s Bluetooth range is “suboptimal”.

There’s no real way to boost it, the only thing you can try is to reposition Homey to see if that makes it better.

Athom has stated that they are looking at implementing Bluetooth support for Homey Bridge’s satellite mode.

3 Likes
3

Know issue, okay. I hope they find a solution and bridge could be used to extend bluethoot range in future. For me however, bluethoot devices are on not-to-buy list until this problem is solved.

Thank you for the answer.