# Homey Bridge app concern

**URL:** <https://community.homey.app/t/homey-bridge-app-concern/52600>\
**Category:** Apps\
**Tags:** homey-bridge\
**Created:** [October 3, 2021, 11:15am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-bridge-app-concern/52600 "2021-10-03T11:15:14Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 23, 2022, 7:15am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-bridge-app-concern/52600/9 "2022-04-23T07:15:18Z")

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> [@Azzeddine](#):
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> Are these apps that extent the feature set of homey (like time and date apps and other apps providing core features) or are these also apps that are to control devices?

Yes to both questions.

Homey Bridge cannot be used to control devices that require local network access to the device (in other words, WiFi or Ethernet-enabled devices that don’t use cloud services to be able to be controlled, or, technically, devices that can be controlled through a cloud service _or_ local access and for which an open source cloud service implementation doesn’t exist).

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