I am currently considering migrating my smart home setup from a deCONZ/ConBee/ioBroker stack to the new Homey Pro 2026. My current environment consists of over 100 Zigbee devices.
The primary driver for this change is stability. My current mesh requires frequent device resets, which has become a significant maintenance burden. While I am drawn to the Homey ecosystem, I’ve seen reports regarding Zigbee overhead issues on the 2023 model when scaling to high device counts.
How does the Homey Pro 2026 handle 100+ Zigbee nodes? Specifically, has anyone experienced latency or mesh dropouts at this scale? Any insights on the hardware’s improved handling of large Zigbee tables would be greatly appreciated.
Just consider that Homey uses a Multi-PAN firmware to run both Zigbee and Thread on the same chip, which is something that other manufacturers have stopped using due to stability issues. 100 devices may work, but I wouldn’t bet on it.
Also, you should probably try to find out where the instability of your current setup comes from. It could be interference, or lack of router devices. Both are things that Homey will not fix.
If you already got a deconz/conbee Zigbee dongle, you might want to check out Zigbee2MQTT.
You need addidional software and evt hardware, but I think it is the most stable setup. And compatible with Homey…
I’m planning to buy the Homey Pro 2026 (including the additional bridge and ethernet adapter) to act as my main controller. My primary goal is to reduce maintenance overhead by removing my current Conbee stick and other external gateways.
However, I keep reading mixed reviews. Is the native Zigbee mesh really that unreliable compared to a Conbee setup? I’m looking for real-world experiences from those who have fully migrated.
