# Looking for testers: new LOCAL Home Connect app (Bosch/Siemens) **URL:** \ **Category:** Apps\ **Tags:** homey-pro\ **Created:** [May 19, 2026, 3:02pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/looking-for-testers-new-local-home-connect-app-bosch-siemens/155077 "2026-05-19T15:02:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lucasvdh](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/lucasvdh/32/54915_2.png) [@lucasvdh](https://community.homey.app/u/lucasvdh)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 3:02pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/looking-for-testers-new-local-home-connect-app-bosch-siemens/155077/1 "2026-05-19T15:02:54Z")
Hi everyone, I’ve been using the official Bosch/Siemens Home Connect app for a while, but unfortunately I’ve often found it unreliable. Since all drivers are marked as “cloud”, I assumed the app communicates with devices via Bosch/Siemens servers. Out of curiosity, I started looking into the actual protocol these devices use. To my surprise, there appears to be a **local communication protocol over WebSocket**. Some very smart people have already reverse-engineered much of the local protocol, and I’ve managed to confirm that it works. Authentication is a bit tricky, because the Home Connect app actually uses decent security practices. However, there is a workaround that makes it possible to use this locally with Homey. At the moment, it requires copying a redirect link during the authorization process using Chrome’s network inspection tools. The authorization process is only needed once. During this step, the app retrieves all devices and their corresponding keys required to communicate with them locally. After authorization, no internet connection is needed anymore and all communication happens over the local protocol. Since I only own a Bosch/Siemens oven and dishwasher, I’m looking for people with other types of Home Connect devices who would like to help test this new app before I release it. My current version has been running smoothly for about a week now. The devices have stayed available the entire time, with no more day/week-long gaps in updates like I regularly experienced with the official app. If anyone from Homey or Bosch/Siemens happens to read this: I’d be very happy to help or provide feedback on how the official app could be improved. If there’s no interest in that, I’ll release this as a community app instead. If you’re interested in testing, you can find the beta version here: [https://homey.app/a/codes.lucasvdh.homeconnect/test/](https://homey.app/a/codes.lucasvdh.homeconnect/test/) ---
**Author:** ![Gabriel\_Laguna](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/gabriel_laguna/32/83144_2.png) [@Gabriel\_Laguna](https://community.homey.app/u/Gabriel_Laguna)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 3:11pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/looking-for-testers-new-local-home-connect-app-bosch-siemens/155077/2 "2026-05-19T15:11:45Z")
Hi! I’d be happy to help test the new local Home Connect app. I have a Bosch/Siemens dishwasher, washing machine, and dryer connected to Home Connect (Cloud), so I can test several appliance types and provide feedback if useful. Let me know what information you need from me or how I can get started. ---
**Author:** ![Ray\_S](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/ray_s/32/120735_2.png) [@Ray\_S](https://community.homey.app/u/Ray_S)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 3:13pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/looking-for-testers-new-local-home-connect-app-bosch-siemens/155077/3 "2026-05-19T15:13:48Z")
I have Siemens combi-microwave, steam oven, induction stove, dishwasher and a washing machine (the latter is quite old and I feel is not as stable in connection compared to the others) Happy to help testing. ---
**Author:** ![owuerker](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/owuerker/32/39707_2.png) [@owuerker](https://community.homey.app/u/owuerker)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 4:03pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/looking-for-testers-new-local-home-connect-app-bosch-siemens/155077/4 "2026-05-19T16:03:06Z")
Am I happy to help testing with my dishwasher, steam oven, oven, cooking field, hood, coffemaschine, dryer and washing maschine Brands from BSH are Gaggenau and Siemens. All supported by the official cloud app ---
**Author:** ![Walter\_vande\_kerkhof](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/walter_vande_kerkhof/32/28963_2.png) [@Walter\_vande\_kerkhof](https://community.homey.app/u/Walter_vande_kerkhof)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 4:48pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/looking-for-testers-new-local-home-connect-app-bosch-siemens/155077/5 "2026-05-19T16:48:19Z")
Happy to test. Inhave a dishwasher, microwave/oven and steam-oven ---
**Author:** ![Doekse](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/doekse/32/109415_2.png) [@Doekse](https://community.homey.app/u/Doekse)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 5:33pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/looking-for-testers-new-local-home-connect-app-bosch-siemens/155077/6 "2026-05-19T17:33:43Z")
I have a washing machine and dryer I would be able to test if needed ---
**Author:** ![Goncalo\_Barradas](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/goncalo_barradas/32/120929_2.png) [@Goncalo\_Barradas](https://community.homey.app/u/Goncalo_Barradas)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 7:18pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/looking-for-testers-new-local-home-connect-app-bosch-siemens/155077/7 "2026-05-19T19:18:27Z")
Hello @lucasvdh, happy to support on testing. I have multiple appliances from Siemens. Fridge, oven, cooktop, hood, coffee machine, dishwasher, washer, dryer. Let me know ---
**Author:** ![MarcoV](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/marcov/32/12410_2.png) [@MarcoV](https://community.homey.app/u/MarcoV)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 8:16pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/looking-for-testers-new-local-home-connect-app-bosch-siemens/155077/8 "2026-05-19T20:16:47Z")
Dishwasher and dryer Happy to help with testing ---
**Author:** ![Guray\_Kircuvaloglu](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/guray_kircuvaloglu/32/79277_2.png) [@Guray\_Kircuvaloglu](https://community.homey.app/u/Guray_Kircuvaloglu)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 8:28pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/looking-for-testers-new-local-home-connect-app-bosch-siemens/155077/9 "2026-05-19T20:28:11Z")
I am interested in testing this new local Home Connect app! I have a Bosch dishwasher and a Bosch dryer. ---
**Author:** ![Jeroen\_W](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jeroen_w/32/9803_2.png) [@Jeroen\_W](https://community.homey.app/u/Jeroen_W)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 5:59pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/looking-for-testers-new-local-home-connect-app-bosch-siemens/155077/10 "2026-05-20T17:59:53Z")
happy to test dishwasher ---
**Author:** ![lucasvdh](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/lucasvdh/32/54915_2.png) [@lucasvdh](https://community.homey.app/u/lucasvdh)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 7:22pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/looking-for-testers-new-local-home-connect-app-bosch-siemens/155077/11 "2026-05-20T19:22:30Z")
Thanks everyone for the interest and responses! The test version can be found here: [https://homey.app/a/codes.lucasvdh.homeconnect/test/](https://homey.app/a/codes.lucasvdh.homeconnect/test/) For people who want to test: the first step is to retrieve the local Home Connect appliance data and keys for your devices. There are two ways to do this: 1. You can use this existing tool to download your Home Connect profile/device data: [https://github.com/bruestel/homeconnect-profile-downloader/](https://github.com/bruestel/homeconnect-profile-downloader/) 2. Or you can follow the instructions in the app settings. Small note: I personally had to use Chrome for this, because Firefox did not show the `hcauth://` redirect properly in the network tab. The authorization only has to be done once. After that, the app stores the discovered appliance data locally and communicates with the devices over the local protocol. For now I’ve only had time to write the drivers for dishwashers and ovens, so those are the first devices you can test. Support for more appliance types is coming. If you have other Home Connect devices and are willing to help test them, let me know which ones you have so I can start with the most common device types. Cheers ---
**Author:** ![0burner0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/0/90ced4/32.png) [@0burner0](https://community.homey.app/u/0burner0)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 7:48pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/looking-for-testers-new-local-home-connect-app-bosch-siemens/155077/12 "2026-05-20T19:48:30Z")
Thnx for your effort for this app. I am trying to login with the link only the page is stuk at: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/7/b/7b70920bf9d1da63c7fec9d7ff80151a5884bf13.png) Met de app van GITHUB is het wel gelukt. (wel kiezen voor HCPY profiel) [https://github.com/bruestel/homeconnect-profile-downloader/releases/download/1.0.2/homeconnect-profile-downloader-win32-x64-1.0.2.zip](https://github.com/bruestel/homeconnect-profile-downloader/releases/download/1.0.2/homeconnect-profile-downloader-win32-x64-1.0.2.zip) ---
**Author:** ![Gabriel\_Laguna](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/gabriel_laguna/32/83144_2.png) [@Gabriel\_Laguna](https://community.homey.app/u/Gabriel_Laguna)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 11:32pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/looking-for-testers-new-local-home-connect-app-bosch-siemens/155077/13 "2026-05-20T23:32:56Z")
Dishwasher configured and working perfectly. Looking forward to testing the washer and dryer as well. Great work, thank you! ---
**Author:** ![FcBroukie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/fcbroukie/32/51019_2.png) [@FcBroukie](https://community.homey.app/u/FcBroukie)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 9:07am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/looking-for-testers-new-local-home-connect-app-bosch-siemens/155077/14 "2026-05-21T09:07:49Z")
I can help testing with: my dishwasher, steam/oven & cooking field! Let me know ---
**Author:** ![Walter\_vande\_kerkhof](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/walter_vande_kerkhof/32/28963_2.png) [@Walter\_vande\_kerkhof](https://community.homey.app/u/Walter_vande_kerkhof)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 10:03am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/looking-for-testers-new-local-home-connect-app-bosch-siemens/155077/15 "2026-05-21T10:03:12Z")
Works like a charm!! ---
**Author:** ![Guray\_Kircuvaloglu](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/guray_kircuvaloglu/32/79277_2.png) [@Guray\_Kircuvaloglu](https://community.homey.app/u/Guray_Kircuvaloglu)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 11:20am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/looking-for-testers-new-local-home-connect-app-bosch-siemens/155077/16 "2026-05-21T11:20:52Z")
Just a quick update: I managed to get the JSON file using the profile downloader and imported it into Homey successfully. My Bosch dishwasher has been added and it works, so that part is solved. Thanks a lot! However, I could not add my tumble dryer. I assume dryers are not supported yet, because in the app I only see Dishwasher and Oven as available device types when trying to add a device. Would it be possible to add support for tumble dryers in a future version? Thanks again for your work on this app! ---
**Author:** ![Ray\_S](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/ray_s/32/120735_2.png) [@Ray\_S](https://community.homey.app/u/Ray_S)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 8:17pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/looking-for-testers-new-local-home-connect-app-bosch-siemens/155077/17 "2026-05-21T20:17:54Z")
So far I was able to add my dishwasher and 2 ovens (combi microwave and steam oven). But they have the status “Device Unavailable. Appliance is unreachable on the local network.” And already a suggestion: for the Status Indicator I would like to sleect “Remaining time” as an option ---
**Author:** ![R.J\_Marcar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/r.j_marcar/32/120839_2.png) [@R.J\_Marcar](https://community.homey.app/u/R.J_Marcar)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2026, 7:05am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/looking-for-testers-new-local-home-connect-app-bosch-siemens/155077/18 "2026-05-22T07:05:52Z")
Hi Lucas, heb wel interesse. Heb een thermostaat werken met de app. Hgr. Ron ---
**Author:** ![MichiganJones](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/michiganjones/32/121227_2.png) [@MichiganJones](https://community.homey.app/u/MichiganJones)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2026, 2:38pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/looking-for-testers-new-local-home-connect-app-bosch-siemens/155077/19 "2026-05-22T14:38:20Z")
I have a Siemens InHab energy monitor. I would love to add this to Homey if your app supports it… Let me know! ---
**Author:** ![Techniman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/techniman/32/8654_2.png) [@Techniman](https://community.homey.app/u/Techniman)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2026, 3:18pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/looking-for-testers-new-local-home-connect-app-bosch-siemens/155077/20 "2026-05-22T15:18:28Z")
I have an oven, dishwasher and a inductionplate Happy to test, let me know how/when/what Also i was not able to use the login method (i’m on a chromebook) maybe that had to do something with the issue.. I used the tool method. In the instructions would be good to mention you need to follow the hcpy method 🙂 [Next page](https://community.homey.app/t/looking-for-testers-new-local-home-connect-app-bosch-siemens/155077.md?page=2)