# The new Homey Pro — Ask Me Anything **URL:** \ **Category:** Official Announcements\ **Tags:** homey-pro, homey-pro-2023\ **Created:** [October 13, 2022, 12:11pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/the-new-homey-pro-ask-me-anything/70378 "2022-10-13T12:11:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![alexsolaat](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/alexsolaat/32/86606_2.png) [@alexsolaat](https://community.homey.app/u/alexsolaat)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2022, 10:06pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/the-new-homey-pro-ask-me-anything/70378/210 "2022-10-24T22:06:55Z")
This is a must! Tearing down walls to re-configure Z-wave pills for something that should be migration-friendly is just sad. Love from one who have pre-ordered. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2022, 10:56pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/the-new-homey-pro-ask-me-anything/70378/211 "2022-10-24T22:56:36Z")
> [@Ben](#): > > Somewhat surprised at your answer that it wouldn’t be real because no screenshots were taken of actual ticket and the corresponding answer. I want to email you all emails so that you are convinced. Hey Ben, it was not my intention to judge, or thinking you made stuff up, and it’s not personal. It’s pretty negative news and I just like to be sure it’s true. ---
**Author:** ![David](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/david/32/16401_2.png) [@David](https://community.homey.app/u/David)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2022, 11:00pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/the-new-homey-pro-ask-me-anything/70378/212 "2022-10-24T23:00:29Z")
Q: How exactly does the sattelite mode works with the new Homey Pro and the Homey Bridge? I heard something in the Keynote about acting as a repeater. Does this mean it will act as a regular repeater in the mesh for for example Z-Wave? Or is it more like a repeater but bridged via WiFi or ethernet? ---
**Author:** ![Anders\_Gregow](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/anders_gregow/32/61721_2.png) [@Anders\_Gregow](https://community.homey.app/u/Anders_Gregow)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2022, 5:21am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/the-new-homey-pro-ask-me-anything/70378/213 "2022-10-25T05:21:15Z")
Hopefully you will get answers on Athom’s Q&A later tonight. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2022, 6:21am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/the-new-homey-pro-ask-me-anything/70378/214 "2022-10-25T06:21:16Z")
> [@David](#): > > Q: How exactly does the sattelite mode works with the new Homey Pro and the Homey Bridge? > Does this mean it will act as a regular repeater in the mesh for for example Z-Wave? > Or is it more like a repeater but bridged via WiFi or ethernet? = answered a few days back 🙃 but will probably be discussed on YT > [@Emile](#): > > For Z-Wave and Zigbee, a Homey Bridge connected as Satellite will join Homey Pro’s Z-Wave / Zigbee network as powered router. > [@Emile](#): > > For 433 MHz & Infrared, you can choose _per device_ whether to use Homey Pro or a Homey Bridge. > > It’s a nice idea to create multiple Z-Wave & Zigbee networks to bridge long distances. Technically & UX-wise quite challenging, so no promises. ---
**Author:** ![phusebox](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/phusebox/32/45667_2.png) [@phusebox](https://community.homey.app/u/phusebox)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2022, 6:45am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/the-new-homey-pro-ask-me-anything/70378/215 "2022-10-25T06:45:28Z")
Hmm so maybe I should cancel: - speaker gone? kind of annoying but there are workarounds - led ring not usable any more? this is a bigger problem - no migration (for now) of old Homey Pro? wow, that is a big ask from your loyal customers - several popular apps not supported is a pretty big issue as well ---
**Author:** ![Busta999](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/busta999/32/10053_2.png) [@Busta999](https://community.homey.app/u/Busta999)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2022, 8:04am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/the-new-homey-pro-ask-me-anything/70378/216 "2022-10-25T08:04:25Z")
What discounts are available for people who purchased the 2019 Homey Pro less than 90 days before the launch of the new Homey Pro? ---
**Author:** ![Dijker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Dijker](https://community.homey.app/u/Dijker)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2022, 4:56pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/the-new-homey-pro-ask-me-anything/70378/217 "2022-10-25T16:56:59Z")
Split this topic on October 25, 2022, 4:56pm UTC 4 posts were merged into an existing topic: [Homey Pro (Early 2023) - Powering - PoE - Powerbank etc](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-pro-early-2023-powering-poe-powerbank-etc/71167/2) ---
**Author:** ![blutch32](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/blutch32/32/50358_2.png) [@blutch32](https://community.homey.app/u/blutch32)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2022, 3:50pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/the-new-homey-pro-ask-me-anything/70378/221 "2022-10-25T15:50:35Z")
Q: How many homey pro will be shipped in December roughly ? -less than 1000 -1000 -10000 -more than 10000 ---
**Author:** ![Dijker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Dijker](https://community.homey.app/u/Dijker)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2022, 4:48pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/the-new-homey-pro-ask-me-anything/70378/222 "2022-10-25T16:48:26Z")
> [@Heronimus](#): > > i wonder if it supports PoE ? > [@Jon\_Carlsen](#): > > Ethernet Adapter can it use PoE to power Homey pro No, it doesn’t ---
**Author:** ![Slof](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/slof/32/1318_2.png) [@Slof](https://community.homey.app/u/Slof)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2022, 5:39pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/the-new-homey-pro-ask-me-anything/70378/223 "2022-10-25T17:39:20Z")
Q: is the new Zigbee chip now as good as the Deconz usb one and can it support more then 50 devices and firmware updates voor devices? ---
**Author:** ![Caseda](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/caseda/32/138695_2.png) [@Caseda](https://community.homey.app/u/Caseda)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2022, 6:14pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/the-new-homey-pro-ask-me-anything/70378/224 "2022-10-25T18:14:04Z")
> [@Slof](#): > > Q: is the new Zigbee chip now as good as the Deconz usb one It might even be better, as it internally supports thread natively (and technically bluetooth, though that is disabled). (want to see more info, you can google the chip: `EFR32MG21` > [@Slof](#): > > can it support more then 50 devices and firmware updates voor devices? Technically yes, it was answered in the AMA, go and watch 😉 ---
**Author:** ![josserke84](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/josserke84/32/36377_2.png) [@josserke84](https://community.homey.app/u/josserke84)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2022, 6:30pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/the-new-homey-pro-ask-me-anything/70378/225 "2022-10-25T18:30:03Z")
> [@josserke84](#): > > saw in the presentation that there is mention of community apps also being welcomed, even if there is already an official app available. Does that mean that HCS will no longer be needed and that these apps will be able to move to the official store? I might have missed an answer, but was anything mentioned about this? ---
**Author:** ![Caseda](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/caseda/32/138695_2.png) [@Caseda](https://community.homey.app/u/Caseda)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2022, 6:36pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/the-new-homey-pro-ask-me-anything/70378/226 "2022-10-25T18:36:00Z")
It wasn’t answered in the AMA no. But technically the HCS is only there because some developers disagreed with how Athom handels some things/made decisions on what a certain developer needed to change on their app the developer didn’t want to do. ~85-90% of the apps currently in the appstore are already community based. The only thing it needs to be a different protocol (Cloud/directly connected). See the NodOn app (= community (Z-Wave) and official (ZigBee)) as example. Though even that sometimes is ignored, just look at the amount of Yale apps. ---
**Author:** ![RogerSt](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/rogerst/32/12432_2.png) [@RogerSt](https://community.homey.app/u/RogerSt)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2022, 6:54pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/the-new-homey-pro-ask-me-anything/70378/227 "2022-10-25T18:54:21Z")
Hi I must have missed it, or it was not discussed in the live stream: we really need the option to take over abandoned apps by other community developers to do the SDK2\>3 migration, to prevent some realy interesting apps (like mqtt) from becoming unsupported by the new HomeyPro. Thanks Athom for making this possible. ---
**Author:** ![Caseda](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/caseda/32/138695_2.png) [@Caseda](https://community.homey.app/u/Caseda)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2022, 6:57pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/the-new-homey-pro-ask-me-anything/70378/228 "2022-10-25T18:57:26Z")
It was mentioned in the AMA, and they applaud developers taking over “abandoned” apps, though they didn’t really mention, how to do so, but that is/was the same as it was from the start. You should contact the developer, and if he/she doesn’t respond you can contact Athom Support. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2022, 7:10pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/the-new-homey-pro-ask-me-anything/70378/229 "2022-10-25T19:10:21Z")
> [@RogerSt](#): > > to prevent some realy interesting apps (like mqtt) from becoming unsupported by the new HomeyPro. Well, for MQTT it’s work in progress 😉 > [@\[Homey Pro (Early 2023)\] App unsupported list](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-pro-early-2023-app-unsupported-list/70324/1): > > MQTT Broker [Appstore](https://homey.app/a/nl.scanno.mqttbroker) [(In test)](https://homey.app/a/nl.scanno.mqttbroker/test) [MQTT Client](https://homey.app/en-gb/app/nl.scanno.mqtt/MQTT-Client/) is updated to SDK3, but it has speech permissions (-\> unsure if it is allowed, but the app store says it runs on Pro 2023) [MQTT Hub](https://homey.app/a/app/nl.hdg.mqtt/) is updated to SDK3 ---
**Author:** ![RogerSt](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/rogerst/32/12432_2.png) [@RogerSt](https://community.homey.app/u/RogerSt)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2022, 7:13pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/the-new-homey-pro-ask-me-anything/70378/230 "2022-10-25T19:13:25Z")
Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Snipe](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/snipe/32/56448_2.png) [@Snipe](https://community.homey.app/u/Snipe)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2022, 9:04pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/the-new-homey-pro-ask-me-anything/70378/231 "2022-10-25T21:04:08Z")
I was thinking about buying a new Homey Pro, but after some research, I found that many apps are outdated. Take the Xiaomi / Aqara app for example. The last real update was almost a year ago. In the past year, new devices have been released that are still unsupported by that app. Wouldn’t it be an idea for the Athom team to start motivating community developers a bit more to create and maintain apps? For example, by giving away free Homey Pros to developers who nicely maintain their app(s) (or some other financial support). In my opinion, rewarding community developers is still much cheaper than hiring staff. And right now, it seems that many community developers end up dropping out anyway. I get that the Athom team would like manufacturers to do this, but this is still a bit of the chicken and egg story. Without users, manufacturers won’t spend time and resources on an app, and without good apps, people won’t buy a Homey. So to overcome this, the team could motivate developers in the community a bit more to develop and maintain their apps. Of course, there are many happy Homey customers, but for me, it’s really a bummer to see all those outdated apps and for now, I sadly won’t buy an expensive device that won’t support the devices I need. ---
**Author:** ![Phuturist](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/phuturist/32/49_2.png) [@Phuturist](https://community.homey.app/u/Phuturist)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2022, 9:16pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/the-new-homey-pro-ask-me-anything/70378/232 "2022-10-25T21:16:21Z")
> [@Phuturist](#): > > Q: will I be able to continu to develop my (verified partner) SDK3 apps on my Homey Early 2016 or does this require the new Homey Pro? Didnt watch the AMA but was this question answered? [Previous page](https://community.homey.app/t/the-new-homey-pro-ask-me-anything/70378.md?page=9) [Next page](https://community.homey.app/t/the-new-homey-pro-ask-me-anything/70378.md?page=11)