# UI Improvements

**URL:** <https://community.homey.app/t/ui-improvements/145287>\
**Category:** Ideas & Suggestions\
**Tags:** app\
**Created:** [November 13, 2025, 11:38am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ui-improvements/145287 "2025-11-13T11:38:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![jcmartinezdev](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jcmartinezdev/32/120987_2.png) [@jcmartinezdev](https://community.homey.app/u/jcmartinezdev)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2025, 11:38am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ui-improvements/145287/1 "2025-11-13T11:38:59Z")

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Hi all,

I wanted to suggest a few UI improvements based on my previous experience with Apple Home.

- If I have a contact sensor, I can’t set it to type Door, or Window, I can add an icon but it’s a status icon, and doesn’t reflect the state of the door or window, instead I have to rely on a blue dot that shows when the window or door is open.

- I love that you can see the historical values of all your devices, but again, contact sensors are highlighted as “Alarmed turned on/off”, Apple Home does it so much better saying door open/closed. Similar to what we can do with smartplugs, maybe we can add a “category” or “type” dropdown for contact sensors.

- Thermostats are confusing, in the image with my lamp, a smart plug and the thermostat, what’s on and what’s off? Lamp: Off, Plug: On, Thermostat looks on, but it’s off. when heating, the small number that displays the temperature goes orange.

- Apple home does this very well, when your device starts with the room name, it doesn’t display it when showing it in the context of the room, in Homey, now I see all my devices in the list, with the full name, and feels bloated.

Thanks!

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