Homeboy for Insteon Hub
Key Features
- Control of Insteon lights, appliances, and scenes with a simple, easy-to-use app
- Quick access to all Insteon devices, scenes, favorites, and rooms
- Device statuses throughout your home with one glance
- Familiar material design look and feel on your Android phone or tablet
Requirements
- Requires the Insteon Hub v2 (model 2245-222) and Insteon devices
Beta Limitations
*
* This current release is in beta. We encourage you to provide feedback about issues and feature requests.
- Currently supports one home
- Supports most Insteon lighting and appliance modules, dimmers, and outlets
- Supports primary load on keypads and dual outlets
- This release does not support sensors, cameras, and thermostats
Category : House & Home
Reviews (28)
Cannot use to configure, only activate or deactivate devices, which reduces it's usefulness to me, but per the developer reply, it is out of their control.
Unable to use. Requires a login just to use the app. Login to where? I downloaded this to control a local device (Insteon hub), no external login verification should be required. Uninstalled.
No better than insteon hub and you can't update scenes
Best app for controlling insteon devices.
Doesn't list any of my X-10 devices
Fresher interface. Needs widget
does not do a thing
Logged into my existing account, none of my devices showed up to control. Also only recognizes one hub on the account, I have 2.
Can't create scenez or add devices. Not very useful.
So far so good!! It's better that the insteon one!
I would love to give this app a better review, but I've run it on a Note 4, then Nexus 5x, and now a Pixel XL - it takes a solid 3 to 4 minutes to populate the state of all my devices. When I trigger a control I get an error saying unable to communicate with the device (although the control does work). On top of that, 20 percent of the time when I launch the app it says 'device cannot be found'. I quit and restart and the devices appear. The I.F.H app may be clunky but it works more reliably than this one.
It's really no comparison. The big thing missing here is Android widgets- I should be able to control scenes/lights through widgets on my home screen. Other than that, I'm very happy with this
Nice app, much better than the default app. It would be much better if the speed\cache would be faster and if it had the ability to support widgets for control.
Insteon Outlets can have both bottom and top outlets controlled. This App doesn't support this and can only turn one on and off (can't choose)
Request for developer: add landscape mode please. Tablets need love too. I would support a paid version if it had IFTTT integration. Fast! Works with my lights perfectly. I just use the Insteon app to manage scheduling.
Garage door not shown in Homeboy but works fine in Hub
People complain a lot for an app they get to use for free. The developer is responsive and they put out regular updates lt it's much better than insteon own app.
Love the ease of use and material design...Just missing a good widget for quick control of lights!
Worked once and quit.
Clean, fast and solid. Would like to see scheduling added to feature list. Right now I schedule with the Insteon app but control things with Homeboy.
The login speed and execution of macros and devices is blazing fast next to Insteon's alternative.
Only issue for me is there is not a way to view my cameras.
Definitely a speed and UI improvement over the native insteon app but I'm looking forward to support for sensors, thermostat, I/O linc, and the ability to turn scenes off. Keep up the good work!
Had issues with the original Insteon app this app instantly found all my devices and works perfectly
Like the fact that I can trigger scenes to turn on, but hoping for functionality to then be able to quickly turn off all the items included in that scene (like the much more Android-device-finicky "Insteon for Hub" does.) I can make an "ON" and an "OFF' version of the settings for each scene as a workaround, but if the sloppy developers who made the official "I.f.H" app can manage to toggle the scene both ways, you guys can do it I'm sure. Cheering you on guys! Thanks for picking up the ball they dropped.
Much faster and easier to use than the native Insteon app for Android. I think widgets would make this app incredibly better. I'm relatively new to Insteon and have yet to find a way to quickly control Insteon products from my home screen like I can for all my other home automation eco-systems...
I'm an Android developer as well as Insteon Dev. I love the way this is heading! I would recommend a few things to make this the only Hub Remote but I plan to send a comprehensive email to you later.
Good ... but unable to view scene members. Love the devices displayed in a list. The ability to see the status of each device is perfect. What would be great is On/Off control for each device right on the list screen. Press and hold to brighten/dim ... just like the actual Insteon switch. Control buttons on right of list and status on left as part of icon. Keep up the good work.