{"id":189,"date":"2026-01-06T16:30:49","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T16:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/technewscentury.co.uk\/?p=189"},"modified":"2026-01-06T16:30:49","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T16:30:49","slug":"homey-and-ecoflow-unite-for-smarter-home-energy-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/technewscentury.co.uk\/?p=189","title":{"rendered":"Homey and EcoFlow Unite for Smarter Home Energy Management"},"content":{"rendered":"

At CES 2026, Athom announced a new strategic partnership with EcoFlow<\/strong>, aiming to tightly integrate EcoFlow\u2019s Smart Home Energy Management System with Homey<\/strong>, Athom\u2019s open smart home platform. The collaboration signals a growing push toward unified, cross-brand energy orchestration in the modern smart home.<\/p>\n

Connecting Homey with EcoFlow\u2019s Energy Ecosystem<\/h3>\n

Through this partnership, EcoFlow\u2019s energy management platform is directly connected to Homey, allowing household energy data and smart home devices to work together via Homey\u2019s open APIs. The result is a more coordinated approach to monitoring, controlling, and optimising energy usage across the home.<\/p>\n

As part of the integration, users can add the Homey Energy Dongle<\/a> directly to the EcoFlow app. Priced at \u20ac39, the Homey Energy Dongle is a whole-home energy metering device that connects to the main power supply, providing real-time visibility into total household energy consumption.<\/p>\n

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Whole-Home Energy Automation and Smart Scenarios<\/h3>\n

Live data from the Homey Energy Dongle feeds directly into EcoFlow\u2019s smart energy management system, enabling automated decisions around charging, discharging, and energy distribution based on real-time household energy flows. Crucially, this optimisation works across both ecosystems, rather than locking users into a single platform.<\/p>\n

The integration also enables a range of practical whole-home energy scenarios, including:<\/p>\n

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    Running high-load appliances during periods of peak solar generation<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Prioritising essential devices during power outages<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Dynamically adjusting energy usage based on electricity pricing, battery charge levels, and solar output<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    These scenarios are designed to reduce energy waste, lower costs, and improve resilience during grid instability or outages.<\/p>\n

    A Step Toward Platform-Centric Energy Management<\/h3>\n

    \u201cThis partnership brings Homey one step closer to becoming the central platform for energy management in the home,\u201d said Stefan Witkamp, CEO of Athom. \u201cIt demonstrates the strength of our open ecosystem approach, with open APIs across Homey devices and growing collaboration with partners in both smart home and energy management.\u201d<\/p>\n

    EcoFlow\u2019s leadership framed the partnership in broader, longer-term terms. \u201cWe envision households becoming part of resilient, shared energy networks where communities can support one another through outages, extreme weather events, and rising demand,\u201d said Dr. Bruce Wang Lei, Founder and CEO of EcoFlow. \u201cWith the strategic partnership with Homey, we\u2019re building the interoperable foundation needed for that future.\u201d<\/p>\n

    Global Rollout Begins in 2026<\/h3>\n

    The integration is set to roll out globally starting in 2026. With this move, Homey continues to position itself as an open platform that bridges smart home automation and energy management\u2014giving users deeper insight and greater control over how energy is produced, stored, and consumed within their homes.<\/p>\n

    More Energy Brands on the Horizon<\/h3>\n

    The EcoFlow partnership is part of a broader platform strategy for Homey. Support for additional energy brands is already planned, including Sunpura, Marstek, Jackery, and Anker Solix, further expanding Homey\u2019s role as a vendor-agnostic hub for smart energy and home automation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    At CES 2026, Athom announced a new strategic partnership with EcoFlow, aiming to tightly integrate EcoFlow\u2019s Smart Home Energy Management System with Homey, Athom\u2019s open smart home platform. The collaboration signals a growing push toward unified, cross-brand energy orchestration in the modern smart home. Connecting […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2,7],"tags":[257,20,67],"class_list":["post-189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-smarthome","tag-ces-2026","tag-ecoflow","tag-homey"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewscentury.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewscentury.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewscentury.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewscentury.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewscentury.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=189"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/technewscentury.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewscentury.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewscentury.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewscentury.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}