With Home Connect you can control and automate your home appliances. Start, stop, select programs or set timers. You can even get push notifications when your program has finished. Together with the P1 Meter and the HomeWizard Energy app you can start your washing machine, dryer or dishwasher when it’s cheapest or when you have a solar surplus.

HomeWizard helps you reduce your consumption and save money and the planet while doing so. With the HomeWizard appliances you get live insight into the energy consumption of your household. HomeWizard helps you to consume energy in a smart way by running your home appliances on your own produced solar power or during the cheapest hours of the day.

Step 1: Download the Home Connect app and register a Home Connect account.
Step 2: Scan the QR code provided in the Quick Start Guide OR use the Home Connect Connection Guide to find the QR code for your appliance.

After connecting your Home Connect-enabled appliance (see the question above), go to settings within the HomeWizard Energy app, select ‘Meters’ and choose ‘+ Add new appliance’. Scroll down and select ‘Home Connect’. A browser will open to log in with your Home Connect account. After logging in, grant permission by accepting the terms that pop up and you’ll be sent back to the Energy app. Now select the appliance(s) that you want to connect and press ‘Continue’. Et voilà, you’re done! Now you can set up smart tasks for your Home Connect-enabled appliance(s).

In order to use HomeWizard with Home Connect you will need to turn off the ‘Permanent Remote Start’ for your dishwasher to prevent it from running every day. Please note that ‘Permanent Remote Start’ is not the same as ‘Remote Start’.

Home Connect is available for home appliances of the brands Bosch, Siemens, Gaggenau, Neff, Thermador, Balay, Constructa, Pitsos and Profilo. To make sure your appliance supports the smart tasks make sure your appliance supports Home Connect. Look for the Home Connect or Wi-Fi logo on your appliance.

A solar task enables you to switch appliances on or off based on the solar surplus in your home. This feature was already available with the Energy Socket. Now, it’s available for dishwashers, washing machines, and dryers compatible with Home Connect.

After connecting Home Connect, go to settings in the HomeWizard Energy app, click on ‘EnergySaver’ and look for your appliance. Set a new task and choose ‘Solar task’.

You wouldn’t want to come home to a pile of dirty laundry or dishes. The smart algorithm of the ‘EnergySaver’ task keeps track of your solar surplus and tries to use that surplus to power your appliance as best as it can. If there’s no surplus solar power available, your program will run at the end of your set time to ensure your dishes or laundry aren’t left dirty in the machine.

After connecting Home Connect, go to settings in the HomeWizard Energy app, select ‘EnergySaver’ in the menu and look for the appliance you added. Set a new task and choose ‘Dynamic tariff’.

We depend on tariff data provided by a third party. This information is updated at noon, allowing us to determine the cheapest hours for tomorrow. Rest assured, once the tariff information becomes available to us, the task will automatically use it.

Absolutely! The smart tasks for Home Connect are completely free to set up and use within the HomeWizard Energy app. To properly configure solar tasks, you’ll need a P1 Meter. Without it, we won’t have information about the solar surplus of your home.

Open the HomeWizard Energy app and go to settings > ‘EnergySaver’. Look for your appliance and add a new task. You can set up a solar or dynamic tariff task.

You need a few things. First, you will need a HomeWizard P1 Meter, an account and the HomeWizard Energy app. To set up Home Connect, you will need a washing machine, dryer or dishwasher that supports Home Connect. We support Home Connect appliances by Bosch, Siemens, Gaggenau, Neff, Thermador, Balay, Constructa, Pitsos and Profilo. Your appliance should have internet access and should have an active connection with Home Connect.

The P1 Meter gives you insight into the energy consumption of your home. You can add your energy tariffs and connect your Home Connect appliance within the Energy app. You can see when energy is cheapest or when you have sufficient solar surplus to wash or dry your dishes or clothes. HomeWizard will use this information to find the best moment to start your appliance program automatically.

Please make sure you use the same Home Connect account you used to connect your Home Connect appliance. To set up new home appliances, go to ‘Add appliance’, select Home Connect and check your new appliance’s checkbox. This only works if you’ve already connected your Home Connect account with your HomeWizard Energy app and linked them. 

No, this feature is set up for large energy consumers: dishwashers, washing machines, dryers and washer dryer combinations.

The appliance should show ‘Ready’ as status in the ‘EnergySaver’ task. Make sure to select your desired program, press the ‘Remote Control’ button on your appliance to ensure the appliance acts on your smart task and close the door.

No, when you set up an ‘EnergySaver’ task you don’t need to return to that screen again. You can use your appliance like usual. The only thing you need to do is make sure to select a program on your appliance and press the ‘Remote start’ button. To not have it run, don’t activate the remote control or disable the smart task in your HomeWizard Energy app.

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View frequently asked questions about Home Connect here. Can’t get it to work within HomeWizard? View a thorough guide to set up your connection here or contact us.

The difference between the options Manual and Permanent Remote Start is that the manual setting requires you to activate the remote function each time you wish to use it. To do so, hit the Remote Start button on your dishwasher after loading. The program will start based on the ‘EnergySaver’ task you set. Manual Remote Start is the default setting on all Home Connect dishwashers. Please turn off the ‘Permanent Remote Start’ feature if you enabled it.

Permanent Remote Start means the remote feature is on permanently. Closing your dishwasher’s door sets up the appliance to run its program once it meets the requirements in your ‘EnergySaver’ task. As a result, closing the door before you go on holiday means the set program runs daily. Please turn off the ‘Permanent Remote Start’ feature to prevent this from happening.