More info.
[https://www.swisscom.ch/de/privatkunden/internet/smart-home/home-app.html](https://www.swisscom.ch/de/privatkunden/internet/smart-home/home- app.html)
N.B. I myself operate my MyStrom devices with the original MyStrom app.
https://mystrom.ch/de/smart-home/
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For example, you can attach TV and TV-Box to a myStrom switch and set up the rule for it in the myStrom app:
myStrom WiFi Switch (Works with Apple HomeKit) | Smart Home | myStrom
@Stauldoteiy82 wrote:
One of my favorite features in the home app is the “color button on the remote control” action.
1st see the answer from colleague hed.
2nd alternatively, you could then use a MyStrom button and assign various actions to it instead of the previous colored buttons on the remote control
….keep on rockin' 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼
@Stauldoteiy82 wrote:
One of my favorite features in the home app is the “color button on the remote control” action.
Does the email say which app will now offer this function or do we all have to ask individually in Swisscom shops and on the hotline?
None so far, it is still unclear whether the mySwisscom app will support anything in home automation or whether the myStrom app will be able to recognize the remote controls. I would like to continue to use it, because the button is not always where you want it.
Roger G.
Swisscom (Schweiz) AG, Product Manager Wireline Access
So this is really a step backwards - simply terminating services is certainly not a customer-friendly step. I think everyone here has used functions in different ways that should now disappear. However, the developers and those responsible should have been aware of the complexity of this offer when implementing or expanding the HomeApp… and not gradually incorporate functions that will then be removed without replacement in 2023.
The link has some information from the original MyStrom app, which I have always used.
https://mystrom.ch/de/mystrom-app/
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The fact that you can no longer make landline calls from your cell phone is really a huge step backwards! For our small company, this function was an important reason for choosing Swisscom: it meant we could also make calls from our home office using the company account. It’s a shame that Swisscom is reducing its advantages…
Hello,
It was about time, because I don’t know of any other app that has as many shortcomings as in Swisscom Home App!
The app was simply unusable for controlling my 14 SONOS devices. Power supplies were not recognized correctly, etc. etc. So I uninstalled the Swisscom Home App a few months ago.
For the SONOS devices, the SONOS app remains the best choice and my Gigaset devices are well controlled by the Gigaset app (several plugs, two smoke detectors, radiator thermostats with window and room sensors), even Philips Hue devices could be controlled with it , if I had those.
I’ve never used the home telephony app, and why should I? With my Swisscom cell phone subscription, I can make unlimited calls throughout Europe with the very best quality. There’s really no need for a crutch via WiFi and an app.
Switching off the Swisscom Home App is really no loss!
Kind regards
Gian
@snowmanch “Smart Home Control devices: Download the apps from the respective manufacturers to control products (such as those from Sonos) after the Home App has been switched off. ”
So downloading the app for every device is a stupid thing.
I completely agree with this suggestion from Swisscom because the respective manufacturer apps (SONOS, Gigaset) offer significantly more than the Home App. I deliberately limit myself to SONOS and Gigaset because I only need two apps that I already have installed to fully use the systems! Swisscom has now also noticed that it is pointless to offer an app that does not even support the basic functions correctly and without errors.
I’m just amazed that there are people who mourn this app.
Kind regards
Gian
The manufacturers’ respective apps offer more features, but many people don’t need that many functions and they don’t want to have to deal with dozens of different apps and accounts, but rather be able to carry out the basic functions from a common app.
In addition, the other apps do not offer a telephone function, i.e. with the elimination of the HomeApp, Swisscom is also withdrawing a bit from its core business (telephony).
@Gallus44 wrote:
Is Swisscom really serious that outgoing landline calls from cell phones will also disappear without replacement as of March 1, 2023 with Home App? That would be a huge step backwards. Or can you make outgoing landline calls from your cell phone from another app?
The joke is that someone from the Swisscom hotline recently told me that the home app telephony would be around for a long time. Since there were always disruptions anyway, I canceled my landline a month ago. It was practical to be able to use the landline while on the go. This is now over. I didn’t take out my cell phone subscription with Swisscom because it was too expensive.
snowmanch wrote:
“Smart Home Control devices: Download the apps from the respective manufacturers to control products (such as those from Sonos) after the Home App has been switched off.”
So downloading the app for every device is a stupid thing to do. I don’t want to fill my smartphone with countless apps.
It’s not like Swisscom Home App has been the world’s leading integration platform for smart devices, because there are many others.
The most widespread are certainly those from Google, Amazon and Apple.
Of course, standalone apps and integrated platforms always have their respective advantages and disadvantages and ultimately everyone has to find out for themselves what suits them best.
For example, if you now move from the Swisscom Home environment to the myStrom app with myStrom products and also have Apple mobile devices in the household, you can also think about the additional integration of the smart devices into the Apple Home Kit environment.
The two integrations are not mutually exclusive.
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