Homeboy for Insteon Hub

3.2
53 reviews
5K+
Downloads
Content rating
Everyone
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About this app

Use your Android phone or tablet to control Insteon lights and appliances in your home from anywhere with an Internet connection. Homeboy uses the latest Android look and feel to provide your entire family with a simple way of controlling the home. Set up your Insteon home and devices using the Insteon for Hub app, then use Homeboy to control it all. Just sign in with your Insteon account credentials.

Key Features

- Control of Insteon lights, appliances, and scenes with a simple, easy-to-use app
- Quick access to your Insteon devices, scenes, favorites, and rooms
- Environment control with Insteon fans and thermostats
- Device statuses throughout your home with one glance
- View device and scene details for deeper insight into your smart home configuration
- Set your Favorite devices and scenes—without the manufacturer’s app
- Switch between two or more homes to control multiple locations
- Familiar material design look and feel on your Android phone or tablet

Requirements

- Requires the Insteon Hub v2 (model 2245-222) and compatible North American Insteon devices

Limitations

As we work hard to develop and expand app features, we encourage you to please provide feedback about issues and feature requests – we love hearing from you! Some current app feature limitations include:

- Supports most Insteon lighting and appliance modules, dimmers, and outlets
- Supports primary load on keypads and dual outlets
- Does not support sensors or cameras
- I/O Linc modules may not show accurate status
Updated on
Oct 30, 2023

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
No data shared with third parties
Learn more about how developers declare sharing
This app may collect these data types
App activity, App info and performance, and Device or other IDs
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

3.2
51 reviews
Chris Hankinson
August 9, 2020
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.
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Homeboy Software Inc.
August 9, 2020
Thanks for your review and feedback. You can actually view device members for a scene in the homeboy app. For Android users, there is a 'view details' menu item option from the scene screen. It will show you some scene information including the device actions for that scene. And thanks for the suggestion about control right from the list screens!
Daniel Einspanjer
September 20, 2020
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.
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Homeboy Software Inc.
September 20, 2020
Hi, Daniel. Sorry to hear you're disappointed with Homeboy. Third parties have limited ability to manage Insteon devices, so we've built a fast, lightweight app to simply control their devices and scenes. We tried to be clear about that in our product description and hope you'll consider giving Homeboy a fair shot based on what it's designed to do.
Thomas McKinley
August 2, 2020
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.
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Homeboy Software Inc.
August 7, 2021
Hi Thomas, just use your regular Insteon email address and password to login to the Homeboy app. We don't require any additional account setup or external login to use the app. As a third party, we’re required to have you log in to your Insteon account to access your Hub2. Your account is secure and we don’t ever store your password.

What's new

Support for Android 13 (API level 33).