Homey's software improves continuously. As an experimental update tester, you will receive updates before they are released to everyone. However, these updates come at a cost — they can potentially contain bugs or missing features.
Setup instructions
Step 1
To enable experimental updates, start by visiting Homey Developer Tools.
Step 2
Next, sign in with your account linked to your Homey Pro (2016 — 2019).
Step 3
Toggle the switch to turn on or off the experimental updates on your Homey Pro (2016 — 2019).
To keep in mind
We recommend not enabling experimental updates unless you are a developer or are aware of the risks.
Experimental updates might be unstable, and after enabling them, you can't revert to a stable firmware release without doing a factory reset. We advise always having a backup with stable firmware at hand, which can be used when there's an issue with the experimental update.
You can subscribe to Homey Pro Backups to create a cloud backup.
Homey Pro backups
When you're running an experimental update on your Homey Pro (2016 — 2019) and you're subscribed to Homey Pro Backups, we advise disabling "automatic backups" so you can ensure that there's always a backup with a stable firmware release available in the cloud. You can manage your cloud backups under your account.
When manually creating a backup of your Homey Pro (2016 — 2019) with an experimental firmware release, please turn off "automatic updates" of Homey Pro's firmware before making a backup. When you restore this backup after experiencing issues with the latest experimental firmware release, your Homey Pro can return to a previous release without automatically upgrading the firmware.
iOS & Android app
iOS users can join the TestFlight program to get the experimental version of our app updates. Android users can join the Open Beta program.
