For Homey Pro 2024 owners there are now official apps for Kia and Hyundai. Important: These apps do not work on Homey Pro 2016/2019 at the moment!
Once HP2016/2019 get new firmware with a NodeJS upgrade, the apps can be used also on older Homeys. It will then also be possible to use the apps on Homey Cloud.
For Homey Pro 2016/2019 you can now still use the ‘old’ community app:
WARNING: This app can drain your 12V battery if you refresh the car status too often! Due to license restrictions the number of server requests and car status updates is limited by Kia/Hyundai. You will be locked out from using their service if you overuse it. Use at own risk!
Supported cars:
Kia UVO or Kia Connect
Hyundai Bluelink
Status:
12V Battery charge %
Engine on/off
Doors closed and locked
Defrost on/off
A/C on/off
Odometer
Speed
Range
Tire pressure alarm
Battery alarm
GPS location
Distance from home
Extra status for EV vehicles:
EV Battery charge %
Charge targets
Charging on/off
Control (Note: some commands only work when the engine is off):
Doors lock/unlock
A/C on/off
Defrost on/off
Target temperature
Target Charge
Charger on/off
Send destination to car’s navigation
How to update the car status in Homey:
Homey will get an update of the car status within 10 minutes after it is parked. You can also request a status update from the Homey app, or from a flow.
24/7 car status updates:
You can set a forced status update interval in the advanced device settings. This will however drain the 12V battery of your car when the car is parked (engine turned off). When the 12V battery is empty, you will need your emergency key to open the door, and use a battery jumper to get going again!
Send a destination to the car’s navigation
Via a flow you can send a new destination to the navigation system. You can use a tag or free text, or [lat,lon] format, e.g.
Hello @Gruijter and greetings from Germany.
I think a lot of your idea. I’m driving a Kia Niro Hybrid model year 2020. Kia UVO doesn’t have as many functions with a hybrid, but I’m looking forward to Homey being able to check whether my car is locked .
I am happy to test the app as soon as you have created it.
Congrats with the new car. I will receive my e-Niro at the end of October. Luckily you are developing an app, so I won’t have to haha I would have started development in November I suppose. If you need any help by then let me know!
Homey v5.0.0, will be released in the next week. I can recommend that you publish your app to the final version in the Community App Store. Installation becomes so much easier.
I got a push message from my homey. It was a final warning to turn off the experimental updates, as some apps might no longer work. In this push next week was announced as the date for the beta. I haven’t switched off and I’m curious to see what will come.
Yet another big feature I’m thinking of implementing is letting the app send real-time data to A Better Route Planner (ABRP). This will significantly improve the routeplanning while driving, based on actual location, speed and battery charge.
Is that something I should also spend my time on you think?
I ordered my e-Soul a week ago and will get it in 2 weeks and I was sooooo happy to read your post.
Amazing how far you got in this short time! With your experience it won’t take long to rewrite and your Battery will thank you later for extra effort
Can’t wait to see your app in the App Store after I updated to version 5.
As soon as I get my car I am happy to offer you my time for testing as you spend hours in developing for us the community.
Keep your spirit and can’t wait to hear from you when you passed the next milestone.
Im testing the app now while in France with the e-niro. I stll need to figure out what information from the car to present in what way in Homey. After I launch it in the app store it will be problematic for users when I change app capabilities, so I want to make sure I do it right the first time.
Secondly, there are some issues with the API wrapper that I need to work around.
Thirdly, the car polling cannot always be started automatically unfortunately. Kia/Hyundai do not push a car state when starting the car. Only when stopping charging or stopping the car. So I made a button to start polling the car manually.