[APP][Pro][Official] Kia and Hyundai

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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.

  • Amsterdam Stopera Parking
  • Downingstreet 10, london
  • 38.8976805,-77.0387185

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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 :+1:.
I am happy to test the app as soon as you have created it.

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Great work, i’ve just ordered the Kia E-Soul 2020 and will pick it up next saturday so if you need a tester no problem at all.

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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 :wink: I would have started development in November I suppose. If you need any help by then let me know!

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Ooh I am unsure if you are going to use this lib https://github.com/Hacksore/bluelinky but please be aware of this :wink: https://github.com/Hacksore/bluelinky/issues/41 so you can’t use the same lib for both Hyundai and Kia

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I know, that’s why I said 'possible due to very recent work` :wink:

I’m in touch with the developers and with the collaborator who made it working with Kia this afternoon. Talking about agile development :crazy_face:

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I hope this will work, hoping to get my e-soul around nov/dec :pray:

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The new Kia UVO app is now available in the Playstore.

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Developing progress is good. So I should be able to put a test version on Github :soon:

But be aware that I am developing the app for Homey V5, so you need to wait untill Athom releases that to the general public :wink:

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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.

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I guess V5 will be ‘soon’ but my car will wait some longer (I guess)

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First app impressions:

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Curious where you read that, as Athom never stated a date, just “a few weeks” which can mean still several weeks away.

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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.

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All right. For you daredevils who have access to Homey V5, here is the source on Github:

WARNING: This app is in alpha state and can damage your vehicle (e.g. drain your 12V battery). Use at own risk!

This app can only be used on Homey V5

Supported cars:

  • Kia UVO (Only Europe implemented at this stage)
  • Hyundai Bluelink (Not implemeted at this stage)
  • Genesis Bluelink (Not implemeted at this stage)

Status:

  • EV Battery charge %
  • 12V Battery charge %
  • Charging
  • Doors locked
  • Odometer
  • Speed
  • Range
  • GPS location
  • Distance from home

Control:

  • Doors
  • Temperature
  • Defrost
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Ok, I found out I need to implement a smarter way to poll the car status.

My 12V battery was completely dead after a night polling @ 2x per minute. :confounded:

So I need a strategy to poll the car only if the engine is on, but how do you know if the engine is on when you don’t poll the car ? :sweat_smile:

After some more ‘reverse engineering’ (by a lot of trial-and-error) I found out there is a way to do that :partying_face:

This requires significant rewrite of my app. So stay tuned for more…

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Rewriting is in progress, but a lot of work…

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?

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Gruijter, you are amazing!

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 :grinning:
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.

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Hello Robin,

I’m the owner of a Hyundai Ioniq with the Bleulink app and I have a Homey Pro.
I’m willing to take part of testing my Ioniq with Homey.

Best regards,
John van Krieken

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Great!

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.

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