After an incredible 2025 that noticed 12 new Works with Residence Assistant companions be a part of this system, it’s now time to say “Hei” to the primary companion becoming a member of us this 12 months: Heiman
Based again in 2005, Heiman focus on good house safety gadgets, and are bringing a formidable number of safety-focused sensors and alarms to this system: together with the primary Matter carbon monoxide alarms to be licensed, together with smoke alarms designed for worldwide markets.
Preserve it native, preserve it secure
If you happen to’re new to the Works with Residence Assistant program, it’s designed that will help you determine gadgets that work brilliantly with Residence Assistant, and help the Open Residence Basis’s ideas
These values all pivot round native management, one thing that’s important relating to house security. Your smoke and CO alarms must work if you want them most, no matter your web connection or cloud service standing (although if you wish to test in in your gadgets whereas away from house, Residence Assistant Cloud gives safe distant entry, and your subscription helps fund this very program, amongst different issues!).
Our in-house staff has totally examined Heiman’s gadgets to make sure they meet this key requirement, and we’re glad to report they did! However Heiman has gone additional nonetheless through the use of the Matter open connectivity commonplace…
Why this issues
Matter was launched to be a unifying connectivity sort with interoperability at its coronary heart. As an alternative of being locked into one firm’s ecosystem, Matter gadgets work throughout Residence Assistant, in addition to different platforms like Google Residence.
Heiman’s Matter gadgets work over Thread, which provides one other layer of advantages. Thread is a low-power wi-fi mesh community protocol that creates resilient connectivity all through your private home, excellent for battery-powered sensors that want dependable communication whereas staying vitality environment friendly. That is perfect for battery-powered sensors like Heiman’s that must be vitality environment friendly whereas sustaining dependable communication.
So why does all this matter for security gadgets particularly? Effectively firstly, it’s necessary to know these good gadgets will nonetheless work as “dumb” ones, so there’s all the time a failsafe in the event you determine to rebuild your Thread community, or begin making tweaks. In case your sensors combine domestically, it means you’ll be able to automate primary checks, equivalent to reminders to check an alarm as soon as a month, or notifications of {hardware} faults. If you wish to go even additional, your smoke alarm may set off emergency lighting, your CO detector may shut off your gasoline fire, or your leak sensor may shut water valves, all with out sending your non-public information via a third-party server. And that is simply the type of full, interoperable ecosystem Heiman goals to supply.
“Our core aim has all the time been to allow each household to get pleasure from a secure and clever residing expertise. Residence Assistant, as a world-leading open supply good house platform, has an open and inclusive ecological philosophy and robust compatibility with multi-brand and multi-protocol gadgets, that are extremely according to the course of our product analysis and growth. We deeply perceive that solely by integrating into an open ecosystem can we break down gadget boundaries and supply customers with a really seamless whole-house good resolution.”
– Leo Xie, Software program Engineer Supervisor at Heiman
Working with the neighborhood
Heiman is displaying they’re true to those ambitions. Past getting licensed, they’re planning to take an lively position within the Residence Assistant neighborhood by collaborating in discussions, listening to real-world suggestions, and constantly optimizing their merchandise based mostly on what customers really want. They’re additionally sharing their technical experience in good house safety, collaborating with builders to discover modern security eventualities that profit everybody.
Gadgets
Heiman’s dedication to openness and neighborhood can also be mirrored within the gadgets we’ve licensed, which additionally meet strict security rules throughout the US, Europe, Asia and past. Earlier than Heiman joined, we had one Zigbee smoke alarm in this system. Now there are Matter choices for a number of areas, plus the primary licensed carbon monoxide alarms: extra alternative, extra protection.
What gadgets have been licensed?
Additionally value noting: Heiman’s international presence permits them to ship high quality gadgets at costs that received’t break the financial institution. Security sensors and alarms shouldn’t be a luxurious, and Heiman’s method means they don’t must be.
No extra guessing video games!
Accessible pricing is only one approach Heiman expands alternative for customers. We’ve discovered additionally they ship on the opposite core ideas behind the Works with Residence Assistant program: native management protects privateness, and open requirements guarantee sustainability. And that’s the entire level of our certification course of: to make it simpler so that you can spot producers who genuinely commit to those values, taking the guesswork out of constructing your open house. For full particulars of all Works with Residence Assistant companions, take a look at our licensed gadget record
Welcome to this system, Heiman, we’re excited to see what the neighborhood builds with these gadgets!
Steadily requested questions
If I’ve a tool that isn’t listed beneath Works with Residence Assistant, does this imply it’s not supported?
No! It simply implies that it hasn’t gone via a testing schedule with our staff, or doesn’t match the necessities of this system. It would perform completely effectively however be added to the testing schedule sooner or later.
OK, so what’s the purpose of the Works with program?
It highlights the gadgets we all know work effectively with Residence Assistant and the manufacturers that make a long-term dedication to retaining help for these gadgets going. The certification settlement specifies that manufacturers should proceed to help the gadgets in this system.
How have been these gadgets examined?
All gadgets on this record have been examined utilizing an ordinary Residence Assistant Inexperienced Hub with the Residence Assistant Join ZBT-2 because the Thread Border Router and with our licensed Matter integration
Will you be including extra Heiman gadgets to this system?
Why not! We’re thrilled to foster an in depth relationship with the staff at Heiman to work collectively on any upcoming releases or add in additional merchandise that aren’t but listed right here. We’re additionally chatting with them about some thrilling future plans.
