– Shelly Control now supports “Home Management” with up to five different homes per user.
– Users can invite others via email and assign custom permissions (e.g., control only vs. full access).
– Ideal for granting limited access to seniors or children while keeping settings and scenes safe.
– Eliminates need to share accounts or use external platforms like Home Assistant.
– Works with all managed devices, including smart plugs and switching actuators.
Expanding Home Management Capabilities
Shortly after announcing support for multiple dashboards on its own wall displays, Shelly is now going a step further. Effective immediately, Shelly Control, the manufacturer’s proprietary management platform for Shelly devices, enables so-called “Home Management.” The company recently announced this via its forum and changelog.
Mobile App Integration and Multi-Home Setup
The Shelly Control platform also includes the smartphone apps for Android and iOS, making the new feature available on mobile devices as well. Specifically, it is now possible to create up to five different homes per user. This means you can manage seperate properties or sections within a single account.
User Permissions and Invitations
Other users can then be invited into these homes, allowing them to access the existing devices as well. When adding another Shelly Control user (via their registered email address), you can choose which permissions the new member should have. Whether it is just controlling the devices or full access to settings and scenes, there are plenty of options when assigning user rights.
From my perspective, this feature is particularly useful when you want to allow seniors or children to control smart home devices while preventing important settings and automation scenes from being accidentally changed. However, sharing access with other roommates or family members is naturally useful in everyday life as well. Anyone who wanted to do this previously either had to share their Shelly account or resort to external smart home platforms like Home Assistant.
Compatibility and Device Support
In general, the new feature can be used with all devices managed in the Shelly app. This applies in particular to the popular smart plugs or switching actuators. The update effectivly rolls out to all existing users without any additional cost or hardware changes required.