Building a native mobile app for a connected thermostat

We teamed up with an HVAC controls manufacturer to improve their existing smart home app.

 

 
 

Johnson Controls' app lets customers manage their home’s temperature, humidity and fan settings remotely from their phone or smart watch. A year after the app's initial launch, Johnson Controls partnered with us to manage updates, add new features and develop additional customer support functionality.

 

 

Feature summary

iOS mobile application

Android mobile application

Amazon Alexa Smart Home Skill

Apple Watch

Ayla Networks IoT Platform

Ayla RBAC

Built on Ayla Networks IoT platform, the Hx Thermostat app allows users to remotely control the climate in specific rooms of their home by toggling between pre-set modes or using a system override to manually adjust settings.

Homeowner app

  • Set point scheduling

  • Geofencing-based automation

  • Role-based permissions

  • Service and diagnostic alerts

Dealer app

  • Setup 

  • Remote monitoring 

  • System diagnostics

  • Remote access to homeowner's system

 

Customers are able to grant access to dealers with customizable access and durations.

We helped to develop a companion version of the app that provides dealers and installation technicians with more setup and troubleshooting tools.

When homeowners receive a malfunction notification from their thermostat, they can send a message to their dealer and grant remote access to their system. The servicing dealer can then look at a homeowner's system individually and help to diagnose the problem.

 

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