CBI Home
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CBI Home has no in-app products on record in the United States.
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| Reviews | 2.5K | 1.8K | 1K | 789 | 546 | 475 | 147 | 115 | 55 |
| Released | 2020 | 2015 | 2016 | 2019 | 2019 | 2021 | 2023 | 2023 | 2020 |
CBI Home reviews
4.7 out of 5, based on 2,501 reviews.
What people like
- Really saves money on electricity
- Customer service team is very helpful
- Great for controlling water heaters
What they complain about
- Timers often fail after power cuts
- App is buggy and unreliable
- Hard to connect with Google Home
Excellent App!
This is an excellent app to manage your smart home devices. Is it possible to consider adding the password feature to lock certain “Rooms” with the devices in that room still visible on a view only. In addition the same to be able to lock a “scene or group of scenes”with password.
Useless
Most useless app.
Works well
After some initial issues, which have been resolved. The app functions as expected. They have made some notable improvements to the app over the years.
2stars for your weather accuracy
I like the idea behind your application to allow certain actions/scenes depending on weather. However your weather is showing sunny when it's rainy and cloudy. It's just you and that smart home app... Use a better weather service.
Good Idea
The app is a good idea. To control your devices in one place, set automation tasks and have everything work without intervention. However, the app is very buggy. The most recent bug: I turn my geyser off on the app, when I refresh the app, it shows as on again. And also, when you report these bugs on the app, you get no response at all Edit: today I cannot switch on the geyser. The logs say the devices was turned on and off at the right time, but the water is cold. Turning it on manually, it fails and now my visitors are stuck with cold water.
Excellent product
What an excellent product to use. It’s user friendly and I love it. Technology at its best.
Geyser tuner
The most difficult device you can ever find in the hardware, wow
Great Wireless Switch
Have been using multiple CBI Astute Switches over the last few years. It seems most of the issues some of the people have complained about have been resolved: 1. Multiple devices can be controlled by adding them to a group. 2. Adding the device to Alexa or Google Assistant can be done by clicking the rename icon on the device and selecting the integration. To the delevoper, the following improvements would be amazing for my use: 1. Setting daily power use limits would really help in saving electricity. I've tried creating a scene to turn off a device using the "Increase electricity > xkW" scenario, but it doesn't seem to work. 2. If there were a "Power Status" feature in a scene for a device to detect load shedding for example, I could use it to turn other devices off as well to preserve battery life.
App keeps ons switching timers off.
The app is no good when it keeps on disabling my timers.
Good functionality, poor UI
Really like the functionality around the ability to control my geyser. However, the graphs of past electricity usage are pathetic. The scale makes it impossible to see trends. I use 50kwh for my geyser in a month, not a day.
One Request
Please add widget functionality?
Can’t link to Google Home
Advertised to link to google home or google assistant. But can’t. Don’t get the options as per instructions.
Doesn’t load google home
No matter what I have tried to do to link it to google home I can’t. The instructions say it will load google home but doesn’t? I have also tried adding it via the google home app by searching for astute as per instructions and it’s not listed. It’s a CBI astute switch. Any help would be appreciated. Other than that great app, would just be nice to have them all in one app. Thanks.
Improve logging capabilities
Some parameters are not correct When setting a condition for amps usage >=< it only allows for 30 milliamperes as a selection Would be nice to allow the data to be exportable to csv Example. it would be nice to get an alert if the amps drawn exceed 15 amps and to keep alerting at x minutes interval
Works but…
Please give us the ability to link multiple timers. Setting and changing schedules daily for each timer individually to accommodate daily blackout cycle changes is a massive pain. Im about to throw mine out just because of this.
Leonard is awesome
Thanks Leonard for your help! I’ll update you if my water is hot tomorrow but it sounds promising!
Difficult to pair
Not easy to pair on device
iOS Notifications
CBI home app only has options to allow Location, Bluetooth, Local Network, Camera, Siri & Search and Mobile Data. No option to enable notifications, I don’t receive notifications on my iPhone. There’s no where to enable notifications, not even in the iPhone’s notifications settings, CBI Home app is not listed. Otherwise very useful.
Astute breakers
The product itself works well, but sometimes does not recover following a power failure. Not sure if this is device related or network related, but often needs manual start.
Brilliant
The most useful combo of hardware and software that I have in operation. Super value, amazing functionality. One wish: in the “Electric” function, please extend the granularity to 1 hour periods. This will allow detecting points of energy wastage much more accurately, and so increase the value to the user.
Faint led
Great app, but the led (red or blue) is extremely faint considering that I have the controller installed by the pool pump in a typically bright area if the garden. This makes pairing very difficult.
Alerts via SMS
It would be very useful if the app could be configured to issues alerts via SMS or Whatsspp. Am I missing something.
Power on state setting
Please fix power on state so iPhone users can see the setting
Home Tab indication
Latest version of the app on iPhone removed the ability to see if the ASI or ASC is on or off. This worked well to check at a glance if all is in or off. Now one has to selecr the device before that is possible.
Notification of Scheduling
There is a problem with the notification system when scheduling on and off times. I am talking about the notification option after selecting a switch, then selecting “timer”, then “add schedule”. After activating and then deactivating the “notification” option for specific on and off times, the notifications still come through. This is the same for other switches where notifications have been turned on, the notifications do not come through.
Nifty gadget
I haven’t given it 5 stars because the guide does not explain the installation very well. But the service technicians who help telephonically when you have failed all else, are the best! Very helpful, very professional and go all out to make sure you install the device correctly⭐️ The device and App are super amazing and easy to use! Don’t remember how life was before using the device. It’s a definite must have for energy efficiency +++
Cbi 30A breaker
The biggest issue is even though you put timers on when the breaker must go on and off . Every time the power goes off and the comes back on the breaker switches on. And here in South Africa with the loadshedding it is a big problem
Perfect
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Scheduled timer not working
Once you deactivate a scheduled timer temporarily it will give you following message when active again: “Timing of … is not working. Please check the device and network.” The timers never turned off are till working. There is no option to delete scheduled timing. Reinstalled the app. Reprogrammed all timers. Same issue.
Great app!
The app is very user friendly and easy to use. I would like to see widgets & siri shortcuts, but other than that it’s a very good app!
Nice app but lacks two crucial features
Apple HomeKit Support and; Dark Mode
Great App - Needs data export
I have been using this app and the CBI Astute range for more than a year. Absolutely brilliant! Just two notes for the developer: 1. The CBI ASC-BP (30A switch) does not have a setting to turn it back on in the event of AC failure. Not sure if this is a firmware/app/safety issue. 2. Is there any way to export my electricity usage data from the app? Would love to be able to do that to something like a CSV file.
Geyser Timer settings don't work
The geyser timer settings fail , I've never managed to get them to work. The only workaround is setting up Automations. This seems to be a iOS bug as the Timer Settings work on Android. Please fix this problem.
Great App!
Great app with awesome functionality to assist with simplifying and automating one’s home. The only glaring omission is the inability to synchronise with smart hubs like Alexa, Google etc. Once this is implemented you will be a five star app!
Can do with more info
Would love to see what time of day the usage on this isolator happens, instead of only seeing it per day
Integrates 100% with my home network
It’s nearly a year since I started using the CBI astute range in my home . Geyser, pool pump and my sons bedroom plug are measured and controlled. As a dad I extra appreciate that I can switch off his plug when he has reached his PlayStation time limit … I also like to compare the present and historical energy consumption of each astute appliance controller I have in the house. There is a noticeable saving, thank you ! smart settings are a real bonus. A great product and app. Highly recommended
Convenient app
Very easy and convenient app and device
Geyser App
I am unable to adjust the timer setting for the geyser app.
Geyser timers
Love the geyser timers
Switch on after power down.
The only problem i have with this product and app, is that after a power failure or Escom “ beurtkarg “ , the timer dos not switched on.
CBI Astute Smart Controller
The unit works great. The only very very annoying issue I have with it is the following. Once you temporary switch off a preset schedule and later switch it on again, it will not activate at the programmed time. It will show you that it's on, but it is not. Made that mistake with our geyser a few times when gone from home and coming back and having no hot water. You have to physically delete that particular schedule and reprogram it for it to work again. If the app developers can fix that, it would be the best App ever.
CBI Home FAQ
- Is CBI Home free?
- Yes. The app is free, in all 175 countries it sells in, and it sells nothing inside it.
- Does CBI Home have a free trial?
- No. None of its offers (US) come with a free trial.
- What are the best alternatives to CBI Home?
- ArmME Security App (4.2 from 1,825 reviews), Olarm (4.0 from 1,046 reviews) and Connex Connect (4.6 from 789 reviews).
CBI Home download
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CBI Home sells in 175 countries. It was released 6 years and 7 months ago, on 8 Feb 2020. It holds a 4.7 rating from 2,501 reviews.
Supports 11 languages: English, Arabic, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese, Spanish.
How much does CBI Home make?
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