How to transition to the new Hubitat Mobile App

If it says "Open" then it means that the Play store thinks you are on the newest version.

What do you see when you check the hamburger icon at the bottom right and then look at App Settings?

Ya i hope not removed as new one wont even let me connect to one of my hubs.

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It says Veersion2.0.1 (239)

The new (2.0.2) version IS beta. You can't install it yet unless you join beta. The latest released version is 2.0.1 (239)

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Not sure if this is the right place to ask ... but here goes ...

How do I include a Z-Wave Smart Start Sensor (i.e., QR code) with the new Hubitat Elevation Mobile App ... OR ... where is the tools menu?

This doc states "Add devices, including Z-Wave Smart Start devices" ... so I guess I just can't find it. :frowning_face:

Most/all of the documentation refers to a "tools menu/wrench" (probably the old mobile app). e.g., ...
On the Hubitat app:
1. Open the Tools tab (wrench icon on the bottom)
2. Scroll to the bottom, select Z-Wave
3. This will take you to a screen where you can select either Smart Start or regular inclusion
4. Select Smart Start
5. This will take you to the smart start inclusion list. Devices will be displayed there that are in the process of inclusion through Smart Start.
6. Select the QR symbol in

This doc also refers to a tools menu ...
Z-Wave Manual | Hubitat Documentation.

OK ... maybe I'll answer my own question ...

For the Hubitat 2.0 mobile app: go to Devices > + (plus icon) > Add SmartStart Devices

Yes, that is the process documented on the "Add Device" page:

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@bobbyD I seriously hope you don't pull a SmartThings and remove the old Android app before the new one is fully working. I just needed to re-install the old app because the new one, while I am away from home, will not open the dashboard menu at all.

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We will not. We all learned a thing or two while we were using other platforms before Hubitat was born.

But even if we remove the old app from the app stores, it will not stop working, as long as you have it installed.

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So I was prompted to download the new app and now I get no alerts. A good solution should not have this level of disruption. Sounds like someone in charge does not understand how to develop software. I can geek out on this stuff and I will have to go and refactor my devices to get alerts to work again. Most people are not a bunch of geeks and will just lose interest in this platform. This whole thing is forcing me to read a bunch of stuff that I really should not have to or want to. Why you cannot iterate the old app presence to this new tells me that your mobile team is not very talented. I have several apps iPhone/google platform and have migrated with much less disruption. I was pissed about the dashboard nonsense on the web app where now for some reason I have a "legacy" dashboard. Again silly "No devices" block on the web app with a link to "Dashboard menu page"? Why not just take old dashboards and integrate them to the new dashboard page or better yet not disrupt your customer base and just not bother with old and new dashboards? You are all missing the spirt of this platform which was suppose to by non google / amazon crap and yet slowly like the Plex platform, morphing into the thing that drove us to this platform to start with. I have 3 of your hubs and countless sensors, but I swear one more crappy rollout like this app and web/app disruptions this entire thing will go into the landfill.

Needlessly Angry customer.

Okay, the new app is loaded and running fine -- what happened to all my apps and WebCore stuff?

What are you referring to?

The mobile app isn’t really intended to show you “apps and WebCoRE stuff,” although it’s possible to load the hub’s full web UI from within the mobile app (just as it used to be possible with the previous version).

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With the old app I could bring up and edit my apps/rules and create new ones. It was handy to fix bugs and create on the fly. The new app lacks this functionality or am I missing how to do it in the new program?

Still not entirely clear, but it sounds like you are referring to bringing up the hub’s full web browser-based GUI in the mobile app, as I mentioned.

In the new mobile app’s home screen, tap the name of your hub and then from the menu that pops up, tap “connect to hub.”

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That got me there, thank you.

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Dumb question. I’ve transitioned to the new mobile app. I can’t find the Apps tab. Where is it please?

I've had a recent "thing" with presence in the new app. IOS. My wifes iphone working perfectly. on occasion, mine won't show my presence / location properly unless I open the app and tweak the geofence. Then it suddenly shows me gone/home properly - and works for a few days - then goes back to this behavior. Any thoughts?

There is no “apps” tab in the mobile app, and there never was AFAIK…


This is what I have in the old app. Where is the Apps tab in the new?

That is a webpage wrapped into the mobile app.

It would look the same if you browsed to http://10.0.7.106 in Safari.

That is the hub’s web GUI that I was referring to.

The mobile app makes it possible to access the hub’s web GUI. To do that, simply do what I suggested above:

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