Hive App

[Harrier Man]

I noticed on the 450 Wallbox Installation thread that several people have been having charging problems. To educate myself, I looked up the Hive app on Google Play as I thought I would need to download this soon (when my car arrives). However, I have come up with more questions than answers.

The Android app gets just 2.2 stars; very poor, and I wondered if the app was causing the charging problems rather than the charger itself? Oddly, the apple version scores a more reasonable 4.5 stars. On reading the app descriptions, neither mention EV charging functions but I am looking at the right app because I followed the links from the hivehome.com website. This website does have a brief description of what the app can do for you but none of the functions look very useful to me and I didn't get a sense that I needed the app at all (previously I thought I did).

Obviously the app does much more and will therefore be useful to some people but if these other functions aren't needed or wanted, is the app any use for just the EV charging with the Alfen charger installed by BG?

[zanderblue]

I’m using the Hive app with my Alfen charger. So far it has been ok.

I’d say it is limited in terms of the scheduling. I can only select one of the 3 off peak periods I have with my electric tariff. Only had charger a week so I’ll stick with it for now.

[Ken R]

I am using the Hive app in conjunction with the Alfen charger as I already had the app for central heating/hot water control.

App is OK (running on Android). My main issue appears to be connectivity as the ev charger often drops out