Residential IoT Services

Home Connect Plus connects devices from different manufacturers and brings their access together in a single app. Even smart home beginners can use the app from the Robert Bosch subsidiary to connect, automate and centrally control various smart home devices and entire systems from different manufacturers. The interaction of the devices can be fully adapted to the personal needs and everyday situation of the user so that even with an increasing number of networked devices, the focus remains on the essentials. On command, the app can automatically adjust blinds, lullabies and lights so that parents can concentrate fully on putting their children to bed, to name just one example of the practical everyday benefits. Particular attention has been paid to simple and intuitive usability, so that all users, even those with no prior technical knowledge, can experience real support in everyday life.

In the course of the project work on Home Connect Plus, our UXMA team was able to call on the entire skill set in terms of software development and UX/UI design. The phrase “from zero to IFA in just five months” sums up the core challenge at the start of the project. Relying only on backend and design research, we completed the complete Android development and the design of the app in less than six months to a level of maturity that could be presented at the world's largest trade fair for consumer electronics, the IFA in Berlin. Thanks to executable main features as well as end-to-end integration, the visitors at the trade fair were able to control end devices and fully test automations. All on the basis of clean and tested code, which found its way into further use.