Hive

Centrica Hive Ltd

About this app

SAVE MONEY AND ENERGY WITH HIVE

From smart heating to EV charging and so much more, Hive makes it easy to cut costs and carbon – all from your smartphone. Already trusted by more than 2 million customers, our clever technology is changing the way homes use, store and generate energy for the better. So we can get Britain living more sustainably every day.

INTRODUCING THE NEW HIVE APP
Our better-than-ever app has even more features to make saving energy easier – all based on feedback from real Hive users.
• Personalise your dashboard to show your most-used devices first for quicker control.
• Track budgets, check your history and discover more ways to save with Trends.
• Switch on your devices, set smart actions and control it all from the dashboard.

HIVE THERMOSTATS
• Get everything you need to take control of your heating with the best-selling Hive Thermostat - or choose the Hive Thermostat Mini for all the benefits at an even more affordable price.
• Set energy-saving schedules, boost the temperature and get alerts if you’ve accidentally left the heating on.
• Save energy and protect your heating system with built-in features like Frost Protection and Holiday Mode.
• Boost your control with smart Hive Radiator Valves and save by never heating a room you’re not using.
• Upgrade to Hive Heating Plus for even more ways to save, including insight tools, budget tracking and personalised recommendations.

HIVE EV CHARGING
• Make the switch to EV easier with Hive EV Charging, including a smart home charger, installation by British Gas and simple control via the Hive app.
• Pair it with any British Gas electricity tariff to access SmartCharge – our revolutionary scheduling tool that automatically charges at the greenest and cheapest times. Then, get any money you’ve saved credited on your next bill.
• Or if you’re a new customer, get exclusive access to FreeCharge for a year of free charging on us!
• See how much you’re spending in the Hive app and get real-time updates when your car’s ready to go.

HIVE LIGHTS, SENSORS & PLUGS
• Set the mood with a swipe and get light where you need it with our ultra-efficient bulbs.
• Monitor power-hungry appliances with smart plugs, so you can see how much energy you’re using at any time.
• Link your whole smart home together with Motion Sensors and get it saving energy without lifting a finger.

*NEW* HIVE SOLAR
• Get everything you need to power your home with greener, renewable energy, including solar panels, home battery, expert installation and full app control.
• Generate free green energy from the sun, store what you don’t use with a solar battery and sell any you don’t need back to the grid.
• Pair it with the Hive Solar Saver tariff from British Gas and save hundreds on your energy bills.


Discover more at hivehome.com

Ratings and reviews

Schedules are all incorrect following the start of British Summer Time. Rather than leaving the scheduled times as they were, the app seems to have advanced all the times by an hour. This morning, for example; my heating and hot water were due to switch on at 6am, but the app has amended the switch on time to 7am. The same thing has happened for this evening's schedule and for every other day. Even when attempting to manually adjust the times, the app is adding an extra hour to everything.

Well, it had to happen - this app has been gradually going downhill since we bought our Hive heating system around 7 years ago (it was great to start with, simple and responsive with useful widgets); and with the latest update it's completely useless. Pointless changes to the UI, slow performance, around 70% of the app devoted to adverts for additional paid services; and, crucially, the status of our hub and thermostat fails to load - it just whirrs around indefinitely. Time to downgrade!

(Updated 30/03/25) With Daylight Saving Time on today, the heating schedule sucks! No such problems in previous time switches, so what's happened? Already unistalled and reinstalled the app again, but the problem persists! (15/04/24) 2 Stars: Used to be very good. But this week the app often suddenly logged me out nearly every time I tried to use it. I had to log in again and again. Also, I could only use the old layout, but not the new one. What's happened to it? Worse with the latest update!