The BSH Home Appliances Group has recently launched its Home Connect app. The Home Connect app can now control household appliances made by diffenrent brands even when away from home. Of course, the exchange of device-specific information and transfer of personal data is encrypted.
The Home Connect system guarantees not only the connectivity between home appliances and a smartphone/tablet but is also an open system that guarantees compatibility between appliances from more than one brand. Home Connect uses the standard home Wifi connection to bring about its connectivity. The customer is still able to tap in via the Home Connect cloud servers to remotely operate the appliances.
Source: ElectroVision, avril 2016