# Connect SmartHome — Make your home smarter!

> Smartphone app for remote control and automation of smart home devices. (iPhone/iPad app by LASER Corporation.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/connect-smarthome/id1462850943 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [LASER Corporation](https://appshunter.io/developer/792974080)
- Category: Utilities
- Price: Free
- Rating: 4.10/5 from 7 App Store ratings · 69 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 13.0 · 168 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2019-06-22
- Data updated: 2026-08-28
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/connect-smarthome/id1462850943/reviews.md

## What is Connect SmartHome?

The Connect SmartHome app let's you add and control multiple devices quicker and easier from your smartphone. Paired with Google Home or Amazon Echo, you can set up automated actions which can be triggered on schedule, temperature or location. Get real-time notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 

No matter where you are, you can monitor and control your Connect SmartHome devices.

- Remote control and check the status of your compatible Connect SmartHome devices
- Voice control via Google Home & Amazon Echo
- Alerts and notifications allow you to receive real-time status information about your Connect SmartHome devices
- Add and group multiple devices to control them simultaneously
- Automate your devices based on schedule, temperature, location & more
- Customise your experience and save your frequently used actions & preferences

## Key features

- Remote device control
- Voice control integration
- Real-time alerts and notifications
- Add and group multiple devices
- Automate actions
- Customizable preferences

## What do users think of Connect SmartHome?

Overall sentiment: negative

**Pros**

- 👍 Handy for garage door
- 👍 Easy setup
- 👍 Works well with Alexa
- 👍 Good picture quality
- 👍 Cool camera for price
- 👍 Effective for room atmosphere
- 👍 Easy to use for seniors
- 👍 Works well with garage door opener
- 👍 Convenient for automatic door opener
- 👍 Useful for security flood lights

**Cons**

- 🐛 App disconnects frequently
- 🐛 Sluggish and clunky interface
- 🐛 Poor image quality
- 🐛 Takes too long to establish connection
- 🐛 Inconsistent recording
- 🐛 Sound delayed/out of sync
- 🐛 Cannot read license plates
- 🐛 Timeline is sluggish
- 🐛 Temperamental performance
- 🐛 Difficult to scroll timeline
- 🐛 Amateurish system
- 🐛 Expensive kid's toy
- 🐛 Crashes on startup
- 🐛 Waste of money
- 🐛 Light color issues
- 🐛 PIR Motion Detection issues
- 🐛 App is glitchy
- 🐛 Lights disconnect and flash
- 🐛 App tries to re-add fails
- 🐛 Lose automation/settings
- 🐛 Scam, requests personal info
- 🐛 Dodgy merchandise
- 🐛 Primitive/useless RGB control
- 🐛 Offline frequently
- 🐛 Impossible to get back online
- 🐛 False alarms
- 🐛 Questionable data collection
- 🐛 Worst lights ever
- 🐛 Hours to configure/pair
- 🐛 Drops out, requires reinstall
- 🐛 App not compatible with lights
- 🐛 Confusing instructions
- 🐛 Amateur technology
- 🐛 Massive delay in doorbell
- 🐛 Fake movement notifications
- 🐛 Takes long to wake device
- 🐛 Difficult to share
- 🐛 Smart downlight issues
- 🐛 Mostly offline
- 🐛 Light bulb won't connect
- 🐛 Difficult to connect bulbs
- 🐛 Frustrating to reconnect
- 🐛 Poor connection to camera
- 🐛 Connection timeout errors
- 🐛 Motion sensor issues
- 🐛 Not worth buying
- 🐛 Defeats purpose of having it
- 🐛 Barrage of alarms
- 🐛 Music feature limitations
- 🐛 Cowboy outfit impression

**Commonly reported bugs**

- App gets disconnected again and again
- No longer get Device Alert notifications
- No longer can view recorded footage
- Local Storage shows 'No events detected' despite footage
- Activity area setting never works
- Takes too long to 'establishing encrypted channel'
- Sometimes goes 30mins without recording
- Hardly ever records the beginning of action
- Cameras never recorded events
- Sound is delayed, out of sync
- Timeline is very sluggish to scroll
- Timeline jumps back unexpectedly
- Video lines on timeline too close
- Crashes on iPhone 17 on startup
- Cannot change color of orange light
- PIR Motion Detection doesn't work first time
- Every item disconnects and flashes
- App tries to re-add them and fails
- Need to remove and reinstall devices
- App has letters on top of each other
- Overflowing text
- App slow to activate garage door
- Garage door status incorrect
- Water valve controller freezes
- App does not rotate and zoomed out video
- Does not connect to device anymore
- Every time I try to connect, it says 'connection time out'
- Recent update not allowing to create scene
- Recent update not allowing to close door when away from geofencing
- App frequently has errors with 'no wifi' or unable to launch
- Continually false alarms
- Motion sensor is a problem
- Moisture getting in and fogging up lens
- App does not work properly with doorbell
- App requires reinstalling of device
- App states not compatible with lights, update required
- Instructions do not match app options
- WIFI requires 2.4gb, user has 5gb
- Too difficult to set up
- Massive delay in doorbell notification
- Lots of fake 'movement detected' notifications
- Often takes a long time to 'wake up' device
- Very confusing app
- Difficult to share between devices/people
- Smart downlight not coming on with motion detection
- Mostly offline
- Light bulb will not connect
- Changed wifi provider, cannot reconnect
- Tried 600 times to connect video doorbell, keeps timing out
- Hard to read date and time on alert
- Very hard to pair to an iOS device
- Not compatible with Siri
- Cannot connect Google Home Mini to light bulb

**Most requested features**

- Enable haptics
- Add Apple CarPlay support
- Add Apple Watch support
- Add Siri compatibility
- Add geofencing functionality
- Add scheduled random on/off
- Allow control of light groups
- More precise lighting control (numeric values)
- Add landscape mode
- Add dark mode
- Improve light wheel customization
- Add widget function
- Connect to Amazon Echo
- Connect to Apple Home
- Connect to IFTTT
- Option to turn motion sensors off

## Recent user reviews (10 of 69)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/connect-smarthome/id1462850943/reviews.md

### 1/5 — Sluggish, Clunky, Junk!

*2026-08-19, version 5.0.0*

Crappier than amateur technology, it’s utter junk! 

No longer get Device Alert notifications on either of my two cameras; 
CSH-2KOPT, nor CSH-2KODC. 

 No longer can view recorded footage. 
Under messages I can see: “Human body detected 5:50 PM | CSH-2KOPT has detected human body” (and shows a clip preview). But when I click on View it doesn’t show anything, it says: “Local Storage 1.0x No events detected”. However there is footage recorded inside the SD card, which is a pain having to climb to roof to retrieve the SD card and connect to computer! FIX THESE ASAP! 

 The feature: “Drag/Resize the red frame to set an activity area” never, ever works, useless ! – that’s with both Laser SmartHome and Connect SmartHome apps - it’s a very amateurish system all round. 
 A very expensive kid’s toy!

 Image quality is a laugh and software at kid’s level.  When the rare occasion it works, it takes too long to: “establishing encripted channel”, before I can view anything, specially after an alert. 

 Sometimes 30mins goes by without recording anything. Hardly ever records the beginning of action, instead you only see the end, i.e. neighbour is leaving my driveway, I only see the end of his car leaving the frame! 

Twice now, there were two people, on separate occasions entering the front of my house, picking up something and the cameras never recorded!  
I only saw from my other side camera a tiny bit of the action on the edge of frame!! The main camera (pan and tilt) at the front never picked it up. 

Other times it recorded the sound of my gate being opened, but not the person entering. Quite often the sound is delayed, out of sync of the recording. 

Cannot read a car’s rego 3m away, in bright sunny day. 

The Timeline is very sluggish to scroll and at time it jumps back to 12h before what I was watching. Very temperamental. 

Vídeo green/red lines on timeline are too close together and it’s very difficult to scroll through as gaps between videos are too close, so a normal scrolling jumps the length of two lines (videos) together. 
 The timeline should be less compact for more accuracy. 

At few hundreds dollars, it’s so very disappointing product.

### 4/5 — Disconnect

*2026-05-29, version 5.0.0*

The app gets disconnected again and again after some time even using it frequently. I used the app last night and in morning it got disconnected.

### 5/5 — Auto

*2026-05-23, version 5.0.0*

AWESOME.  THIS DEVICE IS HEAVEN SENT AS I HAVE LOST (2) REMOTES KEEP HAVING SPEND MONEY REPLACE.  NOT NO MORE.  GREAT PRODUCT EASY INSTALLATION.

### 3/5 — enable haptics

*2026-05-22, version 5.0.0*

would be better if haptics can be enabled when using the smart wireless garage doors and add it on apple car play

### 1/5 — Sluggish, Clunky, Junk!

*2026-04-30, version 5.0.0*

No longer get Device Alert notifications on either of my two cameras; CSH-2KOPT, nor CSH-2KODC. 

No longer can view recorded footage. Under messages I can see: Human body detected 5:50 PM | CSH-2KOPT has detected human body (and shows a clip preview).  But when I click on View it doesn’t show anything, it says: Local Storage 1.0x No events detected. However there is footage recorded inside the SD card, which is a pain having to climb to roof to retrieve the SD card and connect to computer! FIX THESE ASAP! 

The feature: “Drag/Resize the red frame to set an activity area” never, ever works, unless!

 P.S. that’s with both Laser SmartHome and Connect SmartHome apps - it’s a very amateurish system all round.  A very expensive kid’s toy! Image quality is a laugh and software at kid’s level Takes too long to “establishing encripted channel”, before I can view anything, specially after an alert. 

 Sometimes 30mins goes by without recording anything. Hardly ever records the beginning of action, instead you only see the end, i.e. neighbour is leaving my driveway, I only see the end of his car leaving the frame! Twice now, there were two people, on separate occasions entering the front of my house, picking up something and the cameras never recorded!  I only saw from my other side camera a tiny bit of the action on the edge of frame!! 
The main camera (pan and tilt) at the front never picked it up. Other times it recorded the sound of my gate being opened, but not the person entering. Quite often the sound is delayed, out of sync of the recording. Cannot read a car’s rego 3m away, in bright sunny day. Timeline is very sluggish to scroll and at time it jumps back to 12h before what I was watching. 

Very temperamental. Vídeo green/red lines on timeline are too close together and it’s very difficult to scroll through as gaps between videos are too close, so a normal scrolling jumps the length of two lines (videos) together. 

The timeline should be less compact for more accuracy. Very disappointing

### 1/5 — Sluggish, Clunky, Junk!

*2026-02-15, version 5.0.0*

No longer get Device Alert notifications on either of my two cameras; CSH-2KOPT, nor CSH-2KODC

No longer can view recorded footage. Under messages I can see:
Human body detected
5:50 PM | CSH-2KOPT has detected human body (and shows a clip preview). But when I click on View it doesn’t show anything, it says:

Local Storage
1.0x
No events detected. However there is footage recorded inside the SD card, which is a pain having to climb to roof to retrieve the SD card and connect to computer!

FIX THESE ASAP!

P.S. that’s with both Laser SmartHome and Connect SmartHome apps - it’s a very amateurish system all round. 

A very expensive kid’s toy! Image quality is a laugh and software at kiddy’s level Takes too long to “establishing encripted channel”, before I can view anything, specially after an alert. Sometimes 30mins goes by without recording anything. Hardly ever records the beginning of action, instead you only see the end, i.e. neighbour is leaving my driveway, I only see the end of his car leaving the frame! Twice now, there were two people, on separate occasions entering the front of my house, picking up something and it never recorded! I only saw from my other side camera a tiny bit of the action on the edge of frame!! The main camera (pan and tilt) at the front never picked it up. Other times it recorded the sound of my gate being opened, but not the person entering. Quite often the sound is delayed, out of sync of the recording. Cannot read a car’s rego 3m away, in bright sunny day. Timeline is very sluggish to scroll and at time it jumps back to 12h before what I was watching. Very temperamental. Vídeo green/red lines on timeline are too close together and it’s very difficult to scroll through as gaps between videos are too close, so a normal scrolling jumps the length of two lines (videos) together. The timeline should be less compact for more accuracy. Very disappointing

### 1/5 — Fire your engineers

*2026-01-27, version 5.0.0*

Crashes on iPhone 17?! on start up. No testing and launches updates. 

All useless incompetent dumb engineers nowadays graduating.

### 1/5 — Waste of money

*2025-12-31, version 5.0.0*

Save your dollars buy something else

### 3/5 — Light issues

*2025-09-30, version 5.0.0*

I can’t change the colour of the orange light to lighter colour anymore it just gets dimmer and it’s been like this for ages please fix.

### 3/5 — Apple carplay would be great

*2025-09-12, version 5.0.0*

This is a handy thing to have. We use the automatic door opener but it would be super handy if there was an apple carplay app so i didnt have to get my phone out every time i drive in the shed

## Frequently asked questions about Connect SmartHome

### What does the Connect SmartHome app do?

The Connect SmartHome app allows you to add and control multiple compatible smart home devices directly from your smartphone. It enables remote monitoring and control, as well as setting up automated actions.

### What are the key features of Connect SmartHome?

Key features include remote control and status checking of devices, voice control integration with Google Home and Amazon Echo, real-time alerts and notifications, the ability to add and group multiple devices, and automation based on schedule, temperature, or location.

### Is Connect SmartHome free to use?

Based on the provided information, the Connect SmartHome app is free to use. There are no mentions of subscription fees, in-app purchases, or advertisements.

### What devices are compatible with Connect SmartHome?

The app is designed to control compatible Connect SmartHome devices. Specific compatibility details would typically be found on the product packaging or the manufacturer's website.

### How can I automate my devices with Connect SmartHome?

You can automate your devices by setting up actions that are triggered based on specific conditions. These conditions include a schedule, the current temperature, or your location, allowing for a truly smart and responsive home environment.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 5.0.0 — 2025-06-16

Bug fixes

### 4.8.0 — 2024-10-31

General maintenance update

### 4.6.3 — 2023-11-21

- Updated base template to v5.5

### 4.5.0 — 2023-01-16

Added Multicast Entitlement for Wi-Fi Easy Connect (EZ) mode feature.

### 4.0.0 — 2022-06-15

The tab icon name "Smart" is changed to "Scene".

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