# Hive

> Smart Home

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id712829172](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id712829172)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id712829172`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Centrica Hive Limited
- **Category:** Lifestyle
- **Rating:** 4.20 / 5 (779 ratings)
- **Version:** 15.5.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-10
- **First published:** 2013-10-18
- **Size:** 173 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-05
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hive/id712829172)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.hivehome.com/privacy](https://www.hivehome.com/privacy)

## Description

Hive Chrome Extension: The Hive Smart Home extension lets you monitor and control heating, EV charging, lights and sensors from your browser, helping you save money and reduce carbon footprints.

The latest Hive app upgrades include a personalised dashboard, budgets and Trends for smarter energy decisions. Manage devices with smart actions and explore Hive Thermostats, EV charging with SmartCharge, and Hive Solar, all from one convenient interface.

## Rankings

- #63,357 — Overall

## Review summary

Reviews show Hive on iOS is easy to use at times and offers convenient remote control, but widespread issues overwhelm. The most common complaints are loss of US/NA support and regional restrictions, persistent connectivity problems, account/registration failures, and detrimental app updates that break scheduling and notifications. Customer support is often slow or unhelpful. A small subset praise occasional fixes and features like motion-triggered alerts when they work. Overall reliability and regional availability are the dominant negatives.

### Pros

- Easy-to-use interface for basic controls
- Remote control of lights and thermostats is convenient
- Some features are appreciated when they work (e.g., motion-triggered alerts)

### Cons

- No longer usable in the United States; North American support dropped and devices/accounts can be locked out
- Frequent connectivity issues; hub/thermostat going offline and unreliable network
- Registration/account/login issues and region restrictions (can't create accounts, password resets failing)
- App updates frequently degrade usability (new schedules, missing push notifications, lockouts)
- Customer support is slow or unhelpful with limited hours and channels

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id712829172)