Account and sharing

Settings

Five tabs, a couple of which hide things you want to know about before you need them.

Settings has five tabs.

User Settings

This is where your account lives.

• Change email and Change password.
• Time zone — governs when your time-based scenes run. Get it wrong and everything runs at the wrong hour. Check it if you've moved, or if scenes are running an hour off.
• Notifications — what the app is allowed to send you.
• Grant account access — gives Shelly support temporary access to your account for troubleshooting. Turn it on when support asks, and turn it off afterwards. It's not a setting to leave on for no reason.
• Get key — fetches an API key for your account. You'll need it if you want to connect Shelly to Home Assistant or another system via the cloud. Treat the key like a password. It grants access to your devices.
• Delete account — deletes the account. The devices stay on the wall but lose their connection.

App Settings

Settings for the app on this phone, not for your account.

• Lock Pin — a PIN code for opening the app. Worth the trouble if the phone could end up in someone else's hands, or if there are children in the household who find lights entertaining.
• App Version — the version number. Have it ready when you contact support.
• Wallpapers and appearance.

Amazon Alexa

Enable skill links Shelly to Alexa. Your devices, rooms and groups become voice-controllable, and the names you've chosen are the ones you say out loud — which is one reason to name them sensibly from the start.

The number of virtual actions is capped at 3 on Basic and 100 on Premium.

Google Home and Apple Home

Google Home has no tab of its own but is supported. Apple Home is reached via Matter — which requires the right device generation, see Which generation do you have?.