Govee sensors with Hearth

Hearth makes a Daikin, Amana or Goodman smart thermostat aim for the rooms you live in, not the hallway it hangs in. Govee's Wi-Fi thermometers make affordable room sensors: they connect straight to Govee over Wi-Fi, so there's no hub to buy, and Hearth reads them from your Govee account with one API key.

What works

• Govee Wi-Fi thermo-hygrometers, such as the H5179 and H5103, each as a room.
• Temperature and humidity, with each sensor's name from the Govee Home app suggested when you add it.
• Hearth reads your thermometers every 5 minutes.

Set it up

1. Set up your sensors in the Govee Home app as usual.
2. In the Govee Home app, find Apply for API Key (in your profile's settings; the menu varies by app version) and send the short form. Govee emails you the key once it approves it.
3. In Hearth, the home's admin opens Settings, then Admin, then Sensors, taps Govee and enters the key. Hearth checks it with Govee before saving it.
4. Your thermometers appear under Govee with Add. Add the ones Hearth should use. A home has up to 10 sensors.
5. Tap a sensor to have the thermostat control its room. Until then, its room isn't controlled by the thermostat.

Good to know

• A Govee account has one API key at a time. Applying for a new one stops the old one working everywhere, so enter the new key in Hearth too.
• Govee keys can also control the account's other Govee devices, such as lights and plugs. Hearth only reads your thermometers. The key is stored encrypted, and disconnecting Govee in Hearth deletes it. See the privacy policy.
• A sensor Govee reports as offline is skipped, and its room falls back to the thermostat until it's back.
• Something not working? Email contact@meethearth.app with what Admin shows for Govee under Sensors.

More help: the sensors guide, or Ambient Weather, Ecowitt and Home Assistant.

Govee is a trademark of its owner. Hearth isn't made by, endorsed by or affiliated with Govee.