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Source
List the current platform, hubs, bridges, rooms, device names, access rules, subscriptions, and automations.
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Smarthome Transfer: Transfer — Smart Home · Tech Edition: Transfer.
Transfer — Smart Home · Tech Edition essentials
Move a smart home between accounts, homes, hubs, routers, platforms, or household members without breaking locks, cameras, rooms, routines, and guest access.
- Guides
- 9
- Avg time
- 6
- Proofs
- 5
• Section 05 · Smart Home · Transfer
HubsRoomsAccess
Do not erase yet.
Migration map
source → destination → manual exports → proof
source → destination → manual exports → proof
Smart home transfer is a house move, not a gadget move. Rooms, names, hubs, and permissions have to survive before routines matter.
How we organizeMap the platform, controllers, bridges, Matter codes, Wi-Fi, rooms, household access, cameras, locks, subscriptions, and routines before deleting the old home.
→ Migration map
Every move has four columns.
Transfer gets dangerous when everything sounds automatic. This page splits the move into what the old phone has, where it is going, what needs a manual export, and what must be proven before erase.
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Destination
Choose the target platform or home, place hubs, rebuild rooms, and pair devices in a deliberate order.
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Manual exports
Matter codes, bridge resets, camera subscriptions, lock guests, router names, and routines need written backup.
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Proof
Test lights, locks, cameras, thermostats, speakers, sensors, scenes, voice control, and household access.
→ Transfer flow
Old home keeps the map.
The old smart home contains names, rooms, permissions, automations, camera access, and bridge pairings. Keep it intact until the new home can be controlled by real people.
Old home
Inventory platforms, hubs, bridges, rooms, access, subscriptions, cameras, locks, and routine logic.
New home
Rebuild rooms, pair hubs, share access, test critical devices, and recreate only useful routines.
01 / RoomsNames and rooms make sense to humans.
02 / AccessHousehold members and guests can control what they should.
03 / SafetyLocks, cameras, alarms, and sensors are tested.
04 / ExitOld home stays until routines are boring.
→ Essential guides
The transfer shelf.
The practical how-tos for backup, migration, manual exports, and the final no-regrets erase.
01 / Before
02 / Move
03 / Manual
→ Before erase
Delete nothing until these are true.
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Rooms workDevice names, rooms, groups, and zones respond in the new platform.
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Access is rightHousehold members, guests, locks, cameras, and voice profiles have correct permissions.
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Safety devices passLocks, cameras, sensors, alarms, and thermostats respond reliably.
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Routines are rebuiltOnly useful scenes and automations were recreated and tested.
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Old home is heldThe previous home setup stays until every critical device behaves.
Final proof
The old home stays intact until devices, access, and safety routines are proven.
The old home stays intact until devices, access, and safety routines are proven.
→ Editor's picks
Start here.
Before2h ago
How to make a smart home transfer inventory
This is one of the transfer guides we would keep open before deleting an old smart home setup.
Move3h ago
How to transfer guest access for smart locks
This is one of the transfer guides we would keep open before deleting an old smart home setup.
Manual4h ago
How to delete an old smart home safely
This is one of the transfer guides we would keep open before deleting an old smart home setup.
→ Frequently asked
Transfer, answered.
The biggest transfer mistakes happen after the progress bar ends. Verify the quiet things before you erase the only copy.
Q.01Can I transfer a smart home automatically?+
Sometimes within the same ecosystem, but hubs, bridges, Matter devices, rooms, names, routines, guests, and subscriptions still need manual checks.
Q.02What breaks most often?+
Locks, cameras, guest access, routines, bridge pairings, Wi-Fi credentials, and voice assistant room names.
Q.03Should I reset everything first?+
No. Inventory and test before resets. Resetting early can lose pairing codes, device history, and access settings.
Q.04When can I delete the old home?+
After rooms, locks, cameras, sensors, routines, hubs, voice control, and household access work in the new setup.