Hisense Expands ConnectLife to Include Google API, Matter

The Hisense ConnectLife apps will soon allow homeowners to control third-party products, including “Works with Google Home” certified as well as Matter gear.

Coming this Fall, the integration of Google’s new Home APIs into the ConnectLife app will allow Hisense smart appliance owners to bring their third-party smart home devices into the ConnectLife ecosystem. This means you can control not only Hisense products, like TVs, refrigerators, and air conditioners, but also a wide array of popular third-party smart home devices, creating a more integrated smart home experience.

This announcement coincides with Google I/O 2025’s smart home announcements, where Hisense is featured as a launch partner for Google’s new Home APIs. This integration leverages Google’s Home APIs’ access to over 750 million devices, including Matter, “Works with Google Home” certified, and Google Nest devices. The expanded connectivity brings enhanced device compatibility and sophisticated automation capabilities, enabling homeowners to control both Hisense products and third-party devices like smart plugs, lighting, doorbells, curtains, and more, all within a single app.

One-touch modes and customized automations can blend Hisense products with third-party devices to create intelligent home responses, such as air conditioners automatically adjusting based on third-party air quality sensors, or smart lights providing visual notifications when the Hisense refrigerator’s VersaTemp drawer reaches the ideal temperature for chilling drinks.

While visual notifications via smart lights have existed, Hisense’s integration allows you to easily configure these detailed cross-device interactions directly within the intuitive ConnectLife app. This simplifies setup for benefits like having third-party smart lights visually alert users who are hard of hearing, when hands are busy with tasks around the house, or when people prefer to keep their phones silenced.