Smart pool devices: controllers, monitors and cleaners

WaterGuru Sense — the catch, per ecosystem ~$349 $349 was WaterGuru's own store price for the SENSE S2, read 2026-08-10, before the model left WaterGuru's store. WaterGuru no longer sells it: we first found that on 2026-10-15 and checked again on 2026-10-16. The product address now sells the SENSE 3 that replaced it, and the store's own list of its products shows only the SENSE 3. Treat $349 as a historical figure, not a price you can pay WaterGuru today. If you find an S2 for sale it will be a reseller's remaining stock at the reseller's price.

• ◐ Amazon Alexa: Partial — Ask-only skill — voice readings for temperature and chemistry; no routine triggers or automations (it's a monitor, there's nothing to control)
• ✗ Google Home: Doesn't work — Formerly had a Google Assistant integration; retired when Google removed conversational actions (per WaterGuru's FAQ)
• ? Apple Home: Inconclusive — Not established. WaterGuru publishes one Apple route and it is a voice one: you set a shortcut up inside the WaterGuru app on an iPhone, then ask Siri "How's my Pool?" or "What's my Water Temperature?". The article that sets that out never mentions Apple Home, HomeKit or the Home app, in either direction. Asking Siri through a maker's own app is a different thing from adding a device to Apple Home, and nothing WaterGuru publishes settles the second — it neither offers it nor rules it out. Nothing says it works, so do not plan around it; ask WaterGuru before you buy if Apple Home matters.
• ? SmartThings: Inconclusive — Not established. WaterGuru's own support site covers Alexa and Siri voice readings and announces the end of its Google Home integration, and says nothing about SmartThings either way. Samsung publishes nothing about this monitor either. If SmartThings control is what you need, ask WaterGuru before you buy — nobody on either side has answered the question in public.
• ? Home Assistant: Inconclusive — Not established. Home Assistant has no WaterGuru integration of its own, and WaterGuru's smart-home answers cover Alexa and the end of its Google integration without naming Home Assistant. A community-built add-on reads temperature, pH, chlorine and cassette status from WaterGuru's cloud, but neither WaterGuru nor Home Assistant stands behind it, and it can stop working without notice.

Connection: Wi-Fi · Bluetooth · Hub for full use: No — verified that none is needed · Works offline: Not checked — we have not established whether this keeps working without the internet

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Aiper Scuba S1 (2026) — the catch, per ecosystem ~$499.99 price at time of research (2026-08-09) on Aiper's own US store — $499.99 against a $699.99 list. Never treated as a live price: this product is discounted more or less permanently, and Aiper stacks further offers (points, trade-in, bundles) on top of the figure shown.

• ? Amazon Alexa: Inconclusive — Unknown. Aiper describes the Scuba S1 as controlled through its own app and never mentions Alexa, either to claim it or to rule it out. Aiper advertises voice control on its newer Scuba V3 Ultra, not on this model.
• ? Google Home: Inconclusive — Unknown. Aiper describes app control only for the Scuba S1 and says nothing about Google Home either way. Its newer Scuba V3 Ultra is the model Aiper advertises with Google Assistant voice control.
• ✗ Apple Home: Doesn't work — No HomeKit or Siri support anywhere in Aiper's S1 product page, support pages, or app listing — control is via the Aiper app only.
• ? SmartThings: Inconclusive — Unknown. Aiper's pages don't mention SmartThings for this robot, and we found no listing for it among SmartThings partners, but neither is a statement that it can't work.
• ? Home Assistant: Inconclusive — Unknown. We found no Home Assistant integration for the Scuba S1, official or community, and Aiper doesn't mention one. Control runs through Aiper's own app.

Connection: Wi-Fi · Bluetooth · Hub for full use: No — verified that none is needed · Works offline: Not checked — we have not established whether this keeps working without the internet

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Beatbot AquaSense 2 Ultra — the catch, per ecosystem ~$2299 Price at time of research, never treated as a live price. $2,299 is what Beatbot's own store charges for this cleaner on its own, sold against a struck-through $3,150 that has stood across every read since August — the discount looks permanent rather than a sale, so the lower figure is the one a buyer would actually pay. ⚠ The price went UP $100 between 20 August 2026 and 16 September 2026, with the same $3,150 beside it, so the struck-through figure is not a guide to where the real price is heading. ⚠ Two other numbers on the same page are not this product's price: the cleaner bundled with Beatbot's iSkim surface skimmer is $2,599, and with the iSkim Ultra it is $2,899. If you are comparing, make sure you are comparing the cleaner on its own.

• ✗ Amazon Alexa: Doesn't work — Beatbot app is the only control path — no voice or platform integrations of any kind
• ✗ Google Home: Doesn't work — Beatbot's own AquaSense X vs AquaSense 2 Ultra comparison marks the 2 Ultra as having no voice/smart-home support — Google Home, Alexa, and Siri integration is introduced only on the newer AquaSense X; the 2 Ultra is Beatbot-app-only (WiFi/Bluetooth).
• ✗ Apple Home: Doesn't work — No HomeKit/Siri support on the 2 Ultra by Beatbot's own comparison — Apple Siri voice control exists only on the newer AquaSense X.
• ✗ SmartThings: Doesn't work — SmartThings is not offered on the 2 Ultra or any Beatbot model — the vendor's product page and model-comparison guide list no platform integrations for the 2 Ultra, and Beatbot has no SmartThings partner listing.
• ? Home Assistant: Inconclusive — Not established — and this is a correction, because until today this record told you the robot does not work with Home Assistant and nothing we can point at said so. Beatbot's own product page, read again on 19 September 2026, names no smart-home platform anywhere on it. For the other platforms this record carries a hands-on account that checked them by name; for Home Assistant there was no such check, only the fact that Home Assistant's published integrations do not include one for Beatbot — and an integration nobody has written is not a maker or a platform saying the product is unsupported. The robot is sold as app-controlled, and if Home Assistant control is why you are buying, nobody has published an answer either way.

Connection: Wi-Fi · Bluetooth · Hub for full use: Not checked — we have not established whether this needs a hub · Works offline: Not checked — we have not established whether this keeps working without the internet

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Dolphin Premier (Maytronics) — the catch, per ecosystem ~$2499 Price at time of research, taken from Maytronics' own US store page for this cleaner (product number 99996339-SPL) and never treated as a live price. ⚠ Maytronics does not sell it to you directly: the button on its page reads 'Buy On Certified Site' and the page listed the cleaner as out of stock, so what a dealer actually quotes may well come in under the maker's figure. Read the number here as the manufacturer's price, not as the one you will pay.

• ✗ Amazon Alexa: Doesn't work — Not a connected product at all — Maytronics' own Dolphin Premier spec sheet lists 'Mobile Application: No', 'Automation Mode: No', 'Remote Control: No'; with no app or WiFi/Bluetooth there is no Alexa path.
• ✗ Google Home: Doesn't work — Not a connected product — vendor spec sheet lists no mobile app, no automation mode, and no remote control, so no Google Home path exists.
• ✗ Apple Home: Doesn't work — Not a connected product — vendor spec sheet lists no mobile app or remote control; the MyDolphin Plus app's Siri support applies only to app-connected Dolphin models, which the Premier is not.
• ✗ SmartThings: Doesn't work — Not a connected product — vendor spec sheet lists no mobile app or connectivity, and Maytronics has no SmartThings listing.
• ✗ Home Assistant: Doesn't work — No official Maytronics/Dolphin integration exists in Home Assistant, and the community MyDolphin Plus and Dolphin-BLE custom integrations require app/Bluetooth-connected Dolphin models — the Premier has no connectivity, so no community path applies either.

Connection: — · Hub for full use: No — verified that none is needed · Works offline: Yes — the core function runs on the device or your home network

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Hayward OmniHub — the catch, per ecosystem

• ◐ Amazon Alexa: Works; on/off unconfirmed — Hayward's Omni pool controllers connect to Alexa through the Hayward skill, which you turn on in the Alexa app and sign in to with your OmniLogic account. Hayward's Alexa guide lists spoken requests to the skill ("Alexa, ask Hayward to …"), including turning named pool equipment on or off, but the guide is written for the OmniLogic and VS Omni controllers and does not name the OmniHub, so turning pool equipment on and off by voice is unconfirmed for this model.
• ? Google Home: Inconclusive — Unknown — and the honest answer is that Hayward does not say, for this model. The OmniHub's own product page names exactly one voice assistant: it offers 'integrate with popular voice activated devices including Amazon® Alexa®', and Google is absent from the page entirely. Hayward's OmniLogic and OmniPL pages DO name Google Home alongside Alexa — but those are different controllers, and Hayward demonstrably gates voice support by variant rather than by family, stating on the OmniPL that voice control is 'only available on W models'. Borrowing a sibling product's compatibility onto this one is exactly the mistake that gating warns against. Recorded unknown rather than none, because the OmniHub page's silence about Google is silence, not a denial — Hayward nowhere says the OmniHub cannot do it.
• ? Apple Home: Inconclusive — Not established. Hayward's OmniHub page does talk about voice control, and the one name on it is Amazon Alexa — it offers to "integrate with popular voice activated devices including Amazon® Alexa®", a sentence that says "including" and then stops. Apple Home, HomeKit and Siri appear nowhere on that page. But a sentence about which voices can speak to the controller is not a statement about which home platforms it joins, and an open sentence rules nothing out in any case, so Hayward leaves Apple Home unanswered rather than denied. What would settle it is Hayward naming Apple for this model. Nothing published says it works, either, so do not plan around it — ask Hayward or your dealer before you buy.
• ? SmartThings: Inconclusive — Not established, and the wording on Hayward's own page is the reason. The OmniHub page says the controller will "integrate with popular voice activated devices including Amazon® Alexa®" — the word "including" leaves that sentence open, so Alexa is an example rather than the end of a list, and a name missing from an open list has not been ruled out. The sentence is about talking to the pool controller in the first place, not about which home platforms it joins, so it does not answer SmartThings either way. The only SmartThings route there has ever been was a community-built add-on, written for SmartThings' old Groovy system, that talked to Hayward's OmniLogic cloud; its forum thread is marked obsolete since SmartThings retired Groovy, so that route is gone. A dead community project is not a Hayward denial, and Hayward has published neither. If SmartThings control is what you need, ask Hayward or your dealer before you buy.
• ◐ Home Assistant: Partial — Built into Home Assistant since release 0.116 (no community add-on to install), but it is community-maintained and works by checking Hayward's OmniLogic cloud service on a timer — sensors and switches only, no heater or ColorLogic light control. Home Assistant's documentation names OmniLogic, not OmniHub; the OmniHub connects because it runs on the same OmniLogic app and cloud.

Connection: Wi-Fi · Hub for full use: No — verified that none is needed · Works offline: Not checked — we have not established whether this keeps working without the internet

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Jandy AquaLink RS Pool & Spa Automation System — the catch, per ecosystem

• ✓ Amazon Alexa: Works — Through Fluidra's iAquaLink skill: you enable it in the Alexa app, sign in with your iAquaLink account and let Alexa discover the pool's equipment, which then shows up as devices you can rename. Fluidra names the AquaLink RS among the systems the skill works with, and lists commands to switch the pool and spa pumps on and off, turn on the heater, set or raise the water temperature, and control lights and water features. Alexa can tell you the spa temperature only while the filter pump is running. It goes through Fluidra's iAquaLink service, so the pool has to be online.
• ✗ Google Home: Doesn't work — Google Home and Google Assistant are not supported. Fluidra's integrations page names the voice assistants the pool works with — Amazon Alexa and Siri Shortcuts for Apple, each with a page of its own — and Google appears nowhere on it. Worth saying plainly, because this record used to say otherwise: it previously reported that Jandy claimed Google Assistant support, and no Jandy or iAquaLink page we can read says that today.
• ? Apple Home: Inconclusive — Not established. What Fluidra does publish for Apple users is a Siri route: spoken commands set up through the iAquaLink app — "Siri, turn on spa", "Siri, set spa temperature to 95 degrees" — on the AquaLink RS, PDA and Z4 systems its Siri page names. What no Fluidra page says, in either direction, is whether the pool can appear in the Apple Home app: the words Apple Home and HomeKit are absent from the page that covers the Siri route, and from the integrations page beside it. Talking to Siri through a maker's own app is a different thing from adding an accessory to Apple Home, and the page that sets out the first says nothing about the second. Nothing published says Apple Home works either, so do not plan around it — ask Fluidra or your dealer before you buy.
• ? SmartThings: Inconclusive — Not established. Fluidra's integrations page has a "Home Automation Integrations" heading with nothing underneath it, so there is no published list of home-automation platforms this system works with — and therefore nothing that settles SmartThings either way. The only platforms Fluidra names on that page are the two voice assistants, Amazon Alexa and Siri Shortcuts. A community project called AqualinkD does advertise SmartThings, but it wires into the AquaLink panel directly and stands in for the iAquaLink device rather than working alongside it, so it is not a route Jandy supports or will help you with.
• ✗ Home Assistant: Doesn't work — Not with the web-connect device in the box. Home Assistant's own iAquaLink integration supports only systems connected through the iAquaLink 2.0 (iQ20) or eXO, and says other iAquaLink systems are not supported and that an account holding only unsupported systems shows no devices. Every current AquaLink RS All-in-One kit ships Jandy's iQ30-A web-connect device, which is not on that list. An AquaLink RS panel connected through the older iQ20 device is covered, since Jandy's iQ20 manual names AquaLink RS panels on Rev R firmware or later, but that is a different add-on from the one in a new kit. Home Assistant invites requests for other iAquaLink platforms, so this could change.

Connection: Wi-Fi · Ethernet · Hub for full use: No — verified that none is needed · Works offline: Not checked — we have not established whether this keeps working without the internet

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Pentair IntelliCenter Pool Control System — the catch, per ecosystem

• ✗ Amazon Alexa: Doesn't work — Pentair's own app FAQ states it plainly: 'At this time, Pentair Pool and Pentair Pro are not integrated with other smart home devices, or connected via voice with at home assistants.' The old custom skill ('Alexa, ask Pentair Chat…') ran through the legacy IntelliCenter web portal, which would not load at all when it was checked on 2026-08-10 — and Pentair has been moving users off that portal to the Pentair Pool app, which has no voice path.
• ✗ Google Home: Doesn't work — No official Google Home path; Pentair's FAQ states its apps aren't connected to voice assistants
• ✗ Apple Home: Doesn't work — No official Apple Home support (Pentair's FAQ: its apps aren't integrated with smart home devices or voice assistants); enthusiasts bridge it into Apple Home with the community homebridge-pentair-intellicenter plugin, which requires running a Homebridge server.
• ✗ SmartThings: Doesn't work — Pentair states its apps are not integrated with smart home devices, and the only SmartThings paths for Pentair controllers were community Groovy projects (bsileo SmartThings_Pentair, marked end-of-life with final release April 2018) that died when SmartThings retired the Groovy platform.
• ? Home Assistant: Inconclusive — Not established. Pentair says its apps are not integrated with other smart home systems, and Home Assistant's built-in Pentair integration covers the older IntelliTouch and EasyTouch controllers, not the IntelliCenter. Community-built integrations talk to the IntelliCenter over your own network, but neither Pentair nor Home Assistant stands behind them.

Connection: Wi-Fi · Hub for full use: Not checked — we have not established whether this needs a hub · Works offline: Partly — some of it keeps working without the internet and some of it does not

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Pentair IntelliConnect Pool Control & Monitoring — the catch, per ecosystem

• ✗ Amazon Alexa: Doesn't work — No skill — Pentair's FAQ: its apps aren't 'connected via voice with at home assistants' (the legacy IntelliCenter skill doesn't cover IntelliConnect)
• ✗ Google Home: Doesn't work — Pentair's app FAQ states 'Pentair Pool and Pentair Pro are not integrated with other smart home devices, or connected via voice with at home assistants,' and IntelliConnect is controlled exclusively through those apps, so there is no Google Home/Assistant path.
• ✗ Apple Home: Doesn't work — IntelliConnect is app-only per Pentair's FAQ, and no HomeKit certification, Siri Shortcuts support, or community bridge for IntelliConnect was found — even the community pool-controller projects target IntelliCenter/IntelliTouch/EasyTouch, not IntelliConnect.
• ✗ SmartThings: Doesn't work — No official or community SmartThings integration for IntelliConnect exists: Pentair's FAQ says its apps have no smart-home integration, and the SmartThings community thread on IntelliConnect is an unanswered user request for support.
• ? Home Assistant: Inconclusive — Not established. Pentair says its apps are not integrated with other smart home systems, and Home Assistant's built-in Pentair integration covers the IntelliTouch and EasyTouch controllers, not IntelliConnect. A community-built add-on exists, works through Pentair's cloud, and neither Pentair nor Home Assistant stands behind it.

Connection: Wi-Fi · Hub for full use: No — verified that none is needed · Works offline: Partly — some of it keeps working without the internet and some of it does not

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Polaris FREEDOM Plus Cordless Robotic Cleaner — the catch, per ecosystem

• ? Amazon Alexa: Inconclusive — Fluidra's iAquaLink Alexa skill covers 'connected Polaris robotic cleaners' generically, but no primary source names the Freedom line and Polaris omits Alexa from its product pages — and WiFi is dockside-only anyway
• ✗ Google Home: Doesn't work — Google Home and Google Assistant are not supported. iAquaLink's integrations page names the two voice assistants that work with Fluidra pool automation — Amazon Alexa and Siri Shortcuts — and Google appears nowhere on it. An earlier reading of that page found Google listed as coming soon; that wording has since gone, and nothing replaced it. Nothing on the page is specific to the FREEDOM in any case: it describes iAquaLink pool automation generally, and the cleaner's own product page names no voice assistant or smart-home platform of any kind.
• ? Apple Home: Inconclusive — Not established for Apple Home, and clear for Siri. Fluidra's Siri Shortcuts page names the products those shortcuts work with — the AquaLink RS, PDA and Z4 pool automation systems — and no robotic cleaner is among them, so the spoken route does not reach this cleaner. Apple Home is a separate question and that page is about voice: it never mentions Apple Home or HomeKit in either direction, so nothing Fluidra publishes says whether the cleaner can appear in the Home app. Nothing suggests it can, either — the cleaner's own product page names no smart-home platform at all, and the app is the only control path anyone documents. Ask Fluidra or your dealer before you buy if Apple Home matters.
• ? SmartThings: Inconclusive — Not established. iAquaLink's integrations page puts a "Home Automation Integrations" heading over nothing but generic app copy, naming no platform beneath it, so Fluidra publishes no list of home-automation platforms for SmartThings to be missing from. The only platforms the page names anywhere sit under a separate "Voice Integrations" heading — Amazon Alexa and Siri — and a list of voice assistants is not a list of home-automation platforms. That page covers pool automation rather than cleaners in any case, naming no robotic cleaner at all, and the FREEDOM Plus product page names no smart-home platform either. The only SmartThings projects we could find target AquaLink pool control panels rather than this cleaner, so nothing settles it in either direction.
• ✗ Home Assistant: Doesn't work — The official HA Jandy iAquaLink integration supports only iAquaLink-cloud pool/spa automation platforms (iQ20 and eXO) — a standalone cordless robot on the iAquaLink app is among the 'other iAquaLink systems [that] are not supported'. The 'cleaner' entities in HA's docs are cleaner circuits wired to a pool controller's auxiliary relays, not robotic cleaners.

Connection: Wi-Fi · Hub for full use: Not checked — we have not established whether this needs a hub · Works offline: Not checked — we have not established whether this keeps working without the internet

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