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Research profile · last verified 2026-08-09

Hayward OmniHub

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Exactly which product this is[2]

Model number
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Generation
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Region this page covers
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Also sold or listed as
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“Not established” means we have not sourced that detail yet — not that the product has no model number, generation or regional variant. We publish the gap rather than filling it.

Compatibility

EcosystemSupportThe catch
Amazon AlexaWorksWorks with this ecosystem[2]Full support
Google HomeInconclusiveWe researched this and the evidence doesn't settle it — the catch explains why[2][5][7]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 HomeDoesn't workVerified: does not work with this ecosystem[3]Hayward's OmniHub page names one voice platform — 'popular voice activated devices including Amazon® Alexa®' — and mentions no Apple Home, HomeKit or Siri support anywhere, and no Hayward pool controller appears as a HomeKit-certified accessory. The evidence here is the page's silence rather than a Hayward denial, so what would change the answer is Hayward naming Apple for this model specifically.
SmartThingsDoesn't workVerified: does not work with this ecosystem[3]Hayward's OmniHub page names Amazon Alexa and no SmartThings; the only SmartThings path there has ever been was a community Groovy SmartApp for the OmniLogic cloud API, whose thread is now marked OBSOLETE since SmartThings retired Groovy. So one half is a dead integration and the other is Hayward's silence — not a Hayward denial.
Home AssistantPartialPartial support — see the catch[4]Ships in Home Assistant core since 0.116 (no HACS install) but is community-maintained and cloud-polling against Hayward's OmniLogic service — sensors and switches only, no heater or ColorLogic light control. HA's docs name OmniLogic, not OmniHub; the OmniHub connects because it runs on the same OmniLogic app and cloud.

? Inconclusive means we researched that ecosystem and the evidence doesn’t settle it — the catch says why, and the sources are listed below. It is a statement about the available evidence, never a verdict on the product. A Setup Check researches your exact setup where the official sources don’t answer.

Protocols: WIFI[1]

What it can do[12]

You can tell it to

  • On/off

It reports

  • Temperature reading

Listed capabilities are what we could establish from vendor documentation. An ability missing here is unestablished — not necessarily absent.

Subscription reality[1]

✓ Works without a subscription: Yes.

Vendor account required: Not established — we have not sourced this yet.

Maintenance reality[1]

The catch

Retrofit scope is single-body pools — full pads need OmniLogic (installed).

Who it's for

Bringing an existing pool's pump/lights/heater into an app without a full automation panel.

Sources & method

Numbered sources below back the facts marked with the matching number above. This is a research profile: compiled from manufacturer documentation, certification registries, and published testing — we state facts, not verdicts, and we have not physically tested this unit. How we work →

  1. [1] 2026-07 web research sweep (docs/02 catalog; primary sources cited there) — registry-and-press research, verified 2026-07-12
    Backs: Price, Protocols, Subscription, Maintenance, Market availability, Service status
  2. [2] hayward.com/omnihub-smart-pool-and-spa-control-hlomnihub.html (model HLOMNIHUB) + Hayward automation page — single-body controller, Alexa + Google Home via the OmniLogic app; full multi-body pads need OmniLogic — vendor-page research, verified 2026-07-15
    Backs: Product identity, Amazon Alexa compatibility, Google Home compatibility, Research status
  3. [3] apple: https://www.hayward.com/omnihub-smart-pool-and-spa-control-hlomnihub.html; smartthings: https://www.hayward.com/omnihub-smart-pool-and-spa-control-hlomnihub.html — vendor-page research, verified 2026-07-17
    Backs: Apple Home compatibility, SmartThings compatibility
  4. [4] Home Assistant official docs (home-assistant.io/integrations/omnilogic: 'The Hayward Omnilogic hub was introduced in Home Assistant 0.116'; 'Its IoT class is Cloud Polling'; 'The platform only supports sensors and switches at the current release'; 'This integration is community maintained.') + hayward.com OmniHub page ('Access, manage, and schedule from anywhere on your smartphone with the OmniLogic® app') — vendor-and-ecosystem-page research, verified 2026-07-21
    Backs: Home Assistant compatibility
  5. [5] hayward.com/omnihub-smart-pool-and-spa-control-hlomnihub.html, read twice 2026-08-09 including one read searching specifically for Google/Google Home/Google Assistant: the page's only voice-assistant sentence is 'integrate with popular voice activated devices including Amazon® Alexa®', and Google is absent. The page states 'Access, manage, and schedule from anywhere on your smartphone with the OmniLogic® app' and 'Built in Wi-Fi/App Connectivity', and lists no price. Hayward's OmniLogic (HLBASE) and OmniPL pages name 'Amazon® Alexa®' and 'Google Home®' together, with the OmniPL adding that voice control is 'only available on W models' — cited here as the evidence that Hayward gates the feature per variant, and deliberately NOT as evidence about the OmniHub. Sibling model HLHCONTROL (Open Line) exists and its pricing was not imported onto this Expert Line SKU. — vendor-page research (two vendor surfaces compared), verified 2026-08-09
    Backs: Price, Google Home compatibility, Market availability, Service status
  6. [6] https://www.hayward.com/omnihub-smart-pool-and-spa-control-hlomnihub.html — migrated hand stamp, verified 2026-08-09
    Backs: Research status
  7. [7] Hayward, OmniHub Smart Pool and Spa Control (HLOMNIHUB) product page — the enumeration of named voice platforms, and the absence of Google among them — vendor-page research, verified 2026-08-11
    Backs: Google Home compatibility
  8. [8] hayward.com OmniHub product page and the cited home-assistant.io omnilogic integration, re-read 2026-08-18 — vendor-page research, verified 2026-08-18
  9. [9] hayward.com OmniHub Smart Pool and Spa Control (HLOMNIHUB) product page and the cited home-assistant.io omnilogic integration — evidence read against sources this record already cites (BQ-191 provider-side backfill, D-7 bars) — no field changed, verified 2026-08-19
  10. [10] BQ-191 provider-side assessment, 2026-08-20. hayward.com's OmniHub page, read 2026-08-20: "Controls up to 3 Hayward Variable Speed Pumps without using a relay", "Controls 2 valves for Pool and Spa, Solar Heating, or Water Features", "1 High-voltage relay upgradeable to 3", the ability "to add up to 2 additional Smart Relays", and salt chlorination "compatible with AquaRite daughterboard". Hayward states it is "compatible with Hayward pool products and most pool equipment brands" and names no Zigbee, Z-Wave, Thread, Matter or Bluetooth anywhere; remote control is via the OmniLogic app and Alexa. — vendor-page research (BQ-191 provider-side backfill, batch 2), verified 2026-08-20
  11. [11] Hayward's own OmniHub product page (HLOMNIHUB), read 2026-08-20: "Built in Wi-Fi/App Connectivity"; "Access, manage, and schedule from anywhere on your smartphone with the OmniLogic® app"; "Controls up to 3 Hayward Variable Speed Pumps without using a relay but includes the ability to add up to 2 additional Smart Relays for even more control including booster pumps, cleaner, backyard lighting, and water features"; "Controls 2 valves for Pool and Spa, Solar Heating, or Water Features"; and "integrate with popular voice activated devices including Amazon® Alexa®." — vendor-page research (BQ-191 provider backfill, population (b): the `hubs` axis), verified 2026-08-20
    Backs: Required hub or bridge
  12. [12] Home Assistant's own `Hayward Omnilogic` integration documentation, read 2026-08-21, which enumerates the entities it creates: "There is currently support for the following device types within Home Assistant: Sensor - Air Temperature, Water Temperature, Variable Pump Speed, Chlorinator Setting, Salt Level, pH, and ORP. Switch - All relays, pumps (single, dual, variable speed), and relay-based lights." Known limitations, same page: "The platform only supports sensors and switches at the current release. Future releases will include light/water heater for control of Colorlogic lights and pool heaters." Read alongside hayward.com's OmniHub (HLOMNIHUB) product page the same day: "Access, manage, and schedule from anywhere on your smartphone with the OmniLogic® app, and integrate with popular voice activated devices including Amazon® Alexa®", "Built in Wi-Fi/App Connectivity", "Controls up to 3 Hayward Variable Speed Pumps without using a relay", "1 High-voltage relay upgradeable to 3", "50 configurable favorites buttons", "25 unique programmable themes". — counterparty-source check, verified 2026-08-21
    Backs: Capabilities
  13. [13] No source was read for this entry. It classifies the two in-scope `none` cells on this record against the 2026-08-22 ruling, and records a correction to two catch strings, so neither edit is silent. — unconditioned-negative classification (doc 16 #453, pool unit) — a reading pass over evidence this record already carries; no vendor page was fetched, verified 2026-08-22
  14. [14] Hayward, OmniHub Smart Pool and Spa Control (SKU HLOMNIHUB) — verbatim: "An affordable way to add smart pool control to nearly any pool, HLOMNIHUB is compatible with Hayward pool products and most pool equipment brands for entire pool and spa pad control." · "Controls up to 3 Hayward Variable Speed Pumps without using a relay but includes the ability to add up to 2 additional Smart Relays for even more control including booster pumps, cleaner, backyard lighting, and water features." · "Controls 2 valves for Pool and Spa, Solar Heating, or Water Features" · "1 High-voltage relay upgradeable to 3". — vendor-page research (BQ-319 provides sweep — first-party re-read through tools/lib/gated-fetch.mjs), verified 2026-09-02
    Backs: What it provides to your home

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