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Research profile · last verified 2026-08-28

Leviton Decora Smart Wi-Fi Tamper-Resistant Outlet, 2nd Gen (D215R)

Compiled by SmartHomeWorkflow Research · Leviton · Plugs & Outlets · ~$34.99 ($34.99 at Leviton's own store, read 2026-08-28 (price at the time we researched it; Leviton may change it). This closes a gap this page carried from the day it was written, when we had read no Leviton store listing at all. ⚠ THE STORE'S PRODUCT CODE DOES NOT EXACTLY MATCH THE ONE ON THIS PAGE, AND WE RECORD THE PRICE ANYWAY — the reasoning is here rather than assumed, because attaching a price across a product-code boundary is how a catalogue quietly lies. Leviton's own single listing carries BOTH identifiers: its web address ends 'decora-smart-wi-fi-tamper-resistant-outlet-2nd-gen-d215r-1bw' while its title reads 'Decora Smart Wi-Fi Tamper-Resistant Outlet (2nd Gen), D215R-1RW'. Leviton is equating the two in one place, so this is not a price stitched together from two different documents. ⛔ COLOUR WAS THE OBVIOUS TRAP AND WE CHECKED IT rather than waving past — we have been bitten before by a product priced differently by colour. It does not apply: the listing has exactly ONE option, and Leviton's own description sells colour as an accessory rather than a separate product — 'six color options' delivered by 'optional DSRKT color change kits in Ivory, Black, Gray, Brown and Light Almond'. There is one of these a buyer can purchase from Leviton and it costs $34.99. Leviton's own product page still shows no price, which is why we needed the store at all.)

Exactly which product this is[3]

Model number
D215R
Generation
2nd Gen
Region this page covers
US
Also sold or listed as
D215R-1BW · Decora Smart Wi-Fi Tamper-Resistant Outlet 2nd Generation

“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
Apple HomeWorksWorks with this ecosystem[3][5][13]Native HomeKit, which on this generation is a genuine advantage over Leviton's newer Matter-only hardware: the product-data sheet carries a 'Works with Apple HomeKit' badge and says to 'Add to an Apple HomeKit network and control with the native Apple Home app on your iOS device, providing compatibility with Siri for voice control'. No Matter needed and no HomePod needed for basic local control — though HomeKit automations and away-from-home access do need a HomePod or Apple TV, which is Apple's rule rather than Leviton's. The hazard to know about before you accept a firmware update: Leviton states that updating a 2nd Gen device to Matter firmware 'will remove your Decora Smart Wi-Fi device's current connection to Apple HomeKit', after which it must be re-added using a Matter pairing code. D215R is not currently on Leviton's Matter-eligible list, so that update is not offered for it today.
Amazon AlexaWorksWorks with this ecosystem[3]First-party and documented with a mechanism, not just a badge: Leviton's product-data sheet describes controlling 'connected lighting and loads from compatible Alexa built-in devices such as an Amazon Echo, Echo Show, the Alexa app, or even the Decora Smart Voice Dimmer'. The route is the My Leviton cloud link, so voice and remote control depend on Leviton's service and your internet connection — unlike the HomeKit path, which is local.
Google HomeWorksWorks with this ecosystem[3]Documented by Leviton with its own section — 'Use your voice to control connected lighting and loads with Google Assistant or from the Google Home app' — and a 'works with Hey Google' badge. Same dependency as Alexa: the link runs through the My Leviton cloud, so an internet or service outage takes it with it.
SmartThingsPartialPartial support — see the catch[3]Listed but not explained, which is exactly why it is not recorded as full. SmartThings appears in the product-data sheet's features list ('Works with My Leviton, Amazon Alexa, Hey Google, HomeKit/Siri, IFTTT, SmartThings, Schlage') — a first-party technical claim rather than storefront copy — but unlike Alexa, Google, HomeKit, IFTTT and Schlage, SmartThings gets no section of its own and no mechanism is documented anywhere in Leviton's materials for this model. Recorded partial for the undocumented mechanism, following the same convention this catalog used for the D315S and the Tailwind iQ3.
Home AssistantInconclusiveWe researched this and the evidence doesn't settle it — the catch explains why[7]Leviton names no Home Assistant support for this model. On the Home Assistant side a route plausibly exists but does not name this device: there is an integration for the Decora Smart Wi-Fi line that works through your My Leviton account, and Home Assistant's own page marks it a 'Legacy integration', community-maintained, that asks Leviton's servers for updates at intervals. Its documented device list names six models — DW6HD1-BZ, DW15P-1BW, DW15S-1BZ, D215S-2RW, DN15S-1BW and D2MSD-1BW — and this outlet is not one of them. Since it signs into a My Leviton account rather than a specific device, it may well pick this outlet up; that is our inference, not a documented claim, so we leave the question open with the reasoning attached rather than borrowing confidence from a sibling model.

? 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 · BLUETOOTH[1][2][4][5][13]

What it can do[3]

You can tell it to

  • On/off
  • Scene

It reports

None documented by the vendor

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

Subscription reality[3][4]

✓ Works without a subscription: Yes.

Vendor account required: Optional — there is a documented way to use it without one.[4][14]

No plan or paid tier appears anywhere in Leviton's product-data sheet or instruction sheet, including around scheduling, scenes, Away mode and auto-shutoff — the features a maker would normally put behind a fee. We record no subscription on that basis. The distinction that matters to a buyer: a free My Leviton account is required for SOME households and not for all. Leviton's sheet does list it among what you need to make the outlet work — but the same sheet's setup section says the outlet 'can be connected to the My Leviton service, Apple HomeKit, or both', and its HomeKit procedure sets the device up by scanning a code without naming a Leviton account at any step. So: a HomeKit-only household needs no Leviton account, while Alexa and Google households do, because Leviton states 'For voice control with Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant, you will need to set up the device with My Leviton'. Either way this needs an account at most, never a subscription — the account section above carries the detail. Leviton's published per-account ceilings are generous rather than restrictive: up to 99 devices, 50 rooms, 50 activities and 50 schedules per home, and up to 20 homes per account.

Maintenance reality[3][4]

The catch

Leviton's own two sources disagree about whether this outlet supports Matter, and the disagreement runs the direction that costs a buyer money. The D215R product page states 'MATTER: Firmware update available via the My Leviton app to enable Matter connectivity' — but Leviton's own Matter support article names the eligible 2nd Gen devices explicitly as 'the D26HD Dimmer, D215S Switch, D215P Mini Plug-In Switch, and D23LP Mini Plug-In Dimmer', and the outlet is absent from that list; Leviton's press release on the same firmware speaks of dimmers, switches and smart plugs, again not outlets. So this record does not claim Matter. If you need Matter, do not buy this outlet on the strength of the product page. The rest of the trade-offs are ordinary and knowable: only the top outlet is smart (the bottom is always on), the Alexa and Google paths run through Leviton's cloud while HomeKit stays local, a free My Leviton account is required either way, it needs a 2.4 GHz network and a box with line, neutral and ground, and it is indoor-only — with Leviton warning that metal boxes or metal wallplates can degrade the radio. Three-way-style control of the switched outlet costs extra: up to three wire-free DAWSC companions.

Who it's for

A fit for a household that wants one smart, tamper-resistant receptacle in a shallow box, controlled from Apple Home natively without any Matter project — plus Alexa or Google if wanted — and that is comfortable wiring a receptacle or hiring it out. The always-on bottom outlet suits a spot that also charges phones, and the 3/4 HP motor rating covers loads a plug-in module usually cannot. Look elsewhere if you need Matter today, if both outlets need to be switchable, if you want control that does not depend on a vendor account, or if the box has aluminum wiring. Home Assistant users should treat support as unverified for this specific model.

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] Leviton D215R instruction sheet DI-000-D215R-02A-W.pdf (leviton.com, fetched and text-extracted 2026-08-09): NETWORK section 'Wi-Fi | 802.11 b/g/n networks - 2.4GHz only · Security | WPA, WPA2, or WPA3 security, or open · Bluetooth | v5.0'; 'What you need to make it work: A 2.4GHz Wi-Fi network with high-speed internet. An iOS (version 12.0 or later) or Android (version 8.0 or later) mobile device. NOTE: Make sure that Wi-Fi and Bluetooth are enabled on your mobile device. A My Leviton cloud account (set up through the My Leviton app).' Corroborated by decorasmartsupport.leviton.com 'Why does Decora Smart Wi-Fi Require Internet Access?' — devices require internet to communicate with the My Leviton Cloud for control, remote access and configuration — and by its companion article stating that without internet a device can still be controlled manually and will run schedules already stored on it. No Leviton document read describes control over Bluetooth. — vendor-documentation research, verified 2026-08-09
    Backs: Protocols
  2. [2] leviton.com product specification 'D215R-1BW Decora Smart Wi-Fi 2nd Gen Tamper-Resistant Outlet' (PDF, read 2026-08-09), NETWORK section: 'Wi-Fi - 802.11 g/n @ 2.4GHz' · 'Security - WPA, WPA2 or WPA3, or Open' · 'Bluetooth - v5.0'. APPLICATION section: 'Decora Smart Wi-Fi 2nd Generation devices connect to a Wi-Fi network and the My Leviton app.' The document contains no statement of what the Bluetooth radio does. — vendor datasheet research, verified 2026-08-09
    Backs: Protocols
  3. [3] Leviton D215R-1BW product data sheet (PDF on leviton.com, rev JAN 2022), read 2026-07-29 — vendor-manual research, verified 2026-07-29
    Backs: Product identity, Maintenance, Subscription, Apple Home compatibility, Amazon Alexa compatibility, Google Home compatibility, SmartThings compatibility, Capabilities, Market availability
  4. [4] Leviton D215R getting-started guide / instruction sheet (PDF on leviton.com, © 2021), read 2026-07-29 — vendor-manual research, verified 2026-07-29
    Backs: Protocols, Required hub or bridge, Maintenance, Service status, Subscription, Vendor account required
  5. [5] leviton.com Decora Smart Wi-Fi 2nd Gen Matter Support article (first-party support documentation), read 2026-07-29 — vendor-page research, verified 2026-07-29
    Backs: Protocols, Apple Home compatibility, Works without the internet
  6. [6] leviton.com/products/d215r-1bw (first-party product page), read 2026-07-29 — vendor-page research, verified 2026-07-29
    Backs: Price, Market availability
  7. [7] home-assistant.io/integrations/decora_wifi (Home Assistant integration documentation), read 2026-07-29 — ecosystem-page research, verified 2026-07-29
    Backs: Home Assistant compatibility
  8. [8] Leviton's Decora Smart Wi-Fi 2nd Gen Matter support article and Leviton's own storefront product payload, both re-read 2026-08-28 — vendor support page + structured storefront payload, verified 2026-08-28
    Backs: Research status
  9. [9] Leviton instruction sheet DI-000-D215R-02A-W (Decora Smart Wi-Fi Tamper-Resistant Outlet, D215R) — vendor-documentation research, verified 2026-08-17
    Backs: Power source
  10. [10] Leviton instruction sheet DI-000-D215R-02A-W, corroborated by the D215R product specification sheet — vendor-documentation research, verified 2026-08-17
    Backs: Wi-Fi bands it can use
  11. [11] This catalogue's own hub-edge data, swept 2026-08-19 against the 111 manufacturer records in src/data/manufacturers/. — join-key normalization (BQ-200, R-5 decision 1), verified 2026-08-19
  12. [12] store.leviton.com structured product payload for the Decora Smart Wi-Fi Tamper-Resistant Outlet (2nd Gen) — handle names D215R-1BW, title and sku name D215R-1RW / D215R-R02-1RW — structured (.js) storefront payload, verified 2026-08-28
    Backs: Price, Market availability
  13. [13] Leviton 'Decora Smart Wi-Fi 2nd Gen Matter Support' article, re-read 2026-08-28 — four-model list unchanged and still excludes the D215R — vendor support page re-read, verified 2026-08-28
    Backs: Protocols, Apple Home compatibility
  14. [14] Leviton D215R getting-started/instruction sheet (Cat. No. D215R, DI-000-D215R-02A) — 'What you need to make it work', 'Device setup', and §11 'Add your device to Apple HomeKit (optional)', re-read and text-extracted in full 2026-08-28 — vendor PDF re-read (text-extracted), verified 2026-08-28
    Backs: Vendor account required, Service status
  15. [15] the record's own customer-facing prose fields as they stood before 2026-09-06 (no new external read) — consumer-translation pass (07 §2A.12) — customer-facing prose rewritten to the three-layer rule; NO FIELD VALUE, LEVEL, PATH OR TRANSPORT CHANGED. The research trail that used to sit inside those fields is preserved here verbatim., verified 2026-09-06

Where sources disagree

Where two sources we consider reliable say different things, we publish both positions and what we recorded, rather than quietly picking one.

Protocols, Apple Home compatibility, Works without the internet

We publish: protocols: wifi, bluetooth (matter absent)

Both pages are Leviton's own, but when the question is what one specific model can do, we weight a manufacturer's support documentation over its marketing page — and Leviton's support article names the four models that can be updated to Matter without including this outlet. So Matter is not listed here, and we have scheduled a re-check rather than treat the question as settled.

Compatibility and lifecycle information reflects the last-verified date above and can change without notice (firmware updates, cloud-service changes, discontinuations). It is provided as-is, for information — verify with the manufacturer before purchasing. Spot an error? Tell us and we'll fix it. Full terms: Terms of Service.

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