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Favorites & energy

Two areas you build yourself: the Energy panel, from the sensors you pick, and Favorites, your most-used devices from any room.

Step by step

1. 1

   Turn on the Energy panel

   In the AmazHA settings, open Devices › Energy and switch on Show Energy panel.

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2. 2

   Pick a sensor for each role

   Tap a role, such as Grid power (signed), and pick its sensor: only the sensors that fit the role are listed. Fill in the ones you have, such as solar, battery, and today's use and cost.

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3. 3

   Your energy, on the watch

   The watch home gets an Energy area. Open it for the grid power right now (importing or exporting), then solar, battery and today's totals.

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4. 4

   Turn on Favorites

   Back in Devices, open Favorites and switch on Show on watch.

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5. 5

   Pick your favorites

   Switch on any device from any room, even one you haven't enabled in its room.

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6. 6

   Put them in order

   Tap Reorder favorites and use the arrows. The watch shows them in this order.

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7. 7

   Pinned on top of the watch

   Favorites appears first on the watch home, with your devices in your order.

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   Or make them your home

   Switch on Use Favorites as homepage: the watch home becomes your favorites list, and only those devices are loaded. The areas come back when you turn it off.

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Good to know

• The grid: use one signed sensor (positive when you import, negative when you export), or two separate sensors, Grid import and Grid export.
• A sensor is missing from the list? The list is built when your devices are scanned: after adding it in Home Assistant, tap Refresh device list in Devices.
• Favorites as your homepage hides the Energy area too. Put an Energy chip at the top of the home to keep it one tap away (next tutorial).

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