Chinese consumer electronics company Hisense has extended its ConnectLife platform to third-party devices via Google’s Home APIs.

Hisense has integrated Google’s Home APIs into its ConnectLife app, enabling users to bring their third-party smart home devices into the ConnectLife ecosystem by this autumn. This move enables ConnectLife app users to onboard and control seamlessly not only Hisense products, such as TVs, refrigerators and air conditioners, but also a wide array of popular third-party smart home devices, creating a more integrated experience.

This announcement coincides with Google IO 2025’s smart home announcements, where Hisense is featured as a launch partner for Google Home APIs. This integration leverages Google 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 automation capabilities, enabling users to control Hisense products and third-party devices, such as smart plugs, lighting, doorbells and curtains, all within a single app.

ConnectLife users will be able to use third-party devices to enable experiences that will enhance entertainment, pet care, air quality and more. One-touch modes and customised 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 users to configure these detailed cross-device interactions directly within the ConnectLife app. This simplifies setup for, say, 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, providing a seamless, unified smart home experience without the need to juggle multiple third-party apps for configuration.

“At Hisense, we are committed to simplifying smart living for everyone,” said Miguel Becerra, director for Hisense in the Americas. “This integration enhances ConnectLife to create seamless experiences that make everyday life more convenient and enjoyable for our consumers.”

The ConnectLife app with Google Home APIs integration will be available this autumn for Android and iOS platforms.

Founded in 1969, Hisense (global.hisense.com) has operations in over 160 countries, specialising in delivering multimedia products, home appliances and intelligent IT.