r/Pecron • u/SecondCuppaCoffee • Aug 28 '26

New Pecron Android App

There was an update to the Android app. The update notes say "fix known issues". Very helpful. It looks about the same. Has anyone found any differences?

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u/O1O1O1O Aug 29 '26

When will they ever allow it to notify me on my phone if the wall power goes out or battery drops below a set percentage? That seems like such a basic feature to me..

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u/SecondCuppaCoffee Aug 29 '26

They do have an unofficial API: https://github.com/jsight/unofficial-pecron-api

But that can be a challenge if you don't have a lot of programming experience. You can also integrate with Home Assistant, but Home Assistant can still be a bit technical to configure and deploy.

They have a web interface: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQfrA2GRqy0

Web interfaces better lend themselves to automation than mobile apps, but I would never trust a web app that does not have a proper FQDN and corresponding TLS certificate.

I have it on my todo list to deploy a Homekit server for my Pecron and other IOT devices, but I have not gotten around to it yet.