Collaboration integrates EcoFlow's Smart Home Energy Management System with Homey's Energy Dongle
EcoFlow also unveils the Ecosystem Alliance as part of broader energy strategy
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- EcoFlow, a global leader in smart home energy solutions and eco-friendly energy technologies, enters a new partnership with Homey, part of LG Electronics, at CES, enabling deeper interoperability between EcoFlow's Smart Home Energy Management System and Homey's open smart-home platform.
Alongside this collaboration, EcoFlow also introduced today the Ecosystem Alliance — a broader industry initiative with more than 15 leading smart-home and appliance brands, aimed at advancing openness and interoperability across the smart home energy landscape.
Driven by a shared commitment to user experience, intelligent insights and seamless interoperability, this landmark collaboration integrates EcoFlow's system with the Homey Energy Dongle. It allows households to monitor, automate and coordinate their energy consumption and device operations from a unified interface without requiring any additional third-party hardware or services.
EcoFlow's Smart Home Energy System is an intelligent platform unifying solar generation, home batteries, household circuits and smart appliances into one cohesive control hub. It enables remote energy management, cross-brand integration and real-time monitoring of household energy flows, enhanced by features such as storm-prep charging alerts, as well as Time-of-Use optimization and customizable energy-saving schedules for energy bill savings.
Homey, part of LG Electronics, is an open smart home platform that lets users control, automate and gain insights across devices from more than a thousand brands. With Homey Flow, users can create powerful automations that connect their entire home, while Homey Energy offers clear insight into household energy usage. Homey provides open APIs across the ecosystem, including the Homey Energy Dongle, which enables real-time energy monitoring and seamless integration with additional energy hardware.
These integrations unlock a range of whole-home scenarios, including:
- Automation of high-load appliances to run during peak solar generation
- Prioritization of essential devices during outages
- Adjustment of home energy usage based on electricity pricing, battery status and solar output
"As smart homes become more interconnected, cross-brand collaboration is essential," said Stefan Witkamp, CEO of Homey. "The partnership reflects a co-created approach, where two-way integrations allow devices and energy systems to work seamlessly across brands."
"In a new era of home energy, we envision households becoming part of resilient, shared energy networks where communities can support one another through outages, extreme weather events and rising demand," said Dr. Bruce Wang Lei, Founder & CEO of EcoFlow. "This represents not just a technological shift, but a societal one toward collective resilience and shared abundance. With the strategic partnership with Homey by LG, we're building the interoperable foundation needed for that future."
In line with its broader 2026 ecosystem partner roadmap, EcoFlow's vision to form the ecosystem alliance builds on recent partnerships, including the BSH Home Connect collaboration announced at IFA 2025, as well as integrations with brands such as Shelly, Go-e, and others. The alliance also follows growing industry recognition for EcoFlow, which was named No. 1 in Smart Home Energy Storage Solutions* by Frost & Sullivan. Designed as a long-term initiative, the Alliance outlines how EcoFlow will expand two-way integrations through shared APIs and standardized interfaces across its partner ecosystem.
The initiative rolls out globally beginning in 2026, with early integrations showcased this week at CES. Attendees can visit EcoFlow at booths 15030 and 14732 (Central Hall) for more details, live demonstrations and an up-close look at its latest products, including DELTA Pro Ultra X, OCEAN Pro Series, STREAM Series and DELTA 3 Series.
About EcoFlow
EcoFlow is a global pioneer in eco-friendly energy solutions, driving the transition toward smarter, cleaner and more independent power. Founded in 2017, EcoFlow is No. 1 in smart home energy storage solutions, empowering millions of users to take control of their energy at home and beyond. With operational headquarters in Seattle, Düsseldorf, Irvine and Tokyo, and a business and data center in Singapore, EcoFlow operates as a global ecosystem spanning research, operations, and manufacturing. Its innovative technologies serve over 5 million users across 140 markets and redefine how the world takes control of its energy.
About Athom, Creators of Homey (Part of LG Electronics)
Founded in 2014 in Enschede, the Netherlands, Athom is the company behind Homey, a global smart home platform for home control, automation, and energy management. Homey Pro, the flagship hub, supports all major smart home technologies. The Homey App Store features more than 1,000 integrations — including over 300 official partnerships and hundreds of community-built apps. Homey products are available across Europe, the US, and other markets. In 2024, Athom was acquired by LG Electronics, strengthening its ability to deliver intelligent, privacy-first smart home experiences worldwide.
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CES 2026: EcoFlow and Homey by LG Announce Partnership to Enable Smarter Whole-Home Energy Management
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"You never change things by [only] fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete."
—Buckminster Fuller
TAMPA, Fla., Jan. 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The Literacy Research Association (LRA) announces its 76th Annual Conference, scheduled to take place from December 2 to 5, 2026, in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. This significant event will explore the theme, "Manifesting Quantum Imaginaries: Re-searching Literacies as a Transcontextual Enterprise," inviting scholars and practitioners to delve into innovative perspectives on literacy research. "As we convene for our 76th Annual Conference in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, the Literacy Research Association is poised to present a truly groundbreaking event. This milestone conference, following closely on the heels of our 75th anniversary, is designed to profoundly expand our understandings of literacies in motion, reinforcing LRA's commitment to disseminating cutting-edge research and underscoring the vital global reach of our mission," said Patriann Smith, LRA 2026 Conference Chair and President-Elect. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95UsflcR3jU
Individuals interested in contributing to this discourse or who wish to attend the conference are encouraged to visit the official LRA website for comprehensive details regarding proposal submissions, registration, and event logistics. Additional information is available at https://literacyresearchassociation.org/current-conference-2026/.
Adopt a Quantum Lens
The theme chosen for the conference invites a metaphorical re-examination of literacies through a quantum lens, moving beyond traditional, linear models of space and time. This approach considers literacies as dynamic bundles of potential, holding multiple meanings simultaneously, much like the smallest units of reality in quantum science as described by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. In turn, this perspective suggests that a single literacy event can generate limitless possibilities depending on its context and trajectory, emphasizing the "when" and "where" of literacies as equally important as the "what."
Explore Literacies in Motion
The LRA 2026 conference will metaphorically use a quantum lens to explore the concept of "literacies in motion," observing how students traverse new contexts and borders, whether they are physically moving, engaging in classrooms, or navigating online and offline worlds. This dynamic interaction creates a complex transcontextual architecture of literacies, shaping how individuals communicate, establish belonging, and navigate their worlds. Considering literacies in motion also aligns with long-standing Indigenous, African, Asian, and diasporic philosophies that underscore the interconnectedness of human experiences and their literacies, reflecting a non-linear understanding of time. The year 2025, recognized as the "Year of Quantum" by UNESCO, provides a timely backdrop for this exploration.
"Attendees of the LRA 2026 conference will discover innovative approaches to cultivate new ways of supporting students and teachers in K-12 classrooms, fostering active literacies in motion that transcend traditional boundaries. Through the metaphorical adoption of a quantum lens, we will explore how even the smallest literacy events hold multiple meanings and create limitless possibilities, equipping educators and researchers with a dynamic framework to navigate the complexities of modern literacy instruction," commented Rahat Zaidi, LRA 2026 Associate Conference Chair and Vice-President.
Join LRA in Hawai'i
This conference seeks to cultivate contemporary ways of supporting students and teachers in K-12 classrooms, preparing them to create new models of engagement in an era marked by artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing. Researchers are invited to submit proposals that investigate these expansive and metaphorical understandings of literacies as quantum phenomena. Potential areas of inquiry include:
- How literacies remain active in the lives of students who move and those who do not;
- The dynamics of literacies across students' online and offline environments;
- Strategies teachers employ to support literacies in motion while meeting educational outcomes;
- Student engagement with literacies as they shape their personal trajectories;
- Methods for researchers to consider both space and time when studying minute instances of student literacies;
- The reflection of multiple possibilities within the smallest instantiations of literacies in motion across diverse contexts;
- Reasons for embracing certain possibilities created by literacies in motion while devaluing others.
By challenging rigid characterizations of human movement and literacies, the LRA 2026 conference aims to liberate literacies as a living, transcontextual endeavor, fostering a collective re-evaluation of truths embedded in literacies in motion and empowering students and teachers to honor responsibility (kuleana) and privilege. "The LRA 2026 conference theme, 'Manifesting Quantum Imaginaries,' represents a critical call to action for the literacy research community, especially as we advance beyond 2025, which marks '100 Years of Quantum'," states Patriann Smith. "Moving beyond static, linear models of thought to embrace a more expansive understanding of literacies as transcontextual, this conference aims to inspire researchers to not only observe but also actively shape how literacies heal, redeem, reconnect, and protect (mālama) -- radically reshaping the shared nows of all."
Patriann Smith, LRA 2026 Conference Chair
Rahat Zaidi, LRA 2026 Associate Conference Chair
MEDIA CONTACT: Patriann Smith, psmith@literacyresearchassociation.org
"You never change things by [only] fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete."
—Buckminster Fuller
TAMPA, Fla., Jan. 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The Literacy Research Association (LRA) announces its 76th Annual Conference, scheduled to take place from December 2 to 5, 2026, in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. This significant event will explore the theme, "Manifesting Quantum Imaginaries: Re-searching Literacies as a Transcontextual Enterprise," inviting scholars and practitioners to delve into innovative perspectives on literacy research. "As we convene for our 76th Annual Conference in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, the Literacy Research Association is poised to present a truly groundbreaking event. This milestone conference, following closely on the heels of our 75th anniversary, is designed to profoundly expand our understandings of literacies in motion, reinforcing LRA's commitment to disseminating cutting-edge research and underscoring the vital global reach of our mission," said Patriann Smith, LRA 2026 Conference Chair and President-Elect. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95UsflcR3jU
Individuals interested in contributing to this discourse or who wish to attend the conference are encouraged to visit the official LRA website for comprehensive details regarding proposal submissions, registration, and event logistics. Additional information is available at https://literacyresearchassociation.org/current-conference-2026/.
Adopt a Quantum Lens
The theme chosen for the conference invites a metaphorical re-examination of literacies through a quantum lens, moving beyond traditional, linear models of space and time. This approach considers literacies as dynamic bundles of potential, holding multiple meanings simultaneously, much like the smallest units of reality in quantum science as described by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. In turn, this perspective suggests that a single literacy event can generate limitless possibilities depending on its context and trajectory, emphasizing the "when" and "where" of literacies as equally important as the "what."
Explore Literacies in Motion
The LRA 2026 conference will metaphorically use a quantum lens to explore the concept of "literacies in motion," observing how students traverse new contexts and borders, whether they are physically moving, engaging in classrooms, or navigating online and offline worlds. This dynamic interaction creates a complex transcontextual architecture of literacies, shaping how individuals communicate, establish belonging, and navigate their worlds. Considering literacies in motion also aligns with long-standing Indigenous, African, Asian, and diasporic philosophies that underscore the interconnectedness of human experiences and their literacies, reflecting a non-linear understanding of time. The year 2025, recognized as the "Year of Quantum" by UNESCO, provides a timely backdrop for this exploration.
"Attendees of the LRA 2026 conference will discover innovative approaches to cultivate new ways of supporting students and teachers in K-12 classrooms, fostering active literacies in motion that transcend traditional boundaries. Through the metaphorical adoption of a quantum lens, we will explore how even the smallest literacy events hold multiple meanings and create limitless possibilities, equipping educators and researchers with a dynamic framework to navigate the complexities of modern literacy instruction," commented Rahat Zaidi, LRA 2026 Associate Conference Chair and Vice-President.
Join LRA in Hawai'i
This conference seeks to cultivate contemporary ways of supporting students and teachers in K-12 classrooms, preparing them to create new models of engagement in an era marked by artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing. Researchers are invited to submit proposals that investigate these expansive and metaphorical understandings of literacies as quantum phenomena. Potential areas of inquiry include:
- How literacies remain active in the lives of students who move and those who do not;
- The dynamics of literacies across students' online and offline environments;
- Strategies teachers employ to support literacies in motion while meeting educational outcomes;
- Student engagement with literacies as they shape their personal trajectories;
- Methods for researchers to consider both space and time when studying minute instances of student literacies;
- The reflection of multiple possibilities within the smallest instantiations of literacies in motion across diverse contexts;
- Reasons for embracing certain possibilities created by literacies in motion while devaluing others.
By challenging rigid characterizations of human movement and literacies, the LRA 2026 conference aims to liberate literacies as a living, transcontextual endeavor, fostering a collective re-evaluation of truths embedded in literacies in motion and empowering students and teachers to honor responsibility (kuleana) and privilege. "The LRA 2026 conference theme, 'Manifesting Quantum Imaginaries,' represents a critical call to action for the literacy research community, especially as we advance beyond 2025, which marks '100 Years of Quantum'," states Patriann Smith. "Moving beyond static, linear models of thought to embrace a more expansive understanding of literacies as transcontextual, this conference aims to inspire researchers to not only observe but also actively shape how literacies heal, redeem, reconnect, and protect (mālama) -- radically reshaping the shared nows of all."
Patriann Smith, LRA 2026 Conference Chair
Rahat Zaidi, LRA 2026 Associate Conference Chair
MEDIA CONTACT: Patriann Smith, psmith@literacyresearchassociation.org
** The press release content is from PR Newswire. Bastille Post is not involved in its creation. **
"Quantum Imaginaries: Literacy Research Association Unveils Revolutionary Theme for 2026 Honolulu Conference"
"Quantum Imaginaries: Literacy Research Association Unveils Revolutionary Theme for 2026 Honolulu Conference"
"Quantum Imaginaries: Literacy Research Association Unveils Revolutionary Theme for 2026 Honolulu Conference"
