Meet the Octopus Home Mini

What exactly is the Octopus Home Mini, and how does it work?

You'll just need to plug it in, follow the setup journey in the Octopus Energy app and you'll soon be able to see your electricity consumption and what you're spending in near real-time and your gas every 30 minutes.

What can I do with my Octopus Home Mini?

The Octopus Home Mini takes a reading every few seconds, which opens up all sorts of possibilities:

• Easily spot energy-guzzling devices, and see exactly how much they are using and what they're costing
• Find out how much your appliances use when they’re on standby
• See how much energy you’re exporting in real time (if you have solar panels or other home energy generation) 
• Unlock a world of smart energy insights – the Octopus Home Mini is perfect for tracking smart Octopus tariffs like Intelligent, Go and Outgoing

Here's how some of our very first beta testers are putting their Home Mini to good use:

When can I have one?

This is our first foray into the world of hardware, and like all our other innovative products, we've released the Octopus Home Mini in beta so we can iterate it based on real user feedback.

• We’re still testing the Octopus Home Mini, so can’t make hard and fast commitments as to when we’ll be able to get one of them into your home – but joining the waitlist means we'll let you know when they're available.
• Please bear in mind that the Octopus Home Mini requires a smart meter we can connect to in order to function. If you don't have one, you can register your interest in a smart meter here.
• The Octopus Home Mini is still a beta product, so there’s a chance that things might not work perfectly the first time. It relies on a connection to wifi, Kraken (our cloud based platform), and your smart meter, via the Home Area Network (HAN). This means smart meter or HAN related issues may need resolving before your device can work properly.

Why are we doing this?

• We see this new level of data analysis as a vital step towards a cheaper, smarter, greener, all electric system; a system that empowers customers to be an important part of the solution.
• We've invested our own resources in this project, and our wonderful team has worked incredibly hard (you can meet one of them here).
• We appreciate that whenever we put something out there people will discuss it, and really treasure constructive feedback, but please do it mindfully. When people go overboard with the 'why haven't I got one yet’ or 'it’s rubbish because it doesn’t do this', it does chip away at the enthusiasm of the people who pour their efforts into creating and building these exciting new things.