I’m going to try to give you a timeline that explains everything. Once upon a time (in about 2017), Sense came along with their first product, the Sense monitor (orange) and the Sense app, which took advantage of Sense cloud services as well. The app and services have evolved over time and I think Sense added the word “Home” to the end of the app name at some point in time, but this has been the consistent app for using the orange monitors over the years.
In 2019, Sense received venture funding from Schneider/Square D/Wiser. In addition, Schneider did a deal with Sense to sell the green Wiser variant of the Sense monitor. The new monitors could run off of the Sense Home app or via a parallel, but perhaps differently evolving Wiser app guided by Schneider, but likely jointly developed and powered by Sense cloud services. In June 2024, there was an imposed split - all orange Sense monitor users were steered to the Sense Home app and all green Wiser monitor users were migrated to the Wiser Energy Home Monitor app. Here’s a view of that app.
Both apps went their separate ways in 2024, with the Sense app seeing 19 updates since version 2024.1 was released, while the Wiser app only saw a single update. This split was likely due to a strategic decisions on Schneider’s part and non-renewal of the original 2019 deal.
Along the way, some of us, even on the orange Sense side, were exposed to another Wiser app that is used to set up and monitor other Schneider/Square D/ Wiser hardware like smart switches, smart plugs, etc. Orange monitor users (and green) could use the Sense / Wiser Integration to monitor smart devices set up in this app, from within the two apps above. But the Sense / Wiser integration was removed from the Sense Home app in June 2024 as part of the split as well.
It now looks like Schneider has made the decision to move everything into a single Schneider-branded Schneider Home app. I think the app looks somewhat different in real life than the screenshots in the App Store right now (below). This app only works with the green monitors and has substantially different functionality than the Wiser Energy Home Monitor app, as many users have previously reported. All Wiser Home users that use the green monitors have either been transitioned or will be transitioned to this app. It does have one nice feature - it includes the much requested ability to manage multiple green monitors from within a single userid. I suspect that it will grow to include additional useful functionality, especially for users that have additional Schneider hardware (load centers, smart switches, etc.). But there doesn’t seem to be a visible roadmap.
You should be able to link your orange Sense monitor to the orange Sense Home app, so not a brick. But it will never run with the SE Home app.
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Updated - 8/3/2025 based on inputs from @prepare3envelopes and @flipflopkid