Home Sitter is a lighting service in the Wink app that makes it look like you’re home when you’re away. Home Sitter turns your Wink-compatible lighting products on and off in a natural cadence to mimic human activity.

As part of the Wink app version 6.0, a Services tab will appear in the Wink Lights + Power screen. Within the Services tab, select “Setup” to activate Home Sitter.

Yes, Home Sitter is a free service within the Wink app.

From analyzing user data, Wink has determined specific time periods when users naturally turn their lights on and off. Home Sitter uses this data to generate a natural pattern that mimics human behavior. No day is identical, and each light behaves a little differently.

No, Home Sitter must be manually turned on and off within the Wink app. It does not turn on automatically.

Currently, Home Sitter can only be used with one location at a time. You can easily set your home location in the Wink app.

No, you must add a home location in order to turn on Home Sitter.

Yes, Home Sitter can be used with any Wink-compatible lighting product found within the Lights + Power section of the Wink app, including light bulbs, dimmers, outlets, and switches.

You can see Home Sitter’s activity in both the Wink app’s main activity feed and the Lights + Power section’s activity feed.

Home Sitter will not deactivate any automations previously set by Wink or other third-party applications, such as Stringify and IFTTT. For optimal usage, it’s advised to disable any automation that may interfere with Home Sitter. However, if you do have existing automations controlling the same lighting product as Home Sitter, keep in mind some lights may turn off earlier than expected due to the changing patterns of Home Sitter.

For the optimal experience, Home Sitter and Moonlight should not control the same devices. If you do have both services control the same lighting product, keep in mind some lights may turn off earlier than sunrise due to the changing patterns of Home Sitter.

We recently re-named our Lighting Services, so if you see Travel Lights and Porch Lights in your app, please upgrade to the latest version (6.0) to experience the new and improved services now called Home Sitter and Moonlight.