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Hive Active Heating™ is an innovation brand within British Gas Connected Homes, a technology which aims to give customers greater control of their home through internet-enabled technology. Hive is headquartered in London, United Kingdom, with a customer care centre in Glasgow, Scotland.

Their First Product
Hive Active Heating™ is their first product, it lets you control your heating and hot water remotely from your mobile, tablet and laptop. The kit includes a wireless thermostat which is wall mounted, a hub that plugs into your broadband router and a receiver that’s installed next to your boiler. Once installed, customers can then control their heating, and if they have a separate hot water tank, their hot water using the Hive app (available on iOS and Android), a website dashboard or text message. Hive Active Heating™ is available to buy within the United Kingdom (excluding Northern Ireland) and works with most boilers no matter who the energy supplier is.

History
Hive launched on 25 September 2014, with the first Hive Active Heating customer installation taking place on 14 October 2014. Today over 130,000 customers are using Hive to control their heating and hot water, making it the biggest smart thermostat provided in the UK.

Products
Currently Hive sells and distributes Hive Active Heating which includes a wireless thermostat, hub, receiver and access to the app. Installation take around 90 minutes with a British Gas engineer.

The Hive App
The Hive App suite allows Hive customers to control their heating and hot water remotely. Currently, there is an iOS and Android app available to customers, however text control and a web-based dashboard also allows customers to control their Hive remotely.

Recognition
The Independent: A tentative foray into the internet of things by British Gas is convincing

IT Pro Magazine: Hive is an excellent system, which takes the hassle out of controlling your hot water and heating.

engadget: While Brits have embraced smart thermostats from Nest, Tado, Climote, Netatmo and Honeywell, it's Hive that has enjoyed more of a significant uptake than most.