The best genuinely smart electric blanket in the UK is the Beurer Monogram Konnect heated mattress cover, controlled via the free CosyNight app over WiFi with Amazon Alexa support — and it's also, as of 2026, the only electric blanket widely sold in the UK with real app/WiFi connectivity. That's a smaller list than the marketing on other electric blankets suggests. Ranges like Dreamland's Intelliheat and Silentnight's Comfort Control are often described as "smart" because they self-regulate heat output to your body temperature, but they have no app, no WiFi, no Bluetooth, and nothing that talks to Home Assistant. This guide is honest about that distinction before recommending anything.
⭐ Only genuinely app-controlled pick
Beurer Monogram Konnect Smart Heated Mattress Cover
Real WiFi and the CosyNight app, 4 heat zones with 9 settings each, Alexa control, and — unusually for bedding — a community Home Assistant integration via the manufacturer's cloud API.
Why most "smart" electric blankets aren't actually smart
UK retailers use the word "smart" loosely on electric blankets, and it almost always means one of two things: either the blanket has a sensor that automatically adjusts heat output to keep a steady temperature (self-regulating), or it genuinely connects to a phone app over WiFi or Bluetooth (app-controlled). These are very different products, and only the second kind can be scheduled remotely, integrated with a smart home, or controlled from outside the bedroom.
Dreamland's Intelliheat technology, for example, is described by Dreamland's own support documentation as monitoring body and room temperature to keep the blanket at your chosen setting automatically — but control is still via the blanket's own physical dial, with no app or connectivity of any kind. Silentnight's Comfort Control range is the same: a simple wired controller with adjustable heat levels, no WiFi, no Bluetooth. Both are well-made, sensible electric blankets — they're just not "smart" in the connected-device sense this site normally covers, and neither has any path to Home Assistant.
The only genuinely app-controlled electric blanket in the UK: Beurer Monogram Konnect
Price: from around £160 (Double) to £199.99 (King), prices vary by retailer and size. Sold as a heated mattress cover rather than a top blanket, the Konnect connects to home WiFi and is controlled through Beurer's free CosyNight app, with four independently controllable heat zones (body and feet, on each side of the bed) across nine temperature settings. It supports Amazon Alexa voice commands, and — reviewed by Trusted Reviews at 4.5/5 — lets you schedule the bed to warm up before you get in, or turn it down once you're asleep, all from your phone rather than reaching for a bedside dial.
It's also, unusually for bedding, machine washable on a delicate 30°C cycle (Beurer recommends limiting this to protect the internal wiring over the product's lifespan), and the control unit detaches for washing as with most modern electric blankets. Trusted Reviews' testing noted the companion app had some Android compatibility niggles and a slower-than-average heat-up time of 10–15 minutes, so it isn't flawless — but it remains the clearest genuine "smart electric blanket" purchase available to UK buyers.
Does the Beurer Konnect work with Home Assistant?
Sort of. There's no official Home Assistant integration, but a community-maintained custom integration on GitHub controls Beurer's CosyNight-connected products (the same cloud platform the Konnect range uses) via Beurer's cloud API, exposing body-zone and feet-zone heat levels and a timer as controllable entities. It authenticates with your Beurer account credentials and is cloud-dependent rather than local — if Beurer's servers are down, or your internet drops, control from Home Assistant stops working, same as the official app. It's a genuine option for automation-minded buyers, but go in expecting a community-maintained cloud integration, not a polished, locally-controlled device.
What about Breville's BodyZone Plus Connect?
If you've read about smart electric blankets with real Home Assistant support, you may have come across Breville's BodyZone Plus Connect range, which runs on Tuya firmware and can be added to Home Assistant locally via the LocalTuya integration — genuinely one of the most HA-friendly heated blankets that exists. The catch: it's sold in Australia and New Zealand under Breville's ANZ home-comfort range, not in the UK. UK Breville listings are kitchen appliances only. It's worth knowing this product category exists elsewhere, but it isn't currently a UK buying option, which is why it isn't shortlisted above.
The smart-plug alternative — and its real limits
Because so few electric blankets have native connectivity, the most common way UK Home Assistant users "smarten" a blanket is to plug an ordinary one — Dreamland, Silentnight, or any basic dial-controlled model — into a WiFi smart plug such as those covered in our best smart plugs UK guide, then schedule it to switch on before bedtime and off again automatically. This genuinely works for basic pre-heating schedules and integrates with Home Assistant natively, with no cloud dependency if you choose a locally-controlled plug like the one in our Shelly Plug S review.
It has two real limitations worth knowing before you rely on it. First, a smart plug only switches power on and off — it cannot change the blanket's heat setting, which stays wherever the dial was last left. Second, and more importantly, discussion on the Home Assistant community forum notes that many electric blankets are unpredictable about what they do when power is restored: some resume their previous heat setting automatically, but others — by design, as a safety feature — stay off until a physical button is pressed again, which defeats a remote "turn on before I get home" automation entirely. Test your specific blanket's behaviour before building any automation around it.
There's also a genuine safety dimension here that's worth taking seriously rather than skating past. Electrical Safety First, the UK product safety charity, recommends checking an electric blanket for frayed fabric, scorch marks, or a damaged control before each use, having it PAT tested by a competent electrician every three years, and replacing it once it's over ten years old — guidance written with a human switching it on and off in mind, not a script. One Home Assistant community moderator put it bluntly when the topic came up: they said they wouldn't automate a "dumb blanket" given manufacturers don't design or certify basic electric blankets for unattended automated control. If you do use a smart plug on a blanket, only do it with a newer blanket in good condition, don't leave it unattended for long automated cycles, and treat it as convenient scheduling rather than a genuine "smart blanket" replacement.
Key questions before you buy
Do you actually need app/WiFi control, or just automatic temperature regulation? If all you want is a blanket that won't overheat and stops adjusting itself sensibly through the night, a self-regulating model like Dreamland Intelliheat or Silentnight Comfort Control does that well and costs a fraction of the Beurer Konnect — you're paying extra for phone control, not for warmth.
Do you want it to show up in Home Assistant? The Beurer Konnect can, via the unofficial community cloud integration, but expect a cloud dependency. A basic blanket on a WiFi smart plug integrates more simply and locally, at the cost of only being able to switch it on or off, not change heat level.
Is machine washability a priority? Both the Beurer Konnect and most Dreamland/Silentnight ranges are machine washable with the control unit detached — always check the specific product's care label, as wash frequency limits vary.
Would a smart heating upgrade elsewhere save you more? An electric blanket only warms a bed; it doesn't touch the rest of your heating bill. If you haven't already, our guide to the best smart thermostats UK or our wider smart home energy-saving tips guide cover changes that save considerably more across a whole winter than a heated blanket does on its own.
Our recommendation
If genuine app and voice control matters to you, buy the Beurer Monogram Konnect — it's the only widely available electric blanket in the UK that delivers on the "smart" claim with real WiFi connectivity, and it even has a path into Home Assistant via a community cloud integration. If you just want a blanket that regulates its own heat sensibly and don't care about app control, a standard Dreamland Intelliheat or Silentnight Comfort Control blanket will do the job for far less money — just don't expect either to talk to your smart home. And if you already own an ordinary electric blanket and mainly want scheduled pre-heating, a WiFi smart plug is the cheapest route in, provided you test how your specific blanket behaves after a power cut and follow standard electric blanket safety checks.
