As you may already know, Shelly’s are a great way of retrofitting smart home automation to your current home. One thing we noticed as we have built out our smart home is that at times, we can’t find out phone, or we want to have a house sitter look after the place, and they don’t have the Shelly App. That’s where the Shelly Wall Display might be something you’d be interested in!
We’ve had a Shelly Wall Display running at home for a while now, and it’s quickly become one of those devices you don’t realise you needed until you have it.
What is the Shelly Wall Display?
The Shelly Wall Display is a compact touchscreen panel designed to sit flush on your wall. Available in 3 sizes as of August 2026, XL, X2i, X1i. We are using the X1i Black version.
It pairs with Shelly’s smart home ecosystem to give you a always-on, tap-to-control dashboard for your home — no app required, no unlocking a phone, just walk up and tap. Get access to all your Shelly Devices, including dimmers, and temperature controls.
What the Wall Display does well
At-a-glance home stats The main dashboard shows temperature, humidity, and power consumption right at the top of the screen, updated in real time.
Room-by-room control Devices are grouped logically by room- kitchen lighting, bathroom exhaust fan, bedroom dimmers, outdoor lights – each with its own tile showing live status (like a dimmer sitting at 40%, or a fan’s current power draw in watts). Tapping a tile toggles the device instantly.
A genuinely useful clock screen When it’s not showing your device dashboard, it drops into a clean clock display with local weather, current and forecast temperature, and humidity – basically replacing a separate weather station on your wall.
Fast, responsive touchscreen Unlike some smart panels that feel laggy or gimmicky, the interface is snappy. Tapping between rooms and devices feels immediate, not like you’re waiting on a cloud round-trip.
Why It's a Good Fit for a Smart Home
The real value isn’t any single feature – it’s that it consolidates control into one physical, always-visible spot in the house. Phones get left in other rooms, voice assistants mishear you, but a wall-mounted display is just there, in the hallway or kitchen, doing its job.
For anyone already running Shelly devices — switches, plugs, sensors — this is the natural centrepiece that ties it all together without needing a tablet mounted awkwardly in a frame or a phone app you have to open first.