# is it possible to turn on the anova via wifi when you are outside home?

**URL:** <https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/is-it-possible-to-turn-on-the-anova-via-wifi-when-you-are-outside-home/25964>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [May 13, 2020, 3:02pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/is-it-possible-to-turn-on-the-anova-via-wifi-when-you-are-outside-home/25964 "2020-05-13T15:02:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![aeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c57346/32.png) [@aeg](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/aeg)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2020, 3:02pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/is-it-possible-to-turn-on-the-anova-via-wifi-when-you-are-outside-home/25964/1 "2020-05-13T15:02:35Z")

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Hello I am considering wether to buy the nano model or de precisión cooker model

The capacity is enought for me in both models the only question that I don not have clear is if the anova precion cooker supports switching it on using the app via wifi when you are outside home.

Thanks in advance

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**Author:** ![fischersd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.anovaculinary.com/fischersd/32/5594_2.png) [@fischersd](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/fischersd)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2020, 10:27pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/is-it-possible-to-turn-on-the-anova-via-wifi-when-you-are-outside-home/25964/2 "2020-05-13T22:27:51Z")

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Actually turning the power on the unit on? No. (there’s no power switch - it’s always on when you plug it in) Starting the cook? Most definitely, yes. (lots of people would use an ice bath to be able to start a cook remotely from work). It’s very important that you do some research into that if you plan to do it - you don’t want your meat sitting at room temperature for several hours - that’s how people get food poisoning.

The Nano only has bluetooth, so you can’t connect to it remotely.

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**Author:** ![v8rick](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.anovaculinary.com/v8rick/32/4021_2.png) [@v8rick](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/v8rick)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2020, 9:30am UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/is-it-possible-to-turn-on-the-anova-via-wifi-when-you-are-outside-home/25964/3 "2020-05-26T09:30:42Z")

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I switch mine on while i’m out just because i can. I like silly things like that.  
I do it with my Traeger too

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**Author:** ![Gslater](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.anovaculinary.com/gslater/32/5839_2.png) [@Gslater](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/Gslater)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2020, 6:50pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/is-it-possible-to-turn-on-the-anova-via-wifi-when-you-are-outside-home/25964/4 "2020-06-09T18:50:02Z")

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I have the benefit of a wife that doesn’t work outside the house so she’s at home during the day. She’s not a techie however, doesn’t have a cell phone and doesn’t want one, but I can start the unit remotely when it’s time and as soon as I get the notice it’s reached temperature, I can call her and she’s happy to drop the food in for me.