First met at CES 2020, Intellithings has released an update to its RoomMe personal location sensor app to add support for Siri shortcuts, giving homeowners smart home accessories a way to turn on "charms" via manual voice. RoomMe charms are essential intelligent home automation, which can set specific lighting levels or automatically play a favorite playlist based on those who have entered the room.

For Apple iPhone users, RoomMe now accepts shortcuts from Siri. With this feature enabled, RoomMe users can create a shortcut for Siri to manually execute a RoomMe charm upon request. The operation of RoomMe charms through Siri shortcuts gives users the flexibility to take advantage of the preset camera settings and manually adjust smart home devices connected to a room with a simple voice command and no need to move in that room .

The RoomMe Personal Location Sensor is a ceiling-mounted accessory that communicates directly with home phones using Bluetooth Low Energy to determine when to turn charms. Priorities can be set to avoid changing songs when everyone is in a room, and the system currently works with popular smart home accessories such as Philips Hue bulbs and platforms, such as HomeKit Apple.

In addition to Siri shortcuts, the latest app update introduced a status report feature that can be called through Alexa, Google Assistant, and Siri, which lets users know which rooms are occupied around the house. The status report includes details such as who is in the room and how long they have been there upon request. Added support for the Logitech Harmony Hub and Insteon's home automation hub.

RoomMe version 1.5 is now available for download, and the full list of updates includes the following:

• Voice Assistant Integration - RoomMe is now working with Alexa / Siri and Google Assistant to let you ask your voice assistant which is a home and get the room report on who is in the room and how long it has been there. Please see the FAQ on our website to find out how to enable voice assistant integration.
• Extra support for Logitech Harmony - RoomMe can now run Logitech Harmony activities based on room occupancy.
• Extra support for Insteon hubs - RoomMe can now control Insteon devices connected to an Insteon hub.
• Siri Shortcuts (iOS only) - You can now create Siri shortcuts to ask Siri to manually activate RoomMe charms.
• RoomMe Sensor FW v2.3 - Firmware is required for Samsung Watch support. Please update this firmware through the RoomMe application by going to Settings -> Sensors, connecting to each of the sensors and pressing the refresh button.