Hello everyone, I have been having a lot of problems with my WIFI lights and I realized that my TV has the same problem. I get random "No Response" as if the devices decide to "not work" of their own accord. Most of the time, they will return to work after a few days. Note […]

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Hi folks, I'm in a bit of a bind. I want to add my Samsung TV to the home app, but it doesn't have HomeKit support or support. Does anyone know if getting the smart things hub that makes all the smart things (tv) appear in the home app? These new standards are getting pretty […]

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I have newer Aqara U100 locks on the front and back doors. When my family is home in the afternoon, Homekit absolutely hits me with notifications when the door is locked and unlocked, not to mention people detected by my Aqara doorbell camera. What I was hoping to do was reduce some of the notifications […]

Lately we have had automation failures. Lights don't respond at the right time, can't connect to certain devices, etc. Every day is something different. Does anyone know why this is happening and does anyone have a solution? Please help him feel like a haunter haha

Hi all, I've had a Ring Pro and Ring Pro 2 for a long time and now looking to upgrade things to HomeKit compatible now that Ring has almost doubled their subscription prices and my current subscriptions have ended. My requirements are HomeKit compatible, wired, generally fantastic 😂 Basically, the Aqara G4 seems to be […]

I have a lot of switches (most are Home Assistant based and some are homebridge). But it has a moment button. Where every time you hit it, it fulfills its purpose. I want to expose the TV volume control as a button. Rather than a slider

Hi all! I haven't seen much around IKEA products recently, so I hope this question is not redundant. I recently looked into the IKEA product line and wanted to hear about people's experience with them. I'm specifically looking at their light bulbs, but I might pick up some of their other products as well. Thank […]

So I'm trying to load HomeKit Native Firmware on the Ratgdo board and I'm stumped. I start from the GitHub page (https://github.com/PaulWieland/ratgdo) has a link to the instructions page (https://paulwieland.github.io/ratgdo/) under Quickstart there is a link to the HomeKit installer (https://ratgdo.github.io/homekit-ratgdo/) which links to the flasher page (https://ratgdo.github.io/homekit-ratgdo/flash.html) On this page, I am confused. I […]

Home activity history does not name users to know who is doing this action

My house has a doorbell in the front and back, using both front and back on the transformer. I'm thinking Logitech for the front buzzer. But Logitech seems to indicate it won't work, while posts from a few years ago say it will. Hoping to get confirmation in any case with more current info. Thanks.

Hello, I have a very specific case where I want to use a home key (with an NFC sticker, tag or something that doesn't require power, battery is also fine) to unlock the gate connected to my Hikvision doorbell. I've already exposed Gateway to Homekit and found an implementation: https://github.com/kormax/apple-home-key-reader But it needs power like […]

I'm not sure if I've configured this automation correctly or if it won't work. I have an automation (working) that turns on the lights. The automation is set to turn off the lights after 5 minutes. I have a separate automation that goes off when these lights go off. Will the second automation work after […]

I have an old SimpliSafe security system in a closet in the basement. I don't use it anymore and I don't have an active subscription. I would love to be able to give these old SimpliSafe doors and motion sensors a new lease of life as part of my smart home. Is there any way […]

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I know I'm at a high risk of being wrong by posting this, but I've spent so much time over the past year trying to solve this problem that I wanted to provide a resource for anyone else who might be having similar problems from an o much of my troubleshooting was done based on […]

Is it possible to add the temperature from my homepod to the widget? I have a homepod in the living room and kitchen and it would be really cool to see the temperature on my widget screen instead of opening the Home app. I googled it with no luck.

Hi all - I've searched but haven't found a good answer. I use Aqara buttons around my house to trigger various Homekit scenes/automations etc. I would like to use one on my clothes dryer to set a timer on my iOS device. I can't find a way to do this. Any idea?

Does anyone experience this kind of image quality? It looks the same in HKSV and the Tapo app. It wasn't like that yesterday.

Hi! I was wondering if any of you know how to add more ambient sounds for automations, or if I get an Apple Music subscription and buy something and then cancel the subscription, do I still have that song or sound? Thanks

Hey, I have a gate for my two Velux windows. Now I can open Windows both with my phone and in Apple Home. Does anyone know when I ask Siri to open Window do I have to accept on my phone before it opens? I also have a homepod in the house. Thank you

I tried the original Aqara motion sensor with 1 minute cooldown and also their p1 motion sensor where you can adjust the cooldown Well what I can say I know is that 1 minute cooldown works well at home and is pretty cheap, I can't find a use case for more or less time to […]

Is it better/ok to run HA on a virtual box or a raspberry pi 5? I have a Mac studio and a Synology NAS that I'm debating running a Vbox on. It would save me extra hardware, but I don't want to worry about wasting resources on my Mac?

Everything I've read seems to indicate that there isn't much of a difference between the 2nd gen 4k and the latest gen (Ethernet model). But I could get one for a good price. $50. Is it worth it at that price? I'm curious to hear from those who may have done the same upgrade. Thanks. […]

Help! I have two scenes that I want to change to control a misbehaving accessory. I have a ZigBee upgrade wand (E-Wand gen2) to control a vertical blind. I connected it via an IKEA Dir gateway to HomeKit. I want HomeKit to change the angle of the vertical slats to let the light in. The […]

I have a couple of Kasa Matter smart plugs with energy monitoring. Setting up the jacks was easy and they are proving to be among the most reliable devices I have. However, I want to access the power monitoring feature and I don't see it available anywhere in the home app. Does HomeKit's Matter deck […]

New feature on TV: You're telling me it doesn't exist?

First I had problems with the Nanoleafs in HomeKit (turn off/on all lights would freeze and only 75% would turn on/off and Siri would say there was a problem) So after doing my research I assumed that Nanoleaf caused emission. I have a few older Hues so I set them up today and I'm still […]

We have quite a few (25) of these things that support various automations. But the only way to get to them in Home view is Home=>hub=>settings=>accessories. Is there no way to promote them to be visible elsewhere? Buried in the sub-basement is fine for most automation, but quite annoying if you just want the reading […]

Can some people please confirm that there are no non-Aqara HomeKit or Matter-cert presence sensors? What I am looking for - HomeKit over WiFi - HomeKit over Thread - Matter over WiFi - Matter over Thread

The Home app shows updates that are not available in the EVE app