I'm in the process of moving into a brand new house (it's being finished) and wanted to use this as an opportunity to replace some of my existing HomeKit items. At my current home, I use Eufy wireless cameras with solar, august lock and eufy doorbell. All three have had less than stellar experiences: - […]

Looking for help or buying advice with the Apple Home app, accessories, network issues/solutions, anything else that supports HomeKit, or what brand or accessory to buy - try asking here. Try to keep the question as clear and concise as possible, as more people will be able to answer. [Here](https://www.apple.com/ios/home/accessories/) is a list of HomeKit […]

Native support for homekit, not Apple Home through matter or other translation, compatibility layers and bridges.

In the past, after setting up home theater mode, my Apple TV and OG pair would show up as a single device in the Home app. I have since done a factory reset on both devices and set everything up and it works, but now they show up as two devices in the Home app. […]

I just bought my outdoor circle view camera to replace a ring camera. I have them side by side. The ring has great color images of my carport which is lit up. And Logitech, while sharp, is black and white. Not sure I want to keep it but thought I'd see if anyone else had […]

I am looking for information on how to ring my phone as part of the automation. I bought an Abode kit and would like to set up the automation so that when the alarm goes off my phone will also ring (in case I'm not home) as this would save me having to register for […]

Why can't I change this to only run when I arrive?

I know Matter over Thread came out to fix this, but the amount of stuff that isn't available for matter is amazing and companies are still only releasing stuff for their hubs. Do we really need a hub for Philips, one for Ikea, one for Aqara, one for Tuya, one for Zigbee and so on? […]

I have several automations set up in the Home app that don't work reliably at all. The most frustrating failure is the one I set up for the sunset. I have an automation that needs to run an hour before sunset every day to turn on most of the house lights (by starting the "sunset" […]

We are currently in the process of converting our mixed protocol smart home devices to HomeKit. Part of that process involves replacing some Echo devices with HomePods. I currently have a first generation Echo Dot out in the shed, mostly for music. I wonder if I replace it with a HomePod Mini, will the internal […]

I just wanted to share this here as there is a decent likelihood that a number of people will be affected. If you are a Mac + Chrome user and often run the Home (or Notes/Reminders) apps, you may often see weak network issues in Chrome when browsing. I've seen it mostly on Reddit and […]

If you were starting over looking for a centrally monitored security system, would you choose the PROA7PLUS with native HomeKit integration or the Qolsys IQ4 and use Homebridge for HomeKit integration? I'm getting rid of an existing Xfinity system and just started with HomeKit. Outside of some Eve blinds and a few Lutron switches, this […]

I recently installed some zebra style Eve shades. Due to the shade style, the position I preferred is 2% so that the front and back aqua/transparent sections line up. At 2%, that preferred position is very difficult to set using the slider in the Eve app, and it doesn't look like HomeKit even supports the […]

Has anyone tried these motorized shades that have the option for HomeKit integration? They have a copy of Hunter Douglas Silhouettes for a fraction of the cost. They came up on an ad on FB so I was skeptical. There is only one real review on YouTube. I purchased a small window motorized set without […]

Please tell me I'm not the only one who scrolls the screen and changes the temperature by 0.5 degrees instead of grabbing the button. So frustrating. I didn't have this problem with the previous interface (iOS 16?)

Basically the title, I just want the light to be green after sunset, so if I open the door during the day and close it, it won't turn green, only green after sunset. Thanks

Hi all, I'm trying to delve into the smart home stuff. I have a few questions about preferences. For the most part, you decide whether to get smart plugs/switches or light bulbs. So I've heard a lot about smart bulbs, but I honestly don't care if they change color! I'm a warm white girl through […]

I really like the Starkvind purifiers and have purchased a few for my home. Almost all of them work perfectly except for one. In my master bedroom I had the tabletop model and for some reason I can't get the homekit to set the manual speed correctly. It refuses to do this through a scene […]

I'd love to hear from any folks here who have wall-mounted, tablet-style displays or touchscreen controls that also use HomeKit. I've been intrigued by the Skylight Calendar, which from what I can tell is an app display/touchscreen combination that displays calendars and has a household task management app, a shopping list feature, and maybe a […]

Wouldn't it be great if this space could be used to display the climate for each room (temperature / humidity / air quality)?

I recently had to reset my Schlage code with my wifi, which was not insignificant as I had to have my ISP "split" the 5g into 5g and 2g so that the Schlage could be set up on 2g . other than that...same crash...and previously i could see the user/code entered very clearly. It helped […]

We just finished a basement and added Lutron Caseta light switches and an Apple TV. It works pretty well, especially for turning lights on and off with Siri voice control on the Apple TV remote and for my kids to use. My struggle is to create a way to use voice control for a low […]

After getting mad with my meross wifi smart switches, I went crazy with inovelli switches all over my house (zigbee) and also had to set up HA and the zigbee hub. Not exactly intuitive. ZHA was having issues, but after some tinkering I got everything working well enough with zigbee2mqtt and got through HK. However, […]

Does anyone know what the latest firmware is for the Encode Plus? Thanks

Has anyone used Philips Hue security cameras with HomeKit? I'd love to hear your thoughts and opinions on how well it works (or doesn't work) with HomeKit. Thank you!

Hello, on some of my automations, like lights, they have the option to turn off after a certain amount of time. Any idea why it doesn't show up for other automations? I have one for my ecobee thermostat to turn on in the morning. I would like it to turn off automatically after an hour. […]

I have the problem that if I add devices (eg an Ikea Zigbee lamp) to my Silvercrest Zigbee Gateway, they don't show up in the Apple Home app, even though I've added the ZigBee gateway to the home app and the Gateway itself shows up. as a bridge in the Home app. I have tried […]

Hi all. I'm new to the HomeKit party and so far so good. Our new house came with mortise blinds, so when we connected our ATV, HomeKit found them right away. I installed a garage door opener that is great. I will also add a doorbell and security cameras etc. My question is how to […]

The T1M ceiling light (T1 in China) is the latest light from Aqara to receive an international release. It uses Zigbee 3.0 and therefore requires an Aqara hub. It comes with a main light capable of adaptive lighting and has an additional ring light that offers the standard 16 million colors. The light ring can […]

I have the Schlage Encode Smart Wi-Fi Deadbolt, 3 of them actually. I use two of them in my own home. They have 25% and 40% battery life respectively. Don't give me trouble. The third one I use on my Airbnb property and the battery life is 50% but it gives me all the problems. […]

Hi, I have Apple Music playing directly from a HomePod and the sound stops every 30 seconds. I filmed what was happening and attached it to this post. Sometimes it seems to give up after some of the 30 second pauses and move on to the next song, but that didn't happen in my video. […]

My Eve Energy smart plug worked well. I've had an update pending for months. This update will update the socket to Matter. Shall I do it? Will I miss something? What will I win?

Hi, I was using a home bridge to expose non-HUE lights connected to the HUE bridge. Since the update to the HUE issue, I don't need the home pod anymore. I have completely removed the home pod hub as well as the "old" (whatever) instance of the HUE pod. Now all my pod-connected lights, HUE […]