I have a pretty basic setup so I don't have much experience with automations. I have ATV 4k, 2 HomePods 2s, Nanoleaf A19 bulbs and some older SYLVANIA bulbs and a Wemo plug for my fan. I recently added an Aqara G2H Pro camera hub that works great. I live in a small "efficiency" apartment, […]

Could I put this sensor down in the basement bathroom sump to let me know if the water level rises to a certain point? My concern is that it will get splashed or the moisture will cause false alarms.

I've been having this problem for a while now where most devices get an unresponsive status in the home app. It happens every hour. I have two Apple TVs and two HomePods used as hubs. Any idea what is causing this problem?

When I'm streaming video from a HDMI-connected AppleTV 4K to my LG OLED in my living room, I can set it up to play on the LG speakers and also play audio at the same time on a remote HomePod Mini in the kitchen for example? Thanks

I'm looking for a HomeKit compatible light that can be used to change colors based on the current alarm status. I would like something like the Aqara M1S hub where it just plugs straight into the wall, no wires etc. or even a form factor similar to a Glade air freshener plugin. Any recommendations?

Hi, so one of the fun little automations that I have set up is that when my husband or I get home, we have a little theme song on one of the HomePods. It's a nice alert and it's fun to go to your own theme song. Sometimes I play music on all bridges, the […]

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It comes with two wires to connect to the motor. I have three places to place the wires. Where should I put these wires?

Hello everyone. I'm pretty new to the smart game and just like smart lights for now. I have some from IKEA and Meross. What's cool about the IKEA lights is that I can also control them with the STYRBAR remote that I set up in the Ikea smart home app. However, I can ONLY control […]

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I can go through the process and add the LiftMaster to HomeKit, but once added, it still doesn't show up in my Home app.

Recently installed some Lutron Caseta Diva dimmers and even with the upper limit of the setting set to 100%, the switches only put out 100v (at the switch, not even at the device itself). All get 120V at the switch. Does that seem like a big drop? At full brightness, my lights are noticeably less […]

Instead of using the HomePod Mini's built-in temperature sensor as a trigger for my automation, this time I used the Nest thermostat itself. Previously when I tried to do it, it wouldn't let me use the Nest as a trigger and also the control device directly from HomeKit automation. So instead I turned it into […]

Does anyone know of a way to programmatically get the status of a series of HomeKit devices other than via shortcuts? I've found that if I call a series of shortcuts to get individual device status, macOS intentionally slows down each subsequent request. This wasn't the case a few weeks or months ago (don't know […]

So this is kind of annoying. I recently noticed that the door sensor and motion sensor automations (both Aqara) stopped working recently. I can see in the Aqara app that they are still connected to their hubs and report the correct status in the Aqara app, but not HomeKit. The hubs they are connected to […]

We just switched routers and have a new WiFi connection. Apple TV is switched to the new WiFi, and so are our phones and iPads. Nothing in the Home app is recognized. How do you change the WiFi in the home app as I can't find it anywhere.

I mean anything that is homekit and doesn't require me to pay a subscription to any company. I have a 50GB iCloud account if I can use it to store video streams (I've read about it but I don't know exactly how it works). I'm not willing to pay anything but this iCloud subscription... 😃

Is it possible in Apple HomeKit or the Nano app to replace an old bulb with a new bulb? So that I don't have to recreate the scenes and automations of the old one? An older HomeKit bulb is inaccessible; I want to replace it with another Essential bulb that I have from another part […]

Someone can easily quickly rip the doorbell and disable it while I'm at work, and I'll have to manually go to the app and click record (which takes a while to load anyway), securing the whole point of the camera. almost useless! I get messages about "human detection" a few hours ago and when I […]

I just bought a Eufy security camera and was able to set it up just fine, but while I was out I decided to test the camera only to find that there was a "No response: This camera is not responding" notification. Strange, because when I went into the Eufy app, the security camera was […]

Hi, I'd like to know if I can do an automation or shortcut or whatever when I tell Siri to play the Good Night scene to turn on the Room Light for X minutes.

UniFi Dream Machine SE 2 wired WiFi 6 APs great signal everywhere mDNS on 5 minis 2 gen2 30 bridged Hue bulbs 20 Nanoleaf bulbs 2 people, 2 iPhones, 2 watches latest updates No network equipment updates No power outages, solar off grid/battery (impossible) Read: working great for months, literally zero changes, saving Apple firmware […]

We currently have Ring running through Homebridge, but I would like to unsubscribe from Ring. We have a bell and two outdoor cameras. What is the best HKSV option? My hope is to avoid another subscription.

Hi guys, want to do some automation for accessories but it's greyed out, what's the problem? I have my Apple TV set up as a hub.. Tips? ://

so that's all they gave me, luckily the valve motor works fine but i have no way to install the motor on the pipe. They also don't offer refunds so does anyone know where I can buy the tools to install this

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I have my HomeKit automation set up so that when the HomePod mini's temperature sensor exceeds 72°F, it cools the room, and when it drops below a certain temperature, it turns off the thermostat. However, it just won't work! I have no problem with automating shortcuts, but when it comes to HomeKit it's so annoying […]

I use Lutron Caseta wireless light switches (original and new Diva). However, I have a few situations where I'd like to have a physical switch that sends commands to the smart bulbs to turn them on/off so they still have power to keep them on the grid so automations can control them In continuation. to […]

I have several homepods and every time I ask them to play a homekit scene they do it quickly, same for my iPhone. I have an Apple Watch Series 7 and every time I ask Siri for something there is a noticeable delay of about 5-6 seconds. tried right next to my wifi router but […]

I have my new Schlage Encode Plus set up via HomeKit and the Schlage app. In less than 2 weeks the battery life dropped to 44%. Granted, these are the batteries that were supplied with locks, but that seems excessive. The lock occurs on my Thread network, so I expect better battery life. The screw […]

When I ask Siri to turn on/off a lamp with my iPhone or iPad, it happens much faster than when I ask Siri the same question with the HomePod Minis. All my lamps are connected to HomeKit with [Eve Energy Matter Smart Plug](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BZBGD87V). Why are my HomePods processing commands slower than my iPhone or iPad?

Both are version 2 decorative switches, one is a regular switch and the other is a dimmer. I've read countless threads with different suggestions and tried them all - updating the firmware via the Leviton app, resetting and configuring via my phone which I also updated to the latest firmware, sharing 2.4gHz and 5 gHz […]

I probably do 99% of my editing at home on my Mac. I've had my HKSV status settings and Time notifications set to "Night" for a long time. I recently changed this (on my Mac) to "Specific hours" 7pm to 7am. But I noticed I'm still getting notifications at 6:30pm. When I look at the […]