I've had an Apple TV working as a hub at home for the past 1.5 years with no problems. And as of this week, for some reason the home app on my phone says the home hub is offline, but it works on my iPad. I tested this using the cellular connection on my phone […]

I don't live near any lake like this. Any idea where this house info is pulled from? My contact card in iOS has the correct address. When I show HOME in Apple Maps it is correct. Not sure where "this" house by a lake is... Any ideas? I'm using a starling hub for my nest […]

So, for the last few years I have been thinking about building a smart home. Last night I took the first step and purchased an Apple TV 4K 3rd GEN to be the edge router for thread devices. I have a few questions for those of you with some experience. 1. Are you using a […]

How can I make this a real automation? Is there a setting I need to toggle so it doesn't ask me every time? Or maybe even an external application.

Aqara's T1M ceiling light is coming soon.

I added some HomePod 2s and a new ATV to my setup last week, and now I'm noticing that some of the automations have stopped working. For some reason it seems that only the morning automations have stopped, but the evening ones are still working. I already tried restarting the HomePods to change the home […]

I'm thinking of adding one to the garage to do some automation. Will it detect an oncoming/departing car?

I have an Eve sensor that detects motion in the living room and, depending on the time of day, triggers lights on two Philips Hue light strips and 5 Philips Hue filament bulbs. My problem is that almost always, when the internal Homekit timer runs out after 10 minutes, everything goes out except for one […]

Has anyone successfully connected their SmartCamera to HomeKit? It just shuts off every time despite the camera being connected to wifi and working fine in the app.

I have quite a few Philips hue devices spread over a floor 3 below at home (probably over 75). A while ago I added a second hub, due to device limitations for a single hub. I keep seeing reliability issues. Would adding a third hub (one for each floor) help? I was thinking of reconfiguring […]

Are there apps that help view HomePod sensor readings? I want you to use a HomePod to get an idea of ​​humidity and temperature and their fluctuations in places around the house.

Hey good people. I'm trying to remove my Eufy cameras from homekit and I can't see them anywhere on the homekit dashboard and I can't look. Where else do I need to check to verify that my Eufy cameras are no longer connected to homekit?

I have had the Starling Hub for several years. Recently it seems like my automations aren't working. I configured When the last of 2 people leaves home Eco Mode On for both thermostats. When the first person arrives home, Eco mode is disabled for both thermostats.​ Recently it doesn't go into eco mode when I […]

Hi all. I have a Hombase 2 with 3 Eufy Outdoor cameras. One day I started having problems while I had the cameras turned off in the Eufy app, they wouldn't register to HomeKit and had problems disconnecting them in HomeKit. After trying to reset Hombase, HomePod, and my router, I found a setting in […]

I'm planning to replace these light switches (the 2 round ones) with HomeKit compatible ones, but there don't seem to be adjustable options. Any recommendations?

Hi, I'm trying to achieve the following: If the kids bedroom window has been open for more than 5 minutes, I want my homepod to give me an announcement so I close it. If it's still open, I want to get a push notification. I currently have an aqara window sensor and am using homebridge […]

I currently use Google as my "smart" home platform started a few years ago when I wanted to set up a mesh wifi network and at face value Google seemed like a good/best option at the time, I had 3 points access and another bad connection so then I got the google nest router and […]

My problem is when I use homekit for automation. Turn on the lamp when motion is detected, turn off after 2 minutes. The lamp will not turn off after 2 minutes if the sensor still detects motion. But in shortcut (I use this because I need the second condition) it detects motion and stops after […]

[https://www.amazon.co.uk/Control-Existing-Compatible-Assistant-SmartThings/dp/B086MLFRJ3?th=1](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Control-Existing-Compatible-Assistant-SmartThings/dp/B086MLFRJ3?th=1) I moved into a house with some basic homekit stuff and considering this garage door opener next . I wonder: 1. Is it easy to mount? 2. Is it compatible with most door openers? (mine is a Hormann Proflift 700) 3. Does the wifi module have good range? 4. What are the alternatives to […]

I have the Fyrtur shades, quite happy with them. Would consider Smartwings if they were quieter. Has anyone heard both directly?

As the title says, is it possible to connect the Eufycam3 with the home kit? I was so excited to buy one of these and after receiving it I realize it might not be HomeKit compatible :/ ​ Is there a way to get it on HomeKit? Thanks

Hey good people. TLDR: Is there some kind of device that can recognize/identify pets that connect with HomeKit (even if via HomeAssistant)? Or plan B - a microchip reader? More context: Hoping to pick your brain to find a better solution for our cat when we're not home. We adopted her from the streets and […]

What homekit smart door lock are ppl using in the UK?

So I reviewed the HomeKit logs via Homelog and noticed that my Logitech Circle doorbell was generating dozens of motion detection alerts per minute. From searching around, it seems others have experienced this and the current workaround is to turn off motion alerts. I actually have that setting turned off and have for as long […]

So I reviewed the HomeKit logs via Homelog and noticed that my Logitech Circle doorbell was generating dozens of motion detection alerts per minute. From searching around, it seems others have experienced this and the current workaround is to turn off motion alerts. I actually have that setting turned off and have for as long […]

So I reviewed the HomeKit logs via Homelog and noticed that my Logitech Circle doorbell was generating dozens of motion detection alerts per minute. From searching around, it seems others have experienced this and the current workaround is to turn off motion alerts. I actually have that setting turned off and have for as long […]

I just moved into a house with a bunch of Hue lights. The bulbs weren't a problem, but there are other assorted lights (primarily wired into custom fixtures) with this little box that controls the lights. HomeKit recognizes them as switches but doesn't connect. The previous owners say they connected to every light in the […]

Smart Thermostat Recommendations?

This lock will be used over 10 or more daily. Is the code worth $100 more than Aqara? I like the visibility of the Aqara keyboard and the fingerprint scanner. I don't like the key slot being hidden. Schlage is better quality. The quality seems comparable to traditional locks. I don't like that the keyboard […]

We have a Big Ass Fans Haiku in our master bedroom running on Homebridge. It works great. I have two switch points that I could make into fake physical switches (ie: set the automation to turn the fan on/off and the lights on/off). My question is with the lights portion: Does anyone know of a […]

I'm looking to put light strips and contact sensors in my nightstand drawers so I can see the contents of my drawers at night without triggering my nightstand lamp and waking my wife. The strips will be about 25" each and I will need either two controllers or a way to solder them together and […]

Ok, so I have a light that seems to have issues, and now I've tried Hue, Nanoleaf, and a dumb bulb in this socket. I'm not sure what the problem is. I have a total of 9 bulbs in my smart home, the other 8 are all nano leaf essentials (sheet, whatever). Everything is up […]

Has anyone managed to display Eve temperature and humidity in a HomeKit widget? I can't get it to work and I'm wondering if it could be a HomeKit limitation.