I have a beach house that I haven't been to in a while. When I first bought the house, the Encode Plus was on the near horizon but not yet available, so I bought a trusty Schlage Sense for my front door and waited to replace the other locks until the Encode Plus arrived. I […]

Hi, I wanted to put a TV in my backyard and connect my HDMI to my Apple TV which is in my basement. I have a pipe leading to the basement to connect my TV to the Apple box. But I wonder if the 100 foot hdmi will make the connection a base? And it […]

I don't know if this is more appropriate for a question or a discussion. But obviously I chose the discussion. But in your opinion. What is the "best" (obviously subjective, and in the US) ceiling fan?

I have the problem that my HomeKit becomes extremely unresponsive after about 3 to 4 days. I have a few devices (about ≈ 100 entities) in HomeKit consisting of Hue, Ikea, Aqara and Home Assistant. At first everything is super responsive and works great. After a few days, all devices in the app take a […]

I have a very minimal Homekit setup with a few IKEA lights, Apple TV and a humidifier. Nothing fancy or complicated really. There are a few scenes and automations, but again nothing more elegant than turning everything off when no one is home and turning on the humidifier at sunrise. I installed HomeBridge for the […]

Hello, boys! So I started setting up the HomeKit devices today, I have fiber connected to an AmpliFi Alien, the first device I set up was the AppleTV as a home hub, then I set up the Schlage encode plus. I went through Schlage first, then added to HomeKit, as soon as it's added to […]

I have Hue lights in most of the house. There are a few lights that are not. The rest of the house has colored lights and we purchased Aurora switches to eliminate the headache of people flicking light switches and getting confused when visiting. I have these switches installed in several of my rooms. I'm […]

Does the HomePod mini allow me to bypass not buying the bridge for Philips or other brands? I'm just looking for some bulbs that are compatible with HomeKit and that can be used with HomePod and not with pods. Since you want to be able to set up shortcuts with Them, you know they need […]

Any wired light switches besides Eve and Wemo?

hi, I can't connect the RE305 internet extender to the router's existing 2.4Ghz WiFi network. Only 5Ghz can be connected. I'm using a MikroTik ac2 router and never had problems with the 2.4Ghz signal, but now I can't connect the extender to it. I updated the RE305 firmware and also tried an older firmware but […]

I've been playing around with HomeKit so far - Apple TV, HomePod2, a thermostat, some Hue bluetooth bulbs and an Eve smart plug. I'm in the UK too, which seems to make a difference with the wiring standards. My thoughts so far are that the thermostat is good but needs individual radiator control to be […]

Not too sure if this is missing now, but I'm sure the option was there before?

After yesterday's update for IOS, Mac, etc. my Hue bulbs are not responding in Apple Home. Has anyone else noticed this? Is there a fix for this? I restarted my iPhone and MAC computer

I am installing a new post at the bottom of my indoor steps and would like to permanently install a light above it. I would like this light to be HomeKit compatible and looking for suggestions. A few prerequisites: - it must be an orb/spherical shape - the sphere must be plexiglass/plastic, not glass - […]

My indoor doorbell does not seem to ring when connected to the logi doorbell kit. The Logitech Circle ringer works fine though. What could be the problem? (diagram provided)

Has this ever happened to anyone? So far I have restarted my network and run the software update on my Apple TV. It's been like this for a few days.

Hi everyone, I just set up my base station (4540) and connected it to my HomeKit. I can stream live video pretty quickly (faster than the Arlo app), but it won't detect motion on my Essential cameras. I don't even see an option to enable this. Do I need a hub like Apple TV or […]

I recently set up my Roku TV in the home app via the HomeKit option on the TV; however, in the app under its settings, the entries section is grayed out and won't let me change the name. I have an Apple TV and updated the name under the entries on the TV but it […]

I really don't understand why you have to buy a bridge to connect a Hue bulb (mine is both bluetooth and zigbee) to the Apple Home app?!? If you can add other bluetooth accessories why couldn't you add the Hue bulb via bluetooth? It's so stupid. I only have this light from Philips and I […]

I have an Aqara T2 switch configured to control the gate at home and it is configured as a reject switch in the Aqara app (one press opens, another press stops and a third press closes the gate). This setup is perfect for how my gate works. However, when I integrate the switch with the […]

HomeKit hasn't recorded any video for the past week, I've restarted Home Hubs. Can I try something else?

I'm thinking my need to study so much into this may mean there isn't a way, but hoping someone can prove me wrong. I have a Smartmi P1 purifier for the last 7-8 months now it works well, without hiccups, since the first day. However, today I ran into my first issue where the device […]

Has anyone integrated a kitchen oven into HomeKit?

How does that work for you because I plan to buy them for my yard

I wrote something, but something happened with the homekit.blog app, which took me away from my post. I hate that there are no saved sketches in the app! Anyway, to keep it short, does anyone have experience with all three? I was doing research and I was just overwhelmed. I was looking at Nanit Pro […]

Using Meross that can be paired with HomeKit. I haven't had any problems for a while, but it woke up one day and the app disabled the garage opener button. You pressed the button for 5 seconds, 20 seconds, several times and it just flashes green and light green. I haven't seen the amber yet. […]

I recently bought a house and I see it has a Chamberlain MyQ garage door opener. I haven't seen a hub for it anywhere in the garage or house so I don't think the previous owner had a hub. Now it looks like Chamberlain has dropped HomeKit support, so I'm wondering if I should bother […]

I use kwikset locks in my home. I like the fact that I can quickly and easily press all the locks to the same key. The Apple key locks I forgot are all Schlage based. Any locks compatible with kwikset with the Home key?

Are there smart AC window units that work in HomeKit? My current setup is a smart plug connected to a "dumb" as, but I'd like to do more than just on and off. I want to set scenes with specific temperatures like I can with the heating thermostat.

Hi everyone, you want a more customizable HomeKit experience, automations and accessory controls. Home+ app on the app store around $17 and the controller is $25/year or $100 lifetime, from people who have experienced both or either, which would you recommend? YiA

I am planning to upgrade my front door at home. I can't change the door handle/lock, but I can add a bolt. So I will leave the existing lock unlocked and add a bolt. I need a lock that supports HomeKit and the home key. My research shows three possibilities: - Schlage Encode plus - […]

I have a bunch of scenes for my house that have been working fine for *years* now. For some reason I can no longer use "Bedroom Off" when talking to my HomePod minis (all 5 of them). However, it works just fine when I'm talking to my iPhone or iPad. I deleted the scene and […]

Finally bit the bullet and paid enough iCloud storage for my doorbell cameras to work with HKSV, they wouldn't record no matter what I tried in the settings. All I had to do was restart all my HomePods and AppleTVs 😬 Learn from my mistakes...just restart them all. The hubs are a mix of AppleTVs […]