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  1. J

    HomeKit Best HomeKit Device to Check on Laundry

    Hello, Moving to a house that has the washer/dryer in the basement. Thing is, there’s no access to the basement from within the house. I have to go out the front door, down two sets of stone steps, across a large parking area, to a door on the side of the house. Bad enough, but in winter, it...
  2. M

    HomeKit turn HomeKit smart plug off upon TimeMachine backup completion

    I am trying to have a HomeKit-enabled smart plug power on my backup drive at a specific time of the day and power off the smart plug once the Time Machine backup is completed. So far I’m able to back up to the drive and automatically eject it upon completion. For more info see the following...
  3. Sportpoz

    HomeKit Issue with high cellular data usage after updating to 14.5.x

    Since update HomePods (both small and large) and Apple TV to 14.5.x, problem has appeared for all household members who are added to the HOME. The problem manifests itself in sending huge amounts of data over the cellular network when someone is away from home and very fast battery consumption...
  4. M

    HomeKit “It seems that you are not home” 14.5

    Ever since updating to 14.5 I can’t seem to say ‘goodnight’ to Siri, as it always accuses me of not being at home… I have a scene named “goodnight” and this used to reliably switch off all my HomeKit devices. Now I get this message and selecting yes just shows an error. This occurs on any iOS...
  5. K

    HomeKit HomeKit "traditional" toggle switch, NOT paddle?

    HI, There are alot of light switches for HomeKit but they're all new 'Paddle' style. Are there any "traditional" toggle switches here in the US? closest I got so far: I see the 'C by GE' which is close, but they are single gang and I need two sidebyside (they don't make a double plate?!) Not...
  6. S

    HomeKit any suggestion for Homekit support air purifier?

    I am looking for some compatible air purifier that is Homekit certified. I know one of the famous one is VOCOline and I also watched a youtube review of Smartmi P1 which is a smaller type and it's root brand seems a Xiaomi series. What about any other suggestion? If it really works well with...
  7. purdnost

    HomeKit Are Smart Locks Safe?

    I’m interested in investing in a couple of SimpliSafe Smart Locks. I like the idea that I can automate doors to lock in case I forgot to do so manually. My question is, are such locks generally safe to use? As in, is it hard to hack or bypass them, or disable them altogether?
  8. fastbagger

    HomeKit HomeKit wiped

    Other day I removed my Liftmaster hub from my MyQ app and in doing so it wiped out all of my HomeKit accessories. Any way I can retrieve them without having to manually enter each one? Thanks in advance.
  9. CJ Dorschel

    HomeKit Smart Electric Mattress Pads

    I’ve been using a sunbeam electric heated mattress pad with wireless remote controls for the past few years but the mattress pads tend to fray and don’t last long. I’m about to replace the third one while researching other heated mattress pads that have wireless controls and thought there might...
  10. T

    HomeKit Sony TV HomeKit Integration

    Hello all. I am struggling with the HomeKit integration of my new Sony TV. I can see the TV in HomeKit without issue however, I am only seeing the power switch and the channel selector. Please see attached images. I was expecting to see more controls than this, such as volume, input, mute...
  11. L

    HomeKit I really need help with HomeKit

    Thanks in advance for any help, I really could use some! I am new to Homekit and any referrals, links etc. will be appreciated. I've been headed toward Hikvision surveillance but am wondering if I can tie it into Homekit or is there another system that can better provide the following features...
  12. VictoryHighway

    Add new Apple TV to existing Homekit home

    Greetings, My sister got an Apple TV for Christmas and I've been trying to set it up, but ran into a problem. The Homekit "home is associated with my Apple ID, but I want her Apple TV to be associated with her Apple ID. When I tried to add the Apple TV to Homekit, it created a separate "home"...
  13. SaxPlayer

    Resolved Doorbell video not showing on iPhone running iOS 14.3

    This is a strange one. I have a Netatmo video doorbell. It's been working fine with live video showing in the Netatmo Security app and also in Apple's Home app on iOS, iPadOS and macOS. Suddenly this evening the live video feed isn't showing on my iPhone in the Home app. I'm wondering if it's...
  14. U

    HomeKit HomeKit Support for Linksys Velop now available in UK

    Now working for me, here in the UK.
  15. F

    HomePod Possible solution: HomePod personal requests

    I purchased several HomePod Minis to use around our house. Our household consists of two adults and three children with their own Apple IDs. I was excited for each of us to be able to use "personal requests." I was quickly disappointed when almost every time any of us asked "Hey Siri, who am I?"...
  16. DominikHoffmann

    HomeKit Best HomeKit blog

    In the opinion of forum readers, what is the best HomeKit blog? AppleInsider has the HomeKit Insider blog, but I am not one to spend time listening to something, when I can read the information instead. Also text allows skipping forward so much easier.
  17. DominikHoffmann

    Home How to edit room names, delete rooms?

    I am using the Big Sur version of the Home app. I believe, the interface hasn’t changed too much from the Catalina version, although it is sufficiently different from the one that shipped with Mojave. I am looking for a way to edit the names of my rooms. So far I have had to switch to using the...
  18. T

    HomeKit iOS 14.2 Breaks HomeKit

    Ever since updating to 14.2 HomeKit has been broken in my smart home. I have about 60+ HomeKit accessories and for a few days I couldn't control them in the Home app. I signed out of iCloud, did some hard resets, and then somehow manual control through the Home App returned. However, another...
  19. B

    HomePod HomePod Mini Reset Issue

    Hi @All, Maybe anyone can help me with my HomePod Mini problem. After the Issues with the Wi-Fi connection from the HomePod Mini, I was trying to reset the HomePod. The problem is that after I plugged the power in, the red circle appear & goes off after some second. After the red light is...
  20. dannys1

    HomeKit Since iOS14 HomeKit Automations are unreliable

    Is this a common issue anyone is getting? I've got a few automations setup based on time, sunset and "if this switch turns on then do this". Unfortunately they've become completely unreliably lately, since iOS14 I believe, only working probably half of the time. Anyone else getting this or is...
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