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  1. Bushel of Apples

    HomeKit HomePod + Apple TV + HomeKit

    I'm setting up a HomePod, new user, with an Apple TV and eventually will include HomeKit for lights, fans, etc.. I'm already stuck on the first question on the Home app. Do I want the Apple TV or HomePod to be the center of my home? I have an iPhone and iPad too, if that makes a difference.
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    HomePod How do HomeKit Bluetooth devices work with HomePod?

    Let's say I have a Bluetooth HomeKit device. Let's say a temperature sensor. In order to get the sensor data from a phone it has to connect to device directly via Bluetooth which is slow and not always successful. If an Apple HomePod would be introduced as a hub will the device be permanently...
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    HomeKit Anyone here with August Smart Lock Pro & Nest Hello Doorbell?

    I have the August Smart Lock Pro and got it because it's HomeKit Compatible. I am looking for a HomeKit compatible doorbell, but I don't really like the looks of the August one. I prefer the nest and I'm aware that it doesn't support HomeKit. I was wondering if there's anyone here that runs this...
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    HomeKit What if you have multiple bedrooms? How to tell siri to control a certain room?

    For example, we have multiple bedrooms, bathrooms. In a situation where I want to control the lights, how would I tell Siri to turn off all the lights in a specific bedroom? I have an Apple TV and HomePod in my bedroom which both act as a hub, so when I say the command "Hey Siri turn on my...
  5. Tben1239

    HomeKit HomeKit Automations and Philips Hue Dimmer Switches No longer working

    We have over 30 philips hue bulbs along with other smart home devices in our HomeKit. All have been working with limited issues until about a week ago when I noticed that random bulbs would be “updating” or no response. Eventually they would become available again, but this issue is still...
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    HomeKit Best Buy Black Friday - Wi-Fi Garage Door Controller

    Best Buy have the Insignia Wi-Fi Garage Door Controller for HomeKit available for $44.99, which is $25 off regular price. I installed one a couple of days ago and it has worked great so far. No app or subscription needed. Just setup via the Home app. This is a much better option than using the...
  7. Aguaman

    HomeKit Siri Can Now Fade Hue Lights Using Shortcuts

    I've been struggling to find any helpful use for Siri Shortcuts, but I finally... finally found one! I don't know why shortcuts works and HomeKit doesn't, but at this moment Shortucts allows us to use Siri voice commands to activate a Hue lighting scene that has been edited to include transition...
  8. L

    HomeKit Hey Siri turn on this on for 5 minutes

    Is there a way to tell Siri or have a scene that turns on the specified appliance (outlet) for specified amount of time and then turns it off? Not an automation just turning it on whenever you decide and then automatically turning it off. I can see this being useful in many scenarios. Does...
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    HomeKit Is MFI necessary for homekit to sell the homekit smart home devices

    Currently our wifi devices such as wifi plug, wifi bulb holder, wifi power strip, wifi light switch and so on could work with homekit through a hub. Are they necessary to pass MFI if sell to the apple dealer?
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    HomeKit HomeKit Automations are duplicating and won't delete

    I have a couple of sets of automations that i have run at (1)10:15pm and (2)7:00am for over a year. On Friday I upgraded to my new iPhone. Suddenly the automations started running twice a day, as if they were in the eastern time zone and in the pacific time zone. Now number 1 runs at 7:15pm AND...
  11. S

    HomeKit Repeat loops and if then else

    Hi! I would like to do "repeat loops" and "if then else in" HomeKit. I understand that its not so good to do that on the phone because it will use too much battery, but if the HomeKit hub (apple TV) handles it, it would be good. I want to make a routine that checks the value on some sensor and...
  12. kirbyrun

    HomeKit AirPlay 2 Over HomeKit Doesn't Reach Multiple Speakers

    So, I have my Apple TV (4th gen) set up in HomeKit in my living room. Then I have my old Airport Express set up with some speakers plugged in in the dining room. When I say, "Hey, Siri, play Bruce Springsteen on all speakers," music comes out of the dining room speaker, but not the Apple TV...
  13. walex19

    HomePod Airplay Turntable (Vinyl) to all airplay 2 speakers (including HomePods and Apple TV) with airfoil

    Hey all, Not sure if this has been posted before but I finally figured out how to send music from my turntable (audio technica lp120) to all my speakers! First of all, I connected the turntable to my MacBook Pro via USB then launched airfoil. I chose the source as USB and viola! All my...
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    HomeKit SIRI Colour Change Request Turns on ALL Homekit Lights

    Is there a way to request SIRI to only change the colour of the lights that are currently turned on? For example, if I have several lights turned on in the house and they are white, and I request SIRI to set the lights yellow, it sets those lights to yellow, but also turns on all the other...
  15. K

    HomeKit Siri: Say to reproduce a song in an airplay 2 device

    Hello, I want to tell siri from my phone to reproduce a song in my apple tv 4 that is configured as "living room", when i say " play song XXXXXX in my living room" my phone send by airplay the song from my phone to the apple tv (i see iphone -> living room in the music app), but i don't want...
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    HomeKit WIRED burgular systems compatible with HomeKit

    Do you all know of any wired burglar systems (including panel, motion sensor, and door sensor) that is compatible with Homekit? I'm having trouble finding one. Thank you in advanced.
  17. kirbyrun

    HomeKit Geofencing has stopped working

    So, for months now I successfully had automations that would do certain things if both my wife and I were out of the house and upon our return. Turn off the lights if we're both gone; turn 'em back on when we get home -- that sort of thing. With absolutely no changes at all to HomeKit, those...
  18. macduke

    Home Wemo/Ring Integration Help

    So I recently bought a pack of Wemo mini outlet switches because they announced HomeKit support. Well, that was a bit premature as I'm still waiting for the update, but another reason why I was waiting for Wemo is the integration with Ring (which has been promising HomeKit for ages). In the Ring...
  19. S

    HomeKit Issues with setting up a HomePod as the home hub

    Just wanted to share my experience on how I ultimately got everything to work and what I had to sacrifice. I set up hue lights with HomeKit for the first time in my home. In the hue app all this went well. On my iPhone I then used the HomeKit option in the hue app to set up my hue lamps in my...
  20. ipedro

    HomeKit HomeKit + Google Home: Can they coexist?

    I’m a longtime smart home enthusiast having started with Philips Hue lights when they launched 5 years ago and an August lock when it was still a startup. I’ve since equipped my condo with 18 Philips Hue lights and light strips, a Honeywell Lyric thermostat, Nest Protect and Nestcams, August...
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