Genuinely asking. From the beginning, all this device seemed to be was Apple’s answer to an Amazon Alexa device or Google Nest Hub. A place where all your home automation, Siri, calendar, etc, could live when you are in your kitchen or living room.

Alexa is filled with with ads and Google’s Nest Hub has been out of stock for awhile now. Plus, they seem to give up on products left and right. To me, this seems like an answer from Apple to place themselves in this category. Price does seem a bit funky and expensive though.

I ordered one for my home office and am thinking about another for the kitchen.

I’m optimistic.

iOS 27.2 beta 4 adds “Lock After Closing” for locks with a compatible door-position sensor.

Unlike Automatic Lock, the timer starts when you close the door, rather than unlock it. There’s also a new option to lock immediately after closing the door.

The new LG Smart Deadbolt Lock supports the feature.

I feel like putting MagSafe into the iPad mini with a new ui would have been more practical.

Maybe separate dock accessory with a speaker and MagSafe charging.

Seems infinitely more capable and useful.

Adapter will allow splits to be controlled via HomeKit.

Looking for feedback, the price point is right might just buy one to test out.

The new lock is designed specifically for UK doors and offers Matter over Thread connectivity and Apple HomeKey, but unfortunately no UWB.

Hi Guys,

For the past few months I’ve been working on a dashboard that looked like my house / devices and expanded it to all my other devices because I used it a lot.

I love Home Assistant and HomeKit but couldn't create easily what I wanted visually and I wanted something slicker and where my devices looked like my actual devices.

It’s called Home Glass, and it runs on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV and Vision Pro.

And yes, it’s vibe coded. I expect a few comments about but if you feel like trying it anyway, just out of curiosity or to give some feedback, feel free. Not forcing anyone obviously.

TestFlight link: https://testflight.apple.com/join/tyFQcKHJ

Since the os27 update, when I ask my HomePod mini to run a scene or turn on an accessory it takes a few extra seconds and Siri usually says “one sec” before proceeding. It used to be almost instant. Is anyone else experiencing this?

My wifi is in good shape and I have rebooted the HomePod.

Per the tech specs: https://www.apple.com/apple-homeview/specs/

Notes feels like a big omission especially with all the other personal context they bring in. My family has a shared notes folder with details on house maintenance and troubleshooting tech in the house. It seems obtuse that we can't access this on HomeView.

Maybe Siri will allow searches inside notes, we'll have to see.

Kind of at a loss here. Tried it all. When I have my Vizio tv on HomeKit is perfect no issues. When I tap to turn it off from my phone it either
1.) turns back on immediately
Or doesn’t respond

Alternatively when I turn the tv off with the Apple TV remote it puts the tv into “not responding” on HomeKit. Unsure of what to do here. Seems like I can only have one or the other and not both. Also I already know Vizio isn’t a great brand it’s just what I have rn

I have tried finding this on youtube and here but I think I may be asking the question wrong.

I currently have a very simple smart home setup and control everything through Homekit, including my Lutron caseta light switches.

With the button functionality of the aqara W200, I want to be able to add my shut down scenes or other automations to the thermostat. However, no matter how many times I sync between Homekit and Aqara, only the room names transfer and none of the devices do.

Is there a way to get my devices on homekit to sync with the Aqara app so I can use this button functionality?

note: I have an aqara m3 hub as well.

Just got a notification that was an ad from the “Controller for HomeKit” app.

In a single instant they destroyed the value of notifications using their app. And since I have “send usage data” (aka “monetize my home activity”) turned off they won’t allow me to send a comment on their malpractice.

And some product manager just crowed about using notifications for advertising in their status report, and added it as an accomplishment to the quarterly KPI review.

I’m out, Controller app.

Genuine question; has Apple mentioned improving the home app at all with the recent event that has happened?

There’s so many things they could improve about the home app. I really hope they do.

Maybe an advanced question here, but I have a Schneider SE8000 thermostat in my condo that I cannot change out as it is integrated into the building systems. I THINK that this model has Zigbee capabilities, but I think it might need an additional bridge or something…

How do I get this to integrate with Apple HomeKit?

Just give me an iPad on a stand/mount. A square form factor offers no obvious upside. Photos will be cropped. You can’t watch shows or movies on it. Group/family FaceTime’s will be squashed. Less useful info can be displayed without swiping.