Smart buttons are a crucial part of a functional and practical Apple smart home. Not
The Wemo Stage FINALLY got its Thread update and we FINALLY have a Thread device from someone other than Eve or Nanoleaf, but this is NOT what I wanted…
I don’t know about you, but when I first started out building my smart home,
As the popularity of the smart home balloons, more and more companies want a piece of the pie and understandably so. In HomeKit, we’ve been witnessing a surge in vendors bring their products to the platform with many offering unique perspectives and accessories with a growing number coming out of China. One such manufacturer is Terncy, otherwise known as Xiaoyan. This Zigbee-based home automation solution provides some affordable smart home standards as well as some one-of-a-kind devices that really make this system stand out. This article will serve as an introduction to the HomeKit-enabled Terncy Home Center and its lineup of accessories with more in-depth analyses of some individual devices to come.
Regardless of your opinion of the Phillips Hue lighting system, it’s ubiquity and ease of
In this post, we review the self-powered Phillips Hue Tap switch and explore some of it’s uses.
The Phillips Hue Dimmer switch is great for Hue lights, but is a powerhouse as a HomeKit accessory also. We look at the device itself and its functionality in both the Phillips Hue and Home apps.