HomeKit is fun for the whole family! Invite friends, let your neighbors in to drop off the mail and rummage through your cabinets while you’re on vacation, allow the cleaning crew access, or give temporary access to the plumber, all by following the simple steps outlined in the post.
A beautiful thing about HomeKit is its ability to bring competitors together to work for us. This video will walk you through how to use a Phillips Hue Dimmer Switch to control a LIFX bulb. Though I’m using two specific accessories, the principals outlined here transfer to any number of other HomeKit accessories.
Convert Phillips Hue lighting scenes to HomeKit scenes easily to build robust home automations.
Learn to reset the Phillips Hue Dimmer switch in this video. It’s useful to reset any Hue accessory before adding it to the Hue bridge if it was previously paired with a light out of the box and here’s how to do it!
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.
We’ve looked at adding accessories and putting those accessories into rooms, groups, and zones, but
Could LIFX overthrow Hue as the reigning HomeKit smart bulb champion? In this video, we review their A19 Smart wiFi bulb.
Super quick walkthrough of how to reset a LIFX A19 Smart bulb (and other LIFX bulbs)
Customizing wallpapers for the Home tab and rooms in Apple’s Home app is a great way to addpersonality to Apple’s Home app and in this post we show you how to do it.
Indoor environment automations using Apple’s HomeKit allow us to control accessories based on temperature, humidity, and air quality and this post shows you how to set them up.