It is reasonably widely known that some of the most vulnerable moments of our day is when we are arriving to or leaving a location. For this very reason in fact, many car keys have a panic button that will sound the horn or the alarm of the car. As fans of home automation, I was thinking we could use a HomeKit button to bring this functionality to the home. Whether you’re in danger or you just want to get someone’s attention, a HomeKit panic button can be very useful.
For years, smart thermostats reigned as the only way to intelligently interact with the air inside your HomeKit home. There have been a number of sensors like the Eve Room that measure air quality, temperature, and humidity, and in 2018 VOCOlinc released their Flowerbud Smart Diffuser. I have been cleaning the air in my bedroom by using a Honeywell air purifier connected to a smart plug, but this is a limited solution. Thankfully, VOCOlinc’s PureFlow HomeKit Air Purifier makes keeping the air in your home a breeze
Though it’s been on the market for a few months now, Aqara has made their popular G2H Smart Gateway Camera with HomeKit Secure Video available on their U.S. Amazon store.
Wondering how to integrate your new or existing HomeKit accessories with the Aqara hub to trigger the alarm? Here’s how it’s done.
HomeKit lights are one of the largest categories and we’ve reviewed a number of options here on the channel. Stand-alone HomeKit lamps, however, are a rarer breed. While there are a few different options on the market with a variety of features, today we’re looking at the Santala Desk Lamp. It’s a got a pretty modern design, but are its features equally as smart?
The Aqara G2H is an affordable HomeKit Secure Video camera with a HomeKit-compatible Zigbee hub, but is it right for you?
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.
A smart lock is a natural progression as you build out your connected home. But admittedly, it is an investment and not a decision you want to take lightly. There are tons of options to choose from and here are the best HomeKit smart locks for 2020.
Who doesn’t need a good HomeKit smart plug? Here are our top picks for 2020.
Who doesn’t need a good HomeKit lamp? Here are our top picks for 2020.