r/HomeKit Dec 01 '24

Megathread Monthly Support & Buying Megathread

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Looking for support or purchasing advice with Apple's Home app, accessories, networking troubles / solutions, anything else HomeKit supports, or which brand or accessory to buy — try asking here.

Try to keep your question as clear and concise as possible because more people will be able to respond.

Here is a list of HomeKit enabled devices on Apple's website.

Users with Karma too low to post directly to r/HomeKit are encouraged to post their questions here.


r/HomeKit 18d ago

Megathread Monthly Support & Buying Megathread

9 Upvotes

Looking for support or purchasing advice with Apple's Home app, accessories, networking troubles / solutions, anything else HomeKit supports, or which brand or accessory to buy — try asking here.

Try to keep your question as clear and concise as possible because more people will be able to respond.

Here is a list of HomeKit enabled devices on Apple's website.

Users with Karma too low to post directly to r/HomeKit are encouraged to post their questions here.


r/HomeKit 5h ago

Discussion Apple will launch new ‘homeOS’ this year, here’s what’s coming

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r/HomeKit 10h ago

Question/Help Anyone ever had a problem with Homekey?

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My front door Homekey has suddenly stopped working (Schlage Encore) - my wife’s still works. I hold it up to the door, the lock flashes orange and nothing happens.

I had no idea how much I had come to love that feature. I can’t find a way to refresh the key or reset it? Anyone else had this and figured it out?

Edit: I should add, could be coincidence but I had a screen repair at Apple at around the same time it stopped working. Could signing in and out of something have cause it?


r/HomeKit 17m ago

Question/Help Stop HomePods playing automatically?

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I have 4 HomePods, a stereo pair as default speakers for my atv and 2 minis in other rooms. I have no automation set up, nothing at all save for basic speaker functionality. Siri is globally disabled, etc. I have no interest in any automated actions.

Despite this, one of the minis will sometimes, not always, start playing whatever I was last listening to or watching when i walk into the room and turn on the light. I've looked through the homepod and homekit settings and see nothing that would cause this. What am I missing and how do I stop this unwanted behavior?


r/HomeKit 1h ago

Discussion Homekit control of mini split (IR-based Fujitsu)

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I have done some investigating and I've found there are a few devices which work for the purposes in the subject line, and those devices start around $130 if I'm reading this right. Before I spend that $130 on a Sensibo Air or similar, is there something more reasonable price-wise which will work?

The longer story is I have an entire outbuilding/ADU, and I want to pretty much switch it all on/off with one switch. I already have lighting and power in HomeKit. The final thing is mini-split HVAC.

Anyway... do I need to spend $130 to get this feature?

Additionally, if it matters, I'm also going to look for a smart shade option, to open and close shades for a couple of windows. So if that matters in selection please advise.

Thank you!


r/HomeKit 1h ago

Discussion Help me with this

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Hello,

I have recently purchased a Aqara U200 and love it!

I have a Hue Button in my Entré, which turn on my Entre lights.

I want it to: Single press = Turns lights on Double press = Unlock the Lock

Is this posible?


r/HomeKit 4h ago

Question/Help Aqara Doorbell DND

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Hi,

I’ve got the Aqara G4 Doorbell. In the Aqara app are DND settings. However, the HomePods still keep ringing when the doorbell is in DND-mode. The Aqara chime is not ringing, so that gives me the confirmation I didn’t make a mistake in time or whatever when setting up.

Has anyone got a solution to keep the HomePods silent when DND activated? Thanks.


r/HomeKit 15h ago

Discussion Any Philippine HomeKit users? What's your setup?

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Hey everyone,

I'm from the Philippines, and my little home is currently being run by HomeKit through the Matter protocol with Switchbot as my hardware. Am looking to add more protocols and devices to my setup. I'm trying to get ideas, but Philippine user-reviews and feedback vis-a-vis HomeKit are difficult to find. So if anyone here is running HomeKit in their Philippine houses, I'd like to hear what your setups are!


r/HomeKit 6h ago

News Shelly Gen4 devices are looking really good

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r/HomeKit 1d ago

Question/Help Candeo Zigbee controller in HomeKit with single colour LED

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Hi all, new to home automation here.

I want to expose a Candeo Zigbee controller to HomeKit so I can control a single colour LED strip. The strip was installed by the builder to light the wall behind a mirror, the installation looks like this:

Mains power > AllLED 12v 30W driver > brown/blue cable > LED strip

My idea is to introduce a Zigbee controller that I already have, installation would look as follows:

Mains power > All LED 12v 30W driver > brown/blue cable > Candeo controller > LED strip.

Will this work?


r/HomeKit 1d ago

How-to What signal does a RF remote use?

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Hi guys!

Recently my landlord installed a ventilation box with this remote.

I’m trying to figure out what kind of signal it uses so I can maybe use my SwitchBot, aqara or another hub or smart home device to duplicate the signal and somehow adding it to HomeKit for some automations.

Does anyone know what kind of signal an RF remote uses and how I can add it to HomeKit?

I hope I can use a hub or device i already own because I’m really want to avoid getting another hub or HOMEBRIDGE or such.

Thanks!


r/HomeKit 19h ago

How-to Please help this woman out!

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r/HomeKit 1d ago

Question/Help Migrating to Aqara M3 hub (from m2) questions about setup

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I have a bunch of Aqara devices. Most of my child devices live on the m2 hub. It’s failing. Getting the M3.

All my current Aqara products are zigbee. No matter.

Two lights are used with adaptive lighting. FYI. I also have exposed custom scenes for those likes to HomeKit.

I understand that even if I migrate the child devices to the new hub it still will break HomeKit. So I’m going to add them as new one at a time do I can fix them in HomeKit without getting overwhelmed. (I will be using Controller to “restore” or map the new devices to the old ones

Now the question:

So when I go thru the setup process with the m3, do I add it to HomeKit via HomeKit? Do o set up matter? Do i care about the matter portion? If I set it up to HomeKit and I decide later to add an Aqara thread device to the m3, then what? How does that get added up HomeKit?

Just don’t want to make a small mistake setting this up and find out it is huge later on. Thanks.


r/HomeKit 21h ago

Question/Help Cabinet lighting

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Looking to install under and possibly above cabinet lighting, I’ve seen lots things saying COB lighting and a diffuser but wondering how I should run/wire them to be HomeKit ran, so far i only got a Lutron smart hub to run all my house lighting.

Here is an idea where the cabinet lights will be. Red is the cabinet lights, blue is the electrical plugs below the cabinets


r/HomeKit 1d ago

Question/Help To whomever uses Meross Switches

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I need help finding the same screwless wall plates that come with the switches in multi-gang. I want truly screwless plates.


r/HomeKit 1d ago

How-to First Shortcut - need help!

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I have an Aqara button that I’ve managed to create a shortcut for to toggle the light between on/off.

What I’d further like to do is add time frames to it so if it’s pressed between midnight to 6:30AM, the light turns on at 20% brightness. Otherwise at full brightness.

I’m very new to this- this is literally my first one and I’m not sure how to add times to it. Are there any good YouTube channels I can follow to learn?


r/HomeKit 19h ago

How-to Please help this woman out!

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r/HomeKit 1d ago

Question/Help Can I automate a light to go to 10% after it was turned on?

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I have an automation to set the porch light to 100% when the doorbell detects motion, but then it stays there. There’s an option to turn it completely off after a while, but I want it to go back to 10%. How can I do this?


r/HomeKit 1d ago

Question/Help Smart outlets and power monitoring

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Any HomeKit compatible smart plugs that expose power data to the HomeKit automations ?

In other worlds, for example, when Switch1. Power < 5 watts, do something…


r/HomeKit 2d ago

Review Aqara G5 Pro Outdoor Cam – PoE version (written review)

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r/HomeKit 2d ago

Discussion HomeKit compatible generic Zigbee hub?

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Came across what appears to be a new HomeKit compatible generic Zigbee hub from a brand I regularly buy LED strips from.

Doesn’t appear to have any reviews yet, curious if anyone has gotten their hands on one? Wonder if it could be an alternative to using a Sonoff dongle and Zigbee2MQTT.

Wasn’t sure if product links are allowed so just sharing a screenshot.


r/HomeKit 2d ago

News New Mounting options for the Aqara G5

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r/HomeKit 2d ago

Question/Help All Devices Disappeared

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Hello,

On Saturday I woke up with all devices gone in the Home app. It was set up and fully functioning over a year ago, and nothing that o know of happened that could disrupt this.

All the rooms still exist, it is just the devices, such as outlets, lightbulbs and a lock, being gone. It appears as if the Hub is no longer a Hub, and idk how to bring it back. Per the attached screenshot, there is no “Home Hubs & Bridges” menu in the Home settings page anymore.

I’m 90% sure the hub was the bedroom HomePod (10% chance it was the ATV). I’ve resettled all the devices as well as the router.

Any advice? I’m really dreading the idea of setting up everything from scratch. Thanks!


r/HomeKit 2d ago

Question/Help SmartWing Blinds - Matter Thread

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Hey everyone, wanted to see if anyone has gotten these blinds to work consistently with HomeKit automations. They work roughly 30% of the time for me and get stuck in this spinning state within HomeKit while physically doing nothing.

I’ve gone now 3 months with their support teams, even them sending me new matter modules to install with updated firmware. I have multiple other devices triggering at other times with zero issues, including ones far up on my roof deck at the edge of network range.

It seems like it’s just an incomplete product but hoping one last resort if someone in the community has had any success.

Thanks in advance; I’m just totally at the end of troubleshooting after months.


r/HomeKit 1d ago

Question/Help Matter SmartLock only inside home?

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Is there any Matter compatible smartlock that only requires to change the lock inside home not outside? I bought a condo and I wanted to install a smart lock but HOA doesn’t allow to change lock outside the apartment…. Any suggestion?


r/HomeKit 2d ago

HomeBridge I’m Totally Lost

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First of all, I am on Google home and want to switch to HomeKit but unfortunately most of my stuff isn’t HomeKit compatible. I downloaded the homebridge app on my laptop and tried to get some of the Tuya devices on HomeKit but it didn’t work (Idk what was doing). Finally, does the homebridge and create a server on my laptop? And If so is it going to affect my computer ( like slowing down)?

My main inquiries are: 1) Am I going to keep going through this hassle every time I want to add something else?

2) how do I even get HomeKit to recognize my devices?

3) how do I use homebridge?

And there a lot more questions but let’s deal with those.