Just upgraded to iOS 18 and I’m not seeing “Electricity usage” do I also have to upgrade to the “new” architecture? TIA

Thinking about building out a little into the HomeKit ecosystem with a couple smart devices. I do not currently have a Thread-compatible hub and trying to figure out what to get. I know everyone says to get an ethernet-capable ATV to serve as a hub. I can do that, but sort of hate to get something that seems like it's actual primary reason for existence is to serve media content (which my smart TV can do without being connected to any other device). And in terms of speakers, I already have a couple Sonos as well as a build-in sound system in my home.

Is there another useful use-case for the ATV outside of being the Hub? Or do I need to just bite the bullet and realize that buying the ATV is just simply the cost for getting a HomeKit hub? Or is the Homepod Mini okay enough for an entry-level hub for a few devices? I may have some utility for having another speaker in my room.

Help Adding device to HomeKit using Tuya Smart Wired Gateway pro (matter)

I successfully add MOES Zigbee light switch device to the Tuya Smart Wire Gateway, and added it to HomeKit just fine.

Then, I added a new Thridreality Zigbee Smart Plug, but it seems not to be available to add to HomeKit .

How Can I sync the bridge to HomeKit? Does the (non HomeKit) device must have some feature to sync to HomeKit?

I get these from time to time. They don’t respond to a tap and have no other controls. Is there a way to view the underlying messages?

Moving to a new house in a few weeks and got a Schlage Encode Plus. I don't have a Homekit hub yet and I don't have wifi at the new house yet either. Can I install the lock and then set it up just with my iPhone and it'll allow me to unlock the door without wifi or a Homekit hub? I'll later of course have wifi and also probably a Homekit hub but just wanted to make sure.

And if so, would I later set it up again with the Schlage app to get additional features? Do I need to wait for Wifi for that or is that a Bluetooth thing? And if I do that will the lock still use thread if I set it up with my phone first?

Somfy product line up is awfully confusing! I am about to install shades in my new home and I cannot figure out what is the best system to go with if I want integration with HomeKit (and Home Assistant). Is it the Somfy Zigbee motors with the Tahoma Switch?

You can now set a specific Home Hub, they all require to be updated to iOS 18, otherwise you need to remove it first for the option to show. With Siri CarPlay I can now ask to set the A/C temperature at home. Before it always told me, I can not help you with it unless your phone was unlocked.

Local Lowe’s is clearing out Hue Wiz lights, I have been using Hue bulbs in HomeKit for years, i am not clear if the Wiz bulbs will work in HomeKit though a Hue hub?

I’m looking for a solution that integrates a video doorbell, intercom, and smart lock into one cohesive package, compatible with HomeKit. I know that brands like Aqara offer individual components (e.g., separate doorbell camera, and lock), but I’m hoping to find a more streamlined solution without having to combine multiple units from different systems. Does such a product exist, or is the best option currently to mix and match?

Thanks in advance for any suggestions!

Back in mid May I installed a Yale Assure Lock 2 Wi-Fi even after reading the horrible reviews about the battery life with Wi-Fi (Around 3 months usage). Here I am in October and I'm still running the original batteries that came in the box. Any Assure lock 2 owners out there seeing similar results? I have the locked linked in HomeKit and its has always said 100% battery which I didn't believe. I got an update today for the lock and once I installed it HomeKit now displays 76% battery. Since there is no battery level in the Yale app, can the battery level displayed in HomeKit be trusted?

Whats a good/the best LED strip that produces accurate whites from 6000 kelvin to warmer than 2700?

My meross RGBWW strips works like a charm, but has no connectivity to HomeKit/Matter, and they’ve since discontinued them

Promoted listings on google and amazon have made it impossible to sort through the noise and find a good product

Hurricane Helene knocked out my power and internet early Friday morning Sep 27. Power came back on 3 days later. Internet is still out.

However a number of my HomeKit automations are working. I can control my devices and scenes via Home app and due to local Siri control I am also able to control devices and scenes via Siri on my iPhone.

So I give 5* to HomeKit and Siri Local control.

Take that Helene.

I connected a Bond hub to HomeKit in an attempt to use Siri to control my electric fireplace. The fireplace is the only accessory connected to Bond. It does not work as thought and I want to remove it from HomeKit but I am concerned will remove ALL of my accessories connected to HomeKit as this happened to me hears ago when I removed a MyQ hub. Is this still the same issue or can I remove the Bond hub without wiping out all my connected accessories? Thank you.

Can anyone help out there. I set up an automation using an eve home motion sensor and an Ikea light. I set the automation so that if the light level falls below 10lux then it turns the light on. Works fine but when the light goes back above 10 it turns the light off. As you can imagine , bit frustrating. Does anyone know the logic of being able to state if the light goes on then it stays on for say 1 hour before it checks the light levels again.

I’m looking for some guidance or names for some bulbs (or something similar) for my apartment. i’ve been out of the smart home world for so long. About 5 years ago i used the Hue bulbs but they are pretty pricey.

I'd like to update to a new router as I'm about to get an internet upgrade and my existing router is quite old. I currently have about 20 devices (mainly lights and switches) connected through the Hone app. Is theee a process I'll need to go through before/after upgrading?

For some reason the widgets in control centre aren’t working for me anymore. If I open the Home app I have no problem controlling the light. I’ve tried removing the widget and adding it back. Didn’t have any luck. Any suggestions?

For the longest time I used to have two Apple IDs and it’s caused all sorts of pain. Yesterday after years of avoiding it I made the jump based off of this comment. It was a hell of a day but I managed to re-add all devices and automations and buttons and shortcuts etc. it took until 2am. Last night everything worked. This morning I wake up to most of my devices unresponsive.

I use an appleTV with thread and most of my devices are thread. It has worked in the last flawlessly. Not a single issue with connectivity.

I’ve restarted all devices including the ATV. At this point I’m just out of options it seems. No idea what to do now?

I only have one HomePod Mini in the bedroom, and I set all my Apple TVs and HomePod Minis to manual update to avoid iOS 18 update, but the bedroom HomePod Mini updated on its own anyway. Now I have a second, ghost HomePod Mini listed for the bedroom and neither device I select will play. I just get this error seen in the screenshot. I guess I will start doing the standard device reset and see how it goes from there. I do hope the ghost device does disappear if I reset the HomePod, but I am not sure if that's even a fix for this. I've also read some of the other posts recently and see some fixes work for some and not others.

Has anyone set up an NFC or similar setup to be able to tap your phone to it and it switches to airplay to a specific zone? I’m looking for the same experience as how AirPod works with handoff from the phone, but to work with my AirPlay receivers like Sonos. I’ve seen the action using a shortcut with an NFC chip, but I don’t want to set up shortcuts on my family members’ devices to get it to work (and then need to update each device if necessary down the road).