Well done! This is the first video I’ve seen that clearly explained the basics of HomeKit and did so very well. Now, finally, I have enough information to get started automating my home. Thank you!
This was an EXCELLENT video. I will be subscribing. Very comprehensive and extremely easy to understand. You break it down, get to the point and don't dilly dally. Thank you!
My biggest concern/"issue" with a lot of home automation devices is having to have an account with the vendor in order for things to work. Then having to go out the Internet to that vendor and then back into my home just to control a device. I get Internet is needed when you are off the local internet there is no other way but I’d also not prefer to have to have a dozen different vendors involved in controlling my home. I also understand there are a lot of variables involved, like storage of video clips from cameras, advanced settings on things like lights. However it would be much more appealing if Apple Home was my entry point to my house and if I turn something on/off it doesn’t need to communicate with a bunch of vendors. Also if internet is down and I am sitting in my house having to have an account with a connection to talk to a vendor site to be able to turn a light off to me is crazy and not secure. I want to know what traffic is going out of mob home. I think of the issue where the vacuums robots were sending video recordings out to the vendor and nobody knew until it accidentally shared video footage of someone going to the bathroom. Like a vacuums needs to record video and upload to a vendor. Those are my biggest concerns with having all this traffic going god knows where just so they can collet information on us. I just want to be able to control my home from a central hub like Apple Home and not have to have a light on request go outside my network and then back in.
Also do you know with Matter is data shared all across the different platforms? I have HomeKit and will not use anything Google or Amazon given their history of lack of privacy. With matter won’t that now introduce other devices to communicate with someone outside apple. Say if you use a Nest thermostat. Then you are letting Google into your Next enabled home and trusting they won’t collect, monitor, sell and information.
Thanks for your comment. If you're wanting a smart device that does not require an account, I'd recommend Eve devices. keep in mind, a lot of the features for a smart device are not available in the home app due to restrictions by apple (ie camera local storage, adjusting motion settings, etc).
I don't know for sure, but it is a possibility if the device is connected to a different platform. if privacy is the biggest concern, I'd recommend HomeKit only devices by eve and not products that support matter.
if it says works with apple home or matter, then yes any bulb will work. some bulbs may require a third party bridge to work with homekit so look for that (hue bulbs do this)
If you use apple tv as hub does it have to be turned on all the time. In a way that uses more electricity? Or same like a roku and functions as hub in standby …..without being turned on differently? And if you pair pods to it, the apple may choose pods for hub. Like idea of ethernet for hub, but sounds like should not hook up pods of apple might use them instead.
The Apple TV can be on standby, it doesn’t have to be turned on, just have constant power. It don’t matter if you wipe the HomePods to the Apple TV or not, you still can’t manually pick your hubs lol.
I’ve had five Meross lights, when I resided in the dormitories of the Air Force base, then when I moved into my apartment, I’ve added six more Meross smart lights and plugs. And now, they constantly fall off my network. I wondered if it’s because they congested my 2.4gh network?
So, let me ask one simple question. If I have HomePod mini, do I still need aqara hub to set all kind of aqara sensors, or can I connect them directly to HomePod mini?
For Aqara Zigbee devices - yes, an aqara hub is required. For an Aqara Matter device - no, aqara hub is not required (though by having one you will get more features) as the device can connect to a homepod mini via thread
my main floor has a kitchen and a bathroom that are very close to each other and i only have the homepod in the bathroom and no other devices. i have thought about separating them but trying to simplify my rooms
1. My first smart plug I bought years ago would not connect to homekit because it said it required a 2.5G network and my wifi was 5G. Is this an issue anymore? 2. Can you have 2 separate homes in home apple app?
it's recommend to have one network that broadcasts 2.5 and 5ghz bands. most, if not all, router do this nowaways and a device just picks whichever band it needs to use to work. you can have multiple homes in the home app.
Great video, I have several different non native smart devices in my home (~25) ranging from Nest Thermostats and Cameras, Phillips Hue Lights, Govee LED lights and Amazon Firesticks. Which bridge device would you recommend to connect all to an Apple HomeKit?
I have 3 HomePods, 3 Apple TVs, 2 Nest cams & a thermostat, 4 Blink cameras & at least a dozen Wyze switches. How can I bring them all together either into Home or another way?
you may wanna check out third party hubs like the starling hub, hoobs, homebridge, etc. and see if the wyze switches supports those third party hubs and then you can get them all into apple home.
Sooo, does homekit work if your internet drops out??? And I see if you have a Google phone you are screwed, no app to connect to apple home or homekit...
Thank you for your sharing. Can i check with you, all the while my husband share the home to my account, but after i update to ios17, all the setting gone. And he try to add me to this list but unable to accept the invitations. We have tried many times but failed.
Yeah i had this issue too. make sure all devices up to date and try restarting your home hub, your phone and re adding. i did this and it took me a few tries and finally just worked.
I would like to Matter to connect my Google nest products, but I’m unsure how it works. Do I need to order a Matter central device, or is matter an app? Also, I have home cameras that’s can’t be added out of the box. I heard there’s a product Raspberry Pi to make the connect work. Can I use Matter without RP?
matter is a type of technology not an app. matter devices support GH so if it's compatible with matter, it'll work with GH by adding to the GH app. RP can help devices work with other non native smart home platforms and doesn't work using matter.
so let me get this straight, I can't buy anything to work with the Apple Home kit unless I have an Apple TV or an Apple Home hub (ball on 3 legs thingy)? I just want to buy an outdoor camera to work with it. I have a Eufy door bell that I thought worked with it but doesn't.....unless I am doing something wrong?
you can still use devices in the home app for basic functions without getting an apple home hub (Apple TV or homepod) only when nearby. having a home hub unlocks more features (see my home hub video where I dive deeper)
Started using HomeKit app when got a 2nd Apple TV4K, set up, named one bedroom the other lounge but now got Phillips hue lights but it won’t let me add bedroom light to bedroom zone, wants me to call it something else as Apple TV is ‘bedroom’ and same for lounge have to create a new zone for lights not called lounge. Just wonder why I can’t add light to same zone as Apple TV
When receiving an iphone call, is there a way to have the homepod be the default speaker rather than the iphone speaker. My mom has hearing and dexterity issues so it would be greatly helpful if she did not have to touch (choose) speaker or homepod when she answers the iphone call. Thanks for your videos.
unfortunately no, not automatically. manually you can send the call to the homepod once it's answered or you can answer the call from the HomePod itself. i made a video on this in my next level siri commands video :)
hi, the home icon still does not appear in the settings list anymore, so there is no way to toggle on the ipad as the hub. I also have a homepod mini. The mini always overrides the ipad, even if i am right next to the ipad and the homepod can barely hear me, and sometimes both don't even responed. I want the ipad to be the hub. Any ideas? Thanks!
as mentioned in the video, you're not able to manually choose your home hub, the home app automatically chooses it for you. also mentioned in this video, an ipad is a terrible homekit hub (and cannot be used a home hub in ios 17)
That's a fairly common issue, unfortunately. I actually experienced this too. I had to make sure my phone was up to date, restart my home hub and try again. it took a few tries to get it to work. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Hi great video. Thank you for the information. I had a question: I noticed you were holding an older phone. Are you keeping access to your home device separate from your daily phone and devices for security reasons? And if so, is that something you recommend doing?
i was using my main iphone as the camera to record footage. no other reason lol. i use both phones. a 14 for daily stuff and an se for b roll. (home app on both phones)
I’m thinking about using HomeKit to run my existing smart home system instead of Google Home, which is currently what I’m using. I currently have mostly older model Google devices such as Nest Thermostat, Nest Doorbell, & several Google speakers & Chromecast video boxes and wanted to get your opinion on whether I should attempt to do this or just keep using the Google Home app since they have recently updated it and it sort of looks and functions like the HomeKit app. I also currently have and will continue using an iPhone and several iPads to operate my entire system with. My only concern is that I will eventually be adding many other devices such as outdoor cameras, my existing SimpliSafe security system, smart door locks & maybe a garage door opener system and am not sure how HomeKit would support all older devices as well as newer ones that I’ll looking to get that will be Matter compatible. Which system do you recommend I go with based on the current and future devices that I mentioned?
you can keep what you have and use something like Hoobs, homebridge or startling hub to get those devices into HomeKit. using multiple ios devices makes HomeKit the best experience
I love this guide. Man, you're very informative in your videos. Great job. (And I'm guessing you're a fellow Ohioan. I see that Bengals banner......go Browns)
i m looking for a switch ON/OFF that i can control from everywhere in the planet. Does Homekit works outside the local network (wifi)? How should i do. (it s for a server that freeezes sometimes, and i want to be able to reboot it from everywhere in the world). Do i need a hub for that? (apple tv) (or something else like a router that has a VPN?) (or nothing, we are in 2023, everything is easy now?). Thanks for any help.
Devices in HomeKit can be controlled remotely with a required HomeKit hub (see my recent video on HomeKit hubs). Additional accessories may be required to get the device to work with HomeKit, but any device in HomeKit can be controlled remotely with a HomeKit hub.
I see in your video that you use the "arrive" scene/automation. I tried scenes and automation using when I arrive to open meross garage door opener. Tried multiple ways and they all look correct but the door does not open when I arrive even tho it sees I am home. Any thoughts?
So with leave/arrive automations that require entry into the home, you have to manually approve the automation for it to actually run. cause you could just drive by your house and the door could auto lock even if you're not actually home. there's a way around it but not really recommended.
I have the Apple HomePod mini and the latest Apple phone. I am stuck. Likewise, I cannot get my nanaleaf bulbs to automate, nor can I get meross plugs to work. I'm at a loss. How do I start over? I spoke with Apple support twice with no help. Please give me advice. Thank you.
Hey Bradley I’m setting up my HomeKit so far just LIFX lights and a box set of Phillip Hue bulbs and a hub. However all my cameras (8) are indoor Wyze cams and have worked outside for 4.5yrs perfectly however they say Wyze except V.1cams are RTSP capable. So my question is should I invest in the arlo essential outdoor cam with a light or one or two Circles? I’m wanting to make the camera trigger lights on and off so do I need a bridge? And which items like sensors for doors and movement for a decent price.Thanks man!! Ljuboslav(Chad)🇭🇷
Hey Adam, thanks for the videos. I just start small for Christmas. Just buy a Aqara bridge, smartplug and button. The next project will be a ledstrip in the kiestoon. And everything linked to Apple HomeKit. Just 1 question. Can you also set automations in a specific period of the day? So my son comes out his bed in the period of sleeping, the motion sensor will switch the ledstrip. But the brightness should be light up voor 1min at a 20%, in the rest of the day, it should be at 100%. Is it something I can set with Apple HomeKit Automations? Thx.
Hello, thanks for your comment. That is a great setup to get started with! Yes, the light strip can be different brightnesses based on the time of day or between certain time periods :) when you create the automation, under the time condition, choose specific times and choose your time range and the brightness of the light strip.
Can someone explain to me why everyone’s time cards are small and why are mine all the way across the screen? It’s not a resizing thing, I’ve tried that. Mine are long rectangles. Every video I see has smaller icons for their devices.
Hi Adam, i just started my homekit organization and so i follow you. First problem i had is about rooms, i just have 2 as I'm still learning so i make tries, in my home i see living room but I can't see swimpool where i just have Aqara temperature device, why that?
Welcome to HomeKit and thanks for checking out my videos, glad they're helping you in starting your own smart home. The temperature device will appear in the top status area of the apple home app and not display as a tile since it can't be turned on/off.
@@AdamsTechLife First of all thanks for the fast response! Not like the italians youtuber "for any questions write your comments" and before they answer i could be dead 🤣. Ok so when i will add other things such as lights in swimpool room i will see it, great to know thanks!
Hello Adam, thank you for great work. I am a big fan from Slovakia. I would like to ask, as you talked about privacy in this video, how do you use Aqara app ? Do you sign in or do you use Homekit only mode? Thank you for your answer✌️
Hello, thanks for your comment. I sign in to the Aqara app as signing in will give you more features for an aqara than using in HomeKit only mode but does require an account to sign up. Devices will work in HomeKit mode only, but features will be limited
Hello Adam! I am a Google Home user. I can control all my Philips Hue lights through the Google Home pod with voice command. I recently got myself an iPhone so I wish to be able to control my lights with Siri commands as well but unfortunately I'm unable to connect my Hue Bridge to Apple HomeApp. It just doesn't detect my Hue Bridge. HomeApp's QR scanner does not scan the QR behind my Bridge but it detects the product ID. After waiting couple of minutes it fails connecting to Bridge. I'm confused on one thing. Having iPhone and Hue Bridge is not enough to establish this connection? Does it still requires to own Apple HomePod or AppleTV etc?
the hue light can be controlled from the hue app only without the bridge (locally) or with the bridge (locally and remotely). to get the bulbs to work with any smart home ecosystem like google or HomeKit, the hue hub is required. Once you set up your hub in the hue app, try these steps to get it into HomeKit (similar for other platforms): www.philips-hue.com/en-us/explore-hue/works-with/apple-homekit/set-up a HomeKit hub like apple tv or homepod is required to control remotely from home app. the hue hub gets the bulbs into HomeKit, the apple home hub allows you to control them remotely from the home app. hope that helps :)
Ahh now I understand. I've been already using it with Hue app and voice control via Google Assistant. I just wanted to control my lights with Siri as well but looks like that's not gonna happen without homepod :P HomeKit doesn't detect the Hue Bridge so. Well, that would be awkward to have Google Pod and Apple pod in same house so I'm gonna stay with Google Pod and its assistant :P Thank you for explaining @@AdamsTechLife
Great sharing Adam. I have questions on Homepod music track, I streamed Apple Music thru Siri (HomePod) and subsequently airplay to external speakers which supports homekit. I wanted to view track history in Apple Music, but realised it wasn’t captured. Is there a turnaround for this? I reddit it since this issue is happening since 2018 .. ?
I just bought a HomePod mini .. I also have iPhone 13 and Apple Watch 8.. which brand of compatible light bulbs do you recommend? It’s important to me that the bulb can be very dim when needed.. I rarely like bright lights in my home. Thanks! 🙏
Hi Adam, I am starting with homekit. I bought a 4 pack tplink matter plugs. They are really hard to add to homekit. It takes to much time and most of the time it fails. My home has two levels. In the second level my Apple TV. I realized that adding the plugs, me being in the first level was not working. So I tried adding them in the second floor and They starting responding. I think it has to do with the proximity with the Apple TV . Is that normal ? What am I doing wrong, should I star with another brand?
To be completely honest, the matter standard and matter devices have been very finicky. I’ve used so many matter enabled devices and hardly any of them work. I would honestly recommend getting the tp link smart plugs that work with HomeKit (not through matter), i’ve used them and they are fast to set up and have worked flawless for me. I used the matter tp link for a day or two for testing and it worked fine but i’ve tested so many new matter device and almost everyone of them are hard to setup, slow to respond, and unreliable. Even with multple HomePod and Apple TVs, I shouldn’t have connection issues with matter devices, yet i still do. That’s my experience with matter devices, hope that helps and welcome to HomeKit :)
Great, everything _except_ the ONE thing I needed help with… managing *ZONES* . You just skipped right over that. It’s easy to _create_ a zone, but there’s no way to DELETE them! Or add anything back into them if they accidentally get separated. I had 2 light bulbs grouped together in a zone called “overhead”. I accidentally separated them and there’s NO WAY to get them back together using the same zone name I chose before. If you try joining one “accessory” with another, it forces you to create a NEW zone. But it won’t let me name it “overhead” because that name already exists. That would be fine if I could just SELECT that zone to join them to, but they don’t give us that option. And I can’t find _anywhere_ to access Zones. Which means I also can’t DELETE that zone so I can reuse the name. And Apple’s support site (as usual) is useless. Can ANYONE, please help?
if you swipe to the left of the zone, there's a red "delete" button. tapping that deletes the zone. you could also put bulbs in a group if they're near each other.
@@AdamsTechLife Lol, I feel like such an idiot! 😂 I tried that FIRST. I swiped four times and nothing budged so I figured it couldn’t be deleted that way. But your reply made me go back and try again. This time the red delete thing appeared. So embarrassing 🤦🏻♀️ Oh well, maybe my embarrassingly wrong complaint will help someone else who runs into the same issue.😅 It’s possible the app might act up sometimes. PS: oh and THANK YOU for helping me with that!! 🌟
@@AdamsTechLife sorry my question was a little bit stupid the questation is what tv in generell works as Home Hub, and can I use a HOOBS as alternative solution ?
There's about to be a massive Nest/Google exodus with the killing of Nest Secure... Any chance of a video highlighting conversion options and suggestions for folks that are already set up with many Nest devices?
That’s what I’m talking about too. Coaching folks on their transition to Apple. Probably gonna be a lot of people come around after Secure is shut down in April
Only a minute in but I just wanted to say I appreciate you blocking out Alexa. Cause ive watched other videos when They do say it and now im aggressively shouting stop or cancel at it. Iight ima finish watching now
How is this confusing?? It is very clear…maybe you don’t understand networking? If you want to start at the beginning, you have to understand networking or at least know the terms.
or....I could just get out of my chair, walk over to the wall, and turn the light switch on or off. Life is complicated enough, without having to worry about what's compatible with what, passwords, security settings, upgrades, etc etc. Home "automation" is, for the most part, the result of marketing making us think we "need" something we were actually doing fine without. A fool and his money are soon parted.
Why did you even come to this video let alone take the time to make such a comment? If you feel that way, cool. But makes zero sense as to why you are here.
@@iHeartDom Let me enlighten you. I was here because I was considering purchasing some sort of smart home ecosystem and was doing research. Make sense? However, after watching several tutorial and review videos, it ended up changing my mind to "actually, keeping things simple isn't so bad". Make sense? I "took the time to make a comment" as maybe, just maybe, others might also take a step back and think "do I really need to spend money, time and headspace on all this stuff". Make sense?
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I Like this guy, went straight to the point, no time wasting to make the video longer... he trusts his knowledge
Glad to hear you enjoyed the video and found it helpful! Thanks so much for watching! 😊
Great video but I still kinda don’t understand how to start building my smart home lol I don’t think I’m personally understanding this
Thank for your comment. I have another video coming with more info. :)
I started with light bulbs 😂
Well done! This is the first video I’ve seen that clearly explained the basics of HomeKit and did so very well. Now, finally, I have enough information to get started automating my home. Thank you!
Glad to hear this video was helpful in starting your own Apple smart home!! Thanks for watching! 😊
This was an EXCELLENT video. I will be subscribing. Very comprehensive and extremely easy to understand. You break it down, get to the point and don't dilly dally. Thank you!
Glad it was helpful and I could explain HomeKit in an easy to understand way. Thanks for subbing and watching! 😊
dude half censored alexa what a guy LOL
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Mary Jane setting looking devious...
😂 Thanks for watching! 😊
Hi Adman, can you make a video just showing how to set up HomeKit...Not what it does, just set up...Thanks so much!
open the home app, choose something like add new home somewhere on the main page, then choose add accessory when adding a device ;)
Excellent video . Simple & easy to understand ...
Glad I could help you learn about Apple HomeKit! Thanks for commenting and watching! 😊
Good look at the Home. I have avoided using it a lot but with Matter I think I might be able to incorporate devices into one place.
Great! The home app does make things easier to use.
Great video, I think you left out Z-Wave protocal.
thanks for your feedback
iPad doesnt work as Hub anymore
it was when this video was published ;)
My biggest concern/"issue" with a lot of home automation devices is having to have an account with the vendor in order for things to work. Then having to go out the Internet to that vendor and then back into my home just to control a device. I get Internet is needed when you are off the local internet there is no other way but I’d also not prefer to have to have a dozen different vendors involved in controlling my home. I also understand there are a lot of variables involved, like storage of video clips from cameras, advanced settings on things like lights. However it would be much more appealing if Apple Home was my entry point to my house and if I turn something on/off it doesn’t need to communicate with a bunch of vendors. Also if internet is down and I am sitting in my house having to have an account with a connection to talk to a vendor site to be able to turn a light off to me is crazy and not secure. I want to know what traffic is going out of mob home. I think of the issue where the vacuums robots were sending video recordings out to the vendor and nobody knew until it accidentally shared video footage of someone going to the bathroom. Like a vacuums needs to record video and upload to a vendor. Those are my biggest concerns with having all this traffic going god knows where just so they can collet information on us. I just want to be able to control my home from a central hub like Apple Home and not have to have a light on request go outside my network and then back in.
Also do you know with Matter is data shared all across the different platforms? I have HomeKit and will not use anything Google or Amazon given their history of lack of privacy. With matter won’t that now introduce other devices to communicate with someone outside apple. Say if you use a Nest thermostat. Then you are letting Google into your Next enabled home and trusting they won’t collect, monitor, sell and information.
Thanks for your comment. If you're wanting a smart device that does not require an account, I'd recommend Eve devices. keep in mind, a lot of the features for a smart device are not available in the home app due to restrictions by apple (ie camera local storage, adjusting motion settings, etc).
I don't know for sure, but it is a possibility if the device is connected to a different platform. if privacy is the biggest concern, I'd recommend HomeKit only devices by eve and not products that support matter.
It also depends on the ecosystem the devices support.
Very helpful video - thank you!
I have a HomePod and want to get smart bulbs that are compatible and can go in my floor lamp can i use any bulb that says it’s compatible with ihome?
if it says works with apple home or matter, then yes any bulb will work. some bulbs may require a third party bridge to work with homekit so look for that (hue bulbs do this)
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If you use apple tv as hub does it have to be turned on all the time. In a way that uses more electricity? Or same like a roku and functions as hub in standby …..without being turned on differently? And if you pair pods to it, the apple may choose pods for hub. Like idea of ethernet for hub, but sounds like should not hook up pods of apple might use them instead.
The Apple TV can be on standby, it doesn’t have to be turned on, just have constant power. It don’t matter if you wipe the HomePods to the Apple TV or not, you still can’t manually pick your hubs lol.
I’ve had five Meross lights, when I resided in the dormitories of the Air Force base, then when I moved into my apartment, I’ve added six more Meross smart lights and plugs. And now, they constantly fall off my network. I wondered if it’s because they congested my 2.4gh network?
Thanks for sharing your thoughts and experience. I haven't heard much about meross lights. wifi congestion could be part of the problem
So, let me ask one simple question. If I have HomePod mini, do I still need aqara hub to set all kind of aqara sensors, or can I connect them directly to HomePod mini?
For Aqara Zigbee devices - yes, an aqara hub is required. For an Aqara Matter device - no, aqara hub is not required (though by having one you will get more features) as the device can connect to a homepod mini via thread
Can I connect this to my iPad Air so I can play music through it?
what? connect what to the ipad air?
8:38 why is your bathroom and kitchen HomePods in the main room and not their own respective rooms. 🤔
my main floor has a kitchen and a bathroom that are very close to each other and i only have the homepod in the bathroom and no other devices. i have thought about separating them but trying to simplify my rooms
I bought smart lightbulbs, but in order to use them I need to buy an Apple TV or Speaker..
depending on the device, you may need a home hub to use it in HomeKit. also needed to control remotely and automations in the home app
Very well done, Adam - really enjoyed the 101 style of this video!
So glad you enjoyed and found it helpful. Great to hear. Thanks for watching!! 😊
1. My first smart plug I bought years ago would not connect to homekit because it said it required a 2.5G network and my wifi was 5G. Is this an issue anymore?
2. Can you have 2 separate homes in home apple app?
it's recommend to have one network that broadcasts 2.5 and 5ghz bands. most, if not all, router do this nowaways and a device just picks whichever band it needs to use to work. you can have multiple homes in the home app.
Great video, I have several different non native smart devices in my home (~25) ranging from Nest Thermostats and Cameras, Phillips Hue Lights, Govee LED lights and Amazon Firesticks. Which bridge device would you recommend to connect all to an Apple HomeKit?
There are diff bridges for diff brands, but i like homebridge. starling hub is great for google devices. Thanks for watching! 😊
I have 3 HomePods, 3 Apple TVs, 2 Nest cams & a thermostat, 4 Blink cameras & at least a dozen Wyze switches. How can I bring them all together either into Home or another way?
you may wanna check out third party hubs like the starling hub, hoobs, homebridge, etc. and see if the wyze switches supports those third party hubs and then you can get them all into apple home.
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Excellent video. Unfortunately I only understand French and your speech rate is too fast to read the subtitles. Thank you for your explanations.
Thanks for your feedback, glad you enjoyed the video!
This video was perfect. Wow.
Thanks so much for your kind words. Glad you enjoyed the video!
Sooo, does homekit work if your internet drops out??? And I see if you have a Google phone you are screwed, no app to connect to apple home or homekit...
some devices work when internet is dropped, yes. the apple home app isn't supported on a google phone lol.
Great video and perfect timing! About to move into
My new home and I’m very interested in the HomeKit. Thank you for breaking it down for me.
That’s great to hear, glad I could help. Congrats on your new home!! 🎉
oh my word so many device names and technologies. How did we get there?? thanks for the explanation though.
Haha i know right, it can get confusing. Glad i could help. Thanks for watching! 😊
great video.. too bad after iOS 17 my Philips hue won't pair to my HomeKit
that's weird. i have philips hue and ios 17 and things work well. maybe try restarting the Phillips hub?
Thank you for your sharing. Can i check with you, all the while my husband share the home to my account, but after i update to ios17, all the setting gone. And he try to add me to this list but unable to accept the invitations. We have tried many times but failed.
Yeah i had this issue too. make sure all devices up to date and try restarting your home hub, your phone and re adding. i did this and it took me a few tries and finally just worked.
I have tried many times but it stil failed. Is there any other way?
I would like to Matter to connect my Google nest products, but I’m unsure how it works. Do I need to order a Matter central device, or is matter an app? Also, I have home cameras that’s can’t be added out of the box. I heard there’s a product Raspberry Pi to make the connect work. Can I use Matter without RP?
matter is a type of technology not an app. matter devices support GH so if it's compatible with matter, it'll work with GH by adding to the GH app. RP can help devices work with other non native smart home platforms and doesn't work using matter.
@@AdamsTechLife so how I go about using Matter to connect my Nest thermostat and smoke sensor to Apple HomeKit? Do I need to order something?
so let me get this straight, I can't buy anything to work with the Apple Home kit unless I have an Apple TV or an Apple Home hub (ball on 3 legs thingy)? I just want to buy an outdoor camera to work with it. I have a Eufy door bell that I thought worked with it but doesn't.....unless I am doing something wrong?
you can still use devices in the home app for basic functions without getting an apple home hub (Apple TV or homepod) only when nearby. having a home hub unlocks more features (see my home hub video where I dive deeper)
Started using HomeKit app when got a 2nd Apple TV4K, set up, named one bedroom the other lounge but now got Phillips hue lights but it won’t let me add bedroom light to bedroom zone, wants me to call it something else as Apple TV is ‘bedroom’ and same for lounge have to create a new zone for lights not called lounge. Just wonder why I can’t add light to same zone as Apple TV
pretty sure you cant have a zone and a device be the same name. in general, multiple devices can't have the same name.
My doesn’t work with HomeKit anymore cause y’all help me how to get it to work again?
what doesn't work?
I have a level lock for my gate outside, it works with bluetooth. How would I connect to it using a Apple Home Hub (Appletv)?
once you add both devices to the home app, you'll be able to control the lock remotely
Super helpful. Thanks!
Glad I could help! Thanks for watching! 😊
which is why I keep this turned off in the apps. what's next a switch inside your kitty?
can you repeat that?
What is that HomePod stand out are using?
added the link to the description for ya :)
@@AdamsTechLife thanks!
When receiving an iphone call, is there a way to have the homepod be the default speaker rather than the iphone speaker. My mom has hearing and dexterity issues so it would be greatly helpful if she did not have to touch (choose) speaker or homepod when she answers the iphone call. Thanks for your videos.
unfortunately no, not automatically. manually you can send the call to the homepod once it's answered or you can answer the call from the HomePod itself. i made a video on this in my next level siri commands video :)
hi, the home icon still does not appear in the settings list anymore, so there is no way to toggle on the ipad as the hub. I also have a homepod mini. The mini always overrides the ipad, even if i am right next to the ipad and the homepod can barely hear me, and sometimes both don't even responed. I want the ipad to be the hub. Any ideas? Thanks!
as mentioned in the video, you're not able to manually choose your home hub, the home app automatically chooses it for you. also mentioned in this video, an ipad is a terrible homekit hub (and cannot be used a home hub in ios 17)
This should go viral on April 8th. Grrrr. Just found out today my Nest stuff was a waste of money. Google Home should be considered emotional abuse.
Lol. Thanks for sharing your experience!
Adam
Great video!
I'm having trouble adding my wife . I'm able to add her but she never receives the invite. Any suggestions? TY
That's a fairly common issue, unfortunately. I actually experienced this too. I had to make sure my phone was up to date, restart my home hub and try again. it took a few tries to get it to work. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Thanks for the info
Glad I could help! Thanks for watching! 😊
Hi great video. Thank you for the information. I had a question:
I noticed you were holding an older phone. Are you keeping access to your home device separate from your daily phone and devices for security reasons? And if so, is that something you recommend doing?
i was using my main iphone as the camera to record footage. no other reason lol. i use both phones. a 14 for daily stuff and an se for b roll. (home app on both phones)
@@AdamsTechLife Alrighty! Thanks for the info!
I’m thinking about using HomeKit to run my existing smart home system instead of Google Home, which is currently what I’m using. I currently have mostly older model Google devices such as Nest Thermostat, Nest Doorbell, & several Google speakers & Chromecast video boxes and wanted to get your opinion on whether I should attempt to do this or just keep using the Google Home app since they have recently updated it and it sort of looks and functions like the HomeKit app. I also currently have and will continue using an iPhone and several iPads to operate my entire system with. My only concern is that I will eventually be adding many other devices such as outdoor cameras, my existing SimpliSafe security system, smart door locks & maybe a garage door opener system and am not sure how HomeKit would support all older devices as well as newer ones that I’ll looking to get that will be Matter compatible. Which system do you recommend I go with based on the current and future devices that I mentioned?
you can keep what you have and use something like Hoobs, homebridge or startling hub to get those devices into HomeKit. using multiple ios devices makes HomeKit the best experience
I love this guide. Man, you're very informative in your videos. Great job.
(And I'm guessing you're a fellow Ohioan. I see that Bengals banner......go Browns)
So glad to hear I could help, thanks for the kind words! My wife is a huge bengals fan but we live in NC lol
Great walkthrough! You’re from my neck of the woods I believe
Haha glad to hear you found the video helpful :)
Got a new sub, this video helped me out so much!
So glad I could help!! Thanks for watching! 😊
i m looking for a switch ON/OFF that i can control from everywhere in the planet. Does Homekit works outside the local network (wifi)? How should i do. (it s for a server that freeezes sometimes, and i want to be able to reboot it from everywhere in the world). Do i need a hub for that? (apple tv) (or something else like a router that has a VPN?) (or nothing, we are in 2023, everything is easy now?). Thanks for any help.
Devices in HomeKit can be controlled remotely with a required HomeKit hub (see my recent video on HomeKit hubs). Additional accessories may be required to get the device to work with HomeKit, but any device in HomeKit can be controlled remotely with a HomeKit hub.
any idea if its possible to start my iMac using a smart plug? Can only find a video for windows PC...
probably not since a button has to be pressed but you could try the wake on lan feature and see if that works
Great review!!!!!
Thank you! So glad I could help :)
I see in your video that you use the "arrive" scene/automation. I tried scenes and automation using when I arrive to open meross garage door opener. Tried multiple ways and they all look correct but the door does not open when I arrive even tho it sees I am home. Any thoughts?
So with leave/arrive automations that require entry into the home, you have to manually approve the automation for it to actually run. cause you could just drive by your house and the door could auto lock even if you're not actually home. there's a way around it but not really recommended.
@AdamsTechLife thank you for responding. I assumed as much.
I have the Apple HomePod mini and the latest Apple phone. I am stuck. Likewise, I cannot get my nanaleaf bulbs to automate, nor can I get meross plugs to work. I'm at a loss. How do I start over? I spoke with Apple support twice with no help. Please give me advice. Thank you.
You can reset each device by following the reset instructions for each device :)
What security cameras work best with Apple home kit?
I've made a video on homekit security cameras :)
great video
Glad you enjoyed it and found it helpful! Thanks for watching! 😊
How can i connect my Xbox series s to it im still new to apple and their products
you'd have to use a third party bridge like hoobs or homebridge
Hey Bradley
I’m setting up my HomeKit so far just LIFX lights and a box set of Phillip Hue bulbs and a hub. However all my cameras (8) are indoor Wyze cams and have worked outside for 4.5yrs perfectly however they say Wyze except V.1cams are RTSP capable. So my question is should I invest in the arlo essential outdoor cam with a light or one or two Circles? I’m wanting to make the camera trigger lights on and off so do I need a bridge? And which items like sensors for doors and movement for a decent price.Thanks man!!
Ljuboslav(Chad)🇭🇷
Depends on what features you need but you could use the eufy outdoor cams. Apple home hub likely needed. Aqara is goat for sensors
Hey Adam, thanks for the videos. I just start small for Christmas. Just buy a Aqara bridge, smartplug and button. The next project will be a ledstrip in the kiestoon. And everything linked to Apple HomeKit. Just 1 question. Can you also set automations in a specific period of the day? So my son comes out his bed in the period of sleeping, the motion sensor will switch the ledstrip. But the brightness should be light up voor 1min at a 20%, in the rest of the day, it should be at 100%. Is it something I can set with Apple HomeKit Automations? Thx.
Hello, thanks for your comment. That is a great setup to get started with! Yes, the light strip can be different brightnesses based on the time of day or between certain time periods :) when you create the automation, under the time condition, choose specific times and choose your time range and the brightness of the light strip.
Will it work with older gen Apple TV? Great video
all currently supported apple tv's will work as a homekit hub
Can someone explain to me why everyone’s time cards are small and why are mine all the way across the screen? It’s not a resizing thing, I’ve tried that. Mine are long rectangles. Every video I see has smaller icons for their devices.
i'm not sure tbh
@@AdamsTechLife I had the Display Zoom to “Larger Text”.
So the apple HomePod mini works with matter ?
the homepod mini is a matter controller, yes
Hi Adam, i just started my homekit organization and so i follow you. First problem i had is about rooms, i just have 2 as I'm still learning so i make tries, in my home i see living room but I can't see swimpool where i just have Aqara temperature device, why that?
Welcome to HomeKit and thanks for checking out my videos, glad they're helping you in starting your own smart home. The temperature device will appear in the top status area of the apple home app and not display as a tile since it can't be turned on/off.
@@AdamsTechLife First of all thanks for the fast response! Not like the italians youtuber "for any questions write your comments" and before they answer i could be dead 🤣. Ok so when i will add other things such as lights in swimpool room i will see it, great to know thanks!
Hello Adam, thank you for great work. I am a big fan from Slovakia. I would like to ask, as you talked about privacy in this video, how do you use Aqara app ? Do you sign in or do you use Homekit only mode? Thank you for your answer✌️
Hello, thanks for your comment. I sign in to the Aqara app as signing in will give you more features for an aqara than using in HomeKit only mode but does require an account to sign up. Devices will work in HomeKit mode only, but features will be limited
Hello Adam! I am a Google Home user. I can control all my Philips Hue lights through the Google Home pod with voice command. I recently got myself an iPhone so I wish to be able to control my lights with Siri commands as well but unfortunately I'm unable to connect my Hue Bridge to Apple HomeApp. It just doesn't detect my Hue Bridge. HomeApp's QR scanner does not scan the QR behind my Bridge but it detects the product ID. After waiting couple of minutes it fails connecting to Bridge. I'm confused on one thing. Having iPhone and Hue Bridge is not enough to establish this connection? Does it still requires to own Apple HomePod or AppleTV etc?
the hue light can be controlled from the hue app only without the bridge (locally) or with the bridge (locally and remotely). to get the bulbs to work with any smart home ecosystem like google or HomeKit, the hue hub is required. Once you set up your hub in the hue app, try these steps to get it into HomeKit (similar for other platforms): www.philips-hue.com/en-us/explore-hue/works-with/apple-homekit/set-up a HomeKit hub like apple tv or homepod is required to control remotely from home app. the hue hub gets the bulbs into HomeKit, the apple home hub allows you to control them remotely from the home app. hope that helps :)
Ahh now I understand. I've been already using it with Hue app and voice control via Google Assistant. I just wanted to control my lights with Siri as well but looks like that's not gonna happen without homepod :P HomeKit doesn't detect the Hue Bridge so. Well, that would be awkward to have Google Pod and Apple pod in same house so I'm gonna stay with Google Pod and its assistant :P Thank you for explaining @@AdamsTechLife
3:47 hide yo kids, hide your wifi 😅
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Can i control my nest thermostats through this? Ty
If it supports matter or use a third party bridge then yes
Great sharing Adam. I have questions on Homepod music track, I streamed Apple Music thru Siri (HomePod) and subsequently airplay to external speakers which supports homekit. I wanted to view track history in Apple Music, but realised it wasn’t captured. Is there a turnaround for this? I reddit it since this issue is happening since 2018 .. ?
I don't believe is a supported feature at this time :/
I just bought a HomePod mini .. I also have iPhone 13 and Apple Watch 8.. which brand of compatible light bulbs do you recommend? It’s important to me that the bulb can be very dim when needed.. I rarely like bright lights in my home. Thanks! 🙏
Great setup! I like Philips Hue
@@AdamsTechLife Wouldn’t one of the brands that don’t need a bridge be more convenient and less expensive?
Awesome videos sorry I’m so late
Thanks for your support and for watching!
Wow I learned a lot great video!
So glad I could help! Glad you enjoyed the video.
Hi Adam, I am starting with homekit. I bought a 4 pack tplink matter plugs. They are really hard to add to homekit. It takes to much time and most of the time it fails. My home has two levels. In the second level my Apple TV. I realized that adding the plugs, me being in the first level was not working. So I tried adding them in the second floor and They starting responding. I think it has to do with the proximity with the Apple TV . Is that normal ? What am I doing wrong, should I star with another brand?
To be completely honest, the matter standard and matter devices have been very finicky. I’ve used so many matter enabled devices and hardly any of them work. I would honestly recommend getting the tp link smart plugs that work with HomeKit (not through matter), i’ve used them and they are fast to set up and have worked flawless for me. I used the matter tp link for a day or two for testing and it worked fine but i’ve tested so many new matter device and almost everyone of them are hard to setup, slow to respond, and unreliable. Even with multple HomePod and Apple TVs, I shouldn’t have connection issues with matter devices, yet i still do. That’s my experience with matter devices, hope that helps and welcome to HomeKit :)
Do you need an iphone to use home kit? I have a MacBook
Yes or iPad. A Mac is unable to add an accessory from the home, you’ll need an iOS device iPad or iPhone
Great, everything _except_ the ONE thing I needed help with… managing *ZONES* . You just skipped right over that. It’s easy to _create_ a zone, but there’s no way to DELETE them! Or add anything back into them if they accidentally get separated.
I had 2 light bulbs grouped together in a zone called “overhead”. I accidentally separated them and there’s NO WAY to get them back together using the same zone name I chose before.
If you try joining one “accessory” with another, it forces you to create a NEW zone. But it won’t let me name it “overhead” because that name already exists.
That would be fine if I could just SELECT that zone to join them to, but they don’t give us that option. And I can’t find _anywhere_ to access Zones.
Which means I also can’t DELETE that zone so I can reuse the name.
And Apple’s support site (as usual) is useless.
Can ANYONE, please help?
if you swipe to the left of the zone, there's a red "delete" button. tapping that deletes the zone. you could also put bulbs in a group if they're near each other.
@@AdamsTechLife Lol, I feel like such an idiot! 😂 I tried that FIRST. I swiped four times and nothing budged so I figured it couldn’t be deleted that way. But your reply made me go back and try again. This time the red delete thing appeared. So embarrassing 🤦🏻♀️
Oh well, maybe my embarrassingly wrong complaint will help someone else who runs into the same issue.😅 It’s possible the app might act up sometimes.
PS: oh and THANK YOU for helping me with that!! 🌟
which is the cheapest tv that can I use as home hub? tv 4k 2.gen with wifi ?
Yeah the 2021 Apple TV is the cheapest option
@@AdamsTechLife sorry my question was a little bit stupid the questation is what tv in generell works as Home Hub, and can I use a HOOBS as alternative solution ?
A home hub is either an Apple TV or HomePod so nothing with Hoobs or other devices will work as apple home hubs.
Team RAV4 !!!
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I refuse to buy Phillips hue simply because they require their own hub.
fair enough. Thanks for watching! 😊
No z wave
nope
There's about to be a massive Nest/Google exodus with the killing of Nest Secure... Any chance of a video highlighting conversion options and suggestions for folks that are already set up with many Nest devices?
nah, the channel is focused primarily on the apple home ecosystem
That’s what I’m talking about too. Coaching folks on their transition to Apple. Probably gonna be a lot of people come around after Secure is shut down in April
Sexy time scene locks all the drawers and closets XD
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BJ from The Righteous Gemstones?
never heard of that lol
I don’t understand
Thanks for your feedback!
No one asking about that sexy time scene? OK.....
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Only a minute in but I just wanted to say I appreciate you blocking out Alexa. Cause ive watched other videos when They do say it and now im aggressively shouting stop or cancel at it.
Iight ima finish watching now
Haha of course :)
This is not a beginner's guide it is as clear as mud as a beginner sorry it only adds ton 5* confusion
Thanks for sharing your thoughts and for watching!
How is this confusing?? It is very clear…maybe you don’t understand networking? If you want to start at the beginning, you have to understand networking or at least know the terms.
Good video however you speak really fast! 😊
Thanks for your feedback and for watching! 😊
That is one confusing accent. It’s definitely not difficult to understand, I just couldn’t pinpoint where what the accent is!
lol, for some reason i get a lot of comments about my accent. I'm from the usa lol
It was the actual change in accent, that through me off
Piggy
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or....I could just get out of my chair, walk over to the wall, and turn the light switch on or off. Life is complicated enough, without having to worry about what's compatible with what, passwords, security settings, upgrades, etc etc. Home "automation" is, for the most part, the result of marketing making us think we "need" something we were actually doing fine without. A fool and his money are soon parted.
Thanks for watching and commenting ❤️
I dont think i need something. I just want it because its fun and convenient:)
Just another dinosaur waiting to die. Good.
Why did you even come to this video let alone take the time to make such a comment? If you feel that way, cool. But makes zero sense as to why you are here.
@@iHeartDom Let me enlighten you. I was here because I was considering purchasing some sort of smart home ecosystem and was doing research. Make sense? However, after watching several tutorial and review videos, it ended up changing my mind to "actually, keeping things simple isn't so bad". Make sense? I "took the time to make a comment" as maybe, just maybe, others might also take a step back and think "do I really need to spend money, time and headspace on all this stuff". Make sense?