You can either manually activate Siri, or say “Hey Siri”, followed by one of the following examples: It’s simple to set up, but you need to remember to set it up in the Meross app before adding it to HomeKit. So, over a 4-year period, the VS1 is still better value for money, but only if you don’t already have an Aqara hub, which you may have already bought for other sensors previously. Take the price of the hub out of the equations above, and it’s a different story. For the first two, tap the info icon to the right to set an offset either before or after that time.

Select an accessory from the list. The accessories available will depend on which trigger option you use. For an epic video doorbell that works with HomeKit, I recommend the Arlo Video Doorbell. Its AI can differentiate between objects and people to provide more intelligent alerts. An extension of the above with the ability to define filters that must be passed before the actions will be performed. The filters are similar to triggers being device state, sensor thresholds, geofence presence, time and date. If conditions are supported, more than one can typically be combined with AND and OR options (all conditions, or any one of the conditions). HomeKit supports all of these to some level. Delay Actions (if A then B after X mins)

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It can be used as a HomeKit hub and also provides convenient access to Siri so that you can control your other HomeKit devices with your voice. Siri can recognise up to 6 different family members via the HomePod Mini and provide personalised responses.

There are both wired and battery-powered devices, however, only the wired doorbell currently supports HomeKit. Keep in mind that it still doesn’t support HomeKit Secure Video, however, there aren’t any video doorbells in the UK that support this just yet.The most common, and indeed the basis of the platform IFTTT. One input is used to trigger another action. The input can be a device control event (a device did something), a sensor detects something (motion sensor, temperature, light level etc), a schedule event (a fixed time or date), or a geofence event (someone arrives or leaves a given location) which are useful for location based routines. HomeKit supports all of these to some level. Conditional Actions (if A and B then C) Aqara includes the Matter code in the instruction manual, so you’ll want to make sure you either create a digital copy of it or keep the original for safekeeping. Even running the iOS 17 developer beta, it was up and running in just a couple of minutes. Aqara ships the sensor with a battery tab, and you’ll want to pull it out before trying to add it to HomeKit. Wrap up on Aqara Matter enabled door sensor Now your favorite Hue products work with your Apple devices. You can adjust dimming, change colors in certain rooms, sync your lights, set scenes, and more. The Philips Hue Starter Kit is a great way to get started with smart lighting. Once you have the two Eve Door & Window pieces installed, you can add the accessory to HomeKit by scanning the QR code on the sensor module with your iPhone’s camera; doing so will jump you directly to the Apple Home app, where you can group the sensor with other HomeKit devices in a given room. In my case, I added the sensor to the kitchen. If you specify one or more people for The First/Last option, this will use only the selected people rather than every member of the home.